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Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 'In Memory of a Great Artist'
RecommendedItzhak Perlman (violin), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Lynn Harrell (cello)
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Grammy Awards, 24th Awards (1981), Best Chamber Music Recording
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The album’s real gold lies in its two D major solo trumpet works by Purcell and Telemann: the ravishingly soft and lyrical solemnity Balsom brings to the opening Adagio of Telemann’s first Trumpet... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 & Dances from Aleko
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
What a clever idea it was to launch this CD with the super-subtle Liverpool woodwind in the spotlight, lilting in the 'Women's Dance' [from Aleko]...there's a dash of bitters [in the Symphony]... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Orchestral Choice
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A voice more for Schöne Müllerin than Winterreise, Bostridge's fresh, buoyant, beautifully articulated tenor suits these Lieder perfectly. The literary and musical impulses are in perfect equilibrium,... —
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Puccini: Choral Works
Roberto Alagna (tenor), Thomas Hampson (baritone)
London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
Puccini's early (1880) Mass is not a great piece of religious music, but its virtues shine forth in Pappano's loving performance. —
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Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
RecommendedGalina Vishnevskaya (Katerina), Nicolai Gedda (Sergey), Dimiter Petkov (Boris), Werner Krenn (Zinovi), Robert Tear (Shabby Peasant), Taru Valjakka (Aksinya), Birgit Finnilä (Sonyetka)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Mstislav Rostropovich
the inimitable Galina Vishnevskaya makes the title role her own, ably assisted by Nicolai Gedda as her illicit lover Sergei. —
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also Recommended
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…acuteness of colour and detail is characteristic of the performance of both artists who, more than most, highlight the mordant, ironic self-awareness that undercuts the wanderer's despair. —
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Sphor & Krommer: Clarient Concertos
Recommendedfeaturing Julian Bliss, featuring Sabine Meyer, featuring Julian Bliss and Sabine Meyer
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
…Sabine Meyer makes light of the considerable difficulties of Spohr's Fourth Concerto with soft-grained and wonderfully even tone; Julian Bliss is technically impressive and only slightly less... —
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Building a Library, November 2009, Highly Recommended
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Lutosławski: Symphony No. 1, etc.
RecommendedPolish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Witold Lutoszlawski
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Building a Library, May 2010, First Choice
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Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien, Op. 45, etc.
RecommendedPhilharmonia Orchestra & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, Anatole Fistoulari & Yuri Krasozpolsky
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Building a Library, December 2011, First Choice
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