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The LSO sound at home in the repertoire and this is a really entertaining disc. Let us hope for further instalments. —
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Skalkottas - Concertos
Georgios Demertzis & Simos Papanas (violins), Maria Asteriadou & Nikolaos Samaltanos (pianos) & Dimitris Desyllas (xylophone)
Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, Vassilis Christopoulos
The Concerto for Two Violins was composed at the end of the second world war, though Skalkottas never wrote out a full score...It's an extraordinarily dense and ambitious piece...The two-piano... —
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Bach - Cantatas Volume 40
Yukari Nonoshita (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Makoto Sakurada (tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
…Suzuki's instrumentalists are fast becoming the stars of the series, their obligato playing often in danger of eclipsing the singers whose arias they gild so tellingly. …Robin Blaze exudes... —
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Järvi's reading of the symphony […] exhibits great vitality and, more importantly, an abiding warmth and affection for what one can safely say is…. Tchaikovsky's most lyrical symphonic creation.... —
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Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
one hears that what Nézet-Séguin offers (aided by a superlatively airy, open, yet richly resonant recording) is the orchestral equivalent of a Peter Hall staging - with a focus entirely on the... —
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Spellbound - Flute Concertos
Sharon Bezaly (flute)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Mario Venzago, Martyn Brabbins, Anne Manson
…Sharon Bezaly plays - stunningly well… —
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A Finnish Christmas
Riki Sorsa, Pauli Pietiläinen (organ), Jukka Perko (saxophone), Ulla Raiskio (mezzo-soprano), Jussi Miilunpalo & Petri Lehto (tenor), Marko Puustinen (baritone), Veli-Pekka Väisänen (bass)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra & Laulupuu Choir, Esa Heikkilä
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Emma Kirkby made the world premiere recording of the Gloria in 2001. It was a breath-taking performance… Yet I prefer her second thoughts, a touch slower, pure exhilaration tempered by subtle... —
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Peter Mattei: A Kaleidoscope
Peter Mattei (baritone), Love Derwinger & Roland Pöntinen (piano)
Kroumata Percussion Ensemble & Malmö Symphony, Cecilia Rydinger Ali & Robert Sund
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