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Confidenze (Nicolò Balducci & Anna Paradiso)
Nicolò Balducci (male soprano), Anna Paradiso (fortepiano)
Rhetoric has always been at the fore with Balducci, sometimes to the detriment of vocal lines smudged with intrusive swoops and expressive pitch-bending. But it’s an approach legitimised in... —
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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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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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The overall sound made by the Fieri Consort and Chelys Consort of Viols is bliss. The viols glisten with the timbral purity of early-afternoon winter sunshine, and their phrasing is animated... —
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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... —
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C P E Bach - Complete Keyboard Concertos, Volume 7
Miklós Spányi (tangent piano)
Concerto Armonico, Péter Szüts
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CD
$18.00
