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Special offer. Grieg: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3, Op. 8, 13 & 45
Franziska Pietsch (violin), Detlev Eisinger (piano)
The present recording certainly drives the works hard, with Pietsch's violin enjoying what moment of virtuosity there are —
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Special offer. Wilhelm Furtwängler conducts Schumann & Beethoven
Swiss Festival Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Special offer. 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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Special offer. 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... —
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New. Ludger Vollmer: Violin Concerto & Transformations
Gernot Süßmuth (violin), Staatskapelle Weimar, Thüringer Bach Collegium, Dominik Beykirch
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Fischer-Dieskau's already remarkable dynamic range takes us to the very heart of the young, impassioned and dying Schubert, in a way which is never quite captured again. —