Audite
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In short, this is one of the finest single-disc editions of this harrowing symphony available on disc —
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Paradisi Gloria
Sacred music by Emperor Leopold I
Ulrike Hofbauer, Lisandro Abadie, Alex Potter, Hans-Jörg Mammel, Monika Mauch
Emperor Leopold I
Cappella Murensis, Les Cornets Noirs
A four-part Stabat mater in B minor (1678) is an episodic setting that offers plangent consummate skill by the fine company of soloists…the assorted instrumentalists and the choir demonstrate... —
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Suave New York sophistication … In terms of piano playing, the aura of shimmering beauty created by means of a seemingly infinite variety of touch is the disc’s summit achievement … Murtfield... —
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Lucerne Festival Historic Performances Vol. X
Wolfgang Schneiderhan plays Mozart, Henze & Martin
Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin), Irmgard Seefried (soprano)
Schweizerisches Festspielorchester, Paul Hindemith, Ferdinand Leitner, Bernard Haitink
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Lucerne Festival Historic Performances Vol. XI
Brahms & Mozart
Robert Casadesus (piano)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Carl Schuricht, Swiss Festival Orchestra
Although brass overpowers strings in some orchestral tuttis, Schuricht’s Brahms is wonderfully fluid. Worth hearing for the Vienna Philharmonic’s glorious cellos in the second subject of the... —
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Beethoven's most experimental in the medium. The playing, as ever, is blisteringly detailed and right in your face: you can feel the grain of the music and actually hear the fierce tension of... —
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Almost everything by Bolet is worth acquiring, but this collection is particularly valuable, coming from the period just after he had finally attracted some attention for his Liszt-playing…Bolet... —
