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Shostakovich & Beethoven: String Quartets
Valentin Berlinsky Quartet: Bartek Niziol (1st Violin), Wang Xiaoming (2nd Violin), David Greenlees (viola) & Alexander Neustroev (cello)
In all three works in their warmly recorded debut disc they offer playing that combines technical perfection with excpetional maturity and musical insight. Particularly admirable is their performance... —
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…an attractive recital by two very sympathetic players who really listen to one another and share the music. —
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I am never completely convinced by the transcription of the Franck Violin Sonata for flute and piano but, as the delicate opening here immediately demonstrates, these artists make an impressive... —
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Special offer. Lift - Chamber Music by Elena Ruehr
Jennifer Kloetzel (cello), Irina Muresanu (violin), Irina Muresanu (violin) & Sarah Bob (piano), Jennifer Kloetzel (cello) & Ethan Filner (viola)
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[the quartet] play with sensual directness and a vividly attuned awareness of harmonic contours in the early F major Sonata…despite being one of Handel’s best chamber compositions, this gets... —
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His weighty tone strikes at the emotional heart of this music but that doesn't preclude bite —
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Charles Owen is an affectionate and unassuming guide, disinclined to impose himself on music whose subtlety is easily destroyed by over-emphasis. —
