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Special offer. Parole e Querele d’Amore: Madrigali a due voci
Music by Monteverdi, Sances, Strozzi, Rognoni, Valentini, Carissimi
Agnès Mellon (soprano), Dominique Visse (countertenor), Eric Bellocq (theorbo), Marianne Muller (viol da gamba), Marco Horvat (lirone), Brice Sailly (harpsichord/organ)
Mellon and Visse here make a thrilling duo: her silky soprano the perfect complement to his plangent countertenor...producing performances that combine playfulness, passion, youthful spirit... —
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Special offer. Dans un caractere populaire
Works for violin and piano by Enescu, Ravel, Emmanuel and Kreisler
Patrick Bismuth (violin), Anne Gaels (piano/Luthéal)
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Special offer. John Cooper “Coprario” - Funeral Tears
Les Jardins de Courtoisie, Paulin Bündgen & Anne Delafosse-Quentin (directors)
The combined voices, viols, lute and harp of two French ensembles perform these songs with loving care, using darkly covered "old" English pronunciation and paying attention to the music's declamatory... —
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Special offer. Ysaÿe: The Complete Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27 & Sonata for 2 Violins
Tedi Papavrami (violin), Svetlin Roussev (violin)
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2014, Winner - Soliste instrumental
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…This is altogether a beautiful recital by a master-pianist and while there's no shortage of fine recordings of these famous pieces, there has been none in my experience to equal Lubimov on... —
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Building A Library, October 2023, Period Instrument Choice - D935
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Special offer. Schubert: Winterreise D911
RecommendedThomas Bauer (baritone) & Jos van Immerseel (pianoforte Walter)
This is a performance tingling with nervous energy, with Bauer's baritone a strong and heroic persona throughout its considerable range.. Bauer's quick vibrato, and the taut tension in every... —
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Building A Library, December 2023, Recommended Recording
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Most of us have got used to period instruments playing Beethoven but 'early music' groups tackling later repertoire still raise eyebrows.
Similarly, the suggestion that there is a good composer... —Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2005, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Ravel: Boléro, etc.
Claire Chevalier (piano)
Anima Eterna (on period instruments), Jos van Immerseel
…the left Hand Concerto Claire Chevallier does not match Krystian Zimerman's brilliance and drive. The point is, she is not trying to. Her interpretation… is more lyrical and reflective and... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, Orchestral Finalist
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Special offer. Westhoff: 6 Sonates for violin and basso continuo
David Plantier & Les Plaisirs du Parnasse
Violinist David Plantier rises to Westhoff's virtuosic challenges —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2005, Chamber Choice
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Special offer. Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6
transcribed for solo piano by Franz Liszt
Yury Martynov (Erard piano)
Listening to these stunning accounts by the Russian pianist Yury Martynov, it's difficult to believe at times that only two hands are playing...Martynov never fails to play with admirable warmth... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, Instrumental Choice
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