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Roussel: Le Festin d’Araignée & Dukas: L’Apprenti Sorcier
Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Pascal Rophé
In Roussel’s hands, lunchtime at the web is a sumptuous combination of rich orchestration and feisty drama. The starter and pudding are provided by Dukas, with terrific performances throughout. —
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Captured in beguilingly immediate sound that creates the impression of Emma Abbate and Julian Perkins playing in your liv ing room, this is a recording I have already returned to several times... —
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not only are the performances unfailingly stylish and fiery, they’re also marvellously detailed in tone, texture and harmonic colour. —
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Roelofs: Rope Dance
Light-Footed Music for All and None
Joris Roelofs (clarinet), Bram van Sambeek (bassoon), Bram de Looze (piano), Clemens van der Feen (double bass), Martijn Vink (drums)
Roelofs’s penchant for exploring the tonal range of the bass clarinet is intriguing—from low frequency blats to mellow singing lines. The bass alternates between bowing and plucking depending... —
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It can easily be tempting for performers to emphasise the lyrical character of the first movement of the Spring Sonata at the expense of its more dramatic side. That’s not a charge which can... —
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This is music for which the Escher’s players clearly have a special flair. It’s music that fits perfectly the ensemble’s technical strengths, its tonal profile, and its interpretive point of... —
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8
Carolyn Sampson, Jacquelyn Wagner (sopranos), Sasha Cooke (mezzo), Jess Dandy (contralto), Barry Banks (tenor), Julian Orlishausen (baritone), Christian Immler (bass-baritone), Minnesota Chorale, National Lutheran Choir, Minnesota Boychoir, Angelica Cantanti Youth Choir, Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo...
the trio of ‘penitent women’, dynamically careful, is a real beauty…The amateur choruses catch the fervour of the event, and a seraphic trumpet distinguishes the final massive optimism. —
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They play with a transparency that makes the inner lines sing but with a burgeoning weight and warmth that is always ready to be unleashed. Dausgaard is as ever a propulsive driving force, and... —
