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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 26
Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens
This is a really fine performance [of K453], with the slow movement's sublime interplay between piano and winds perfectly judged, and the wit and drama of the variation finale vividly handled... —
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1948-2001: A Ligeti Odyssey
Fredrik Ullén (piano), Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, Hans-Ola Ericsson (organ), Nobuko Imai (viola)
Schola Heidelberg, Walter Nußbaum
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Playing a handsome-sounding copy of a mid-18th century Dulcken harpsichord, Spanyi is fastidiously responsive to Bach's chameleon changes of mood. —
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A hefty bass-baritone in every sense, he's inevitably compared with Bryn Terfel, but his voice seems darker and somewhat smoother, less given to pianissimi but still expressive...Songs of Travel... —
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Snowflakes
A Classical Christmas
Øystein Baadsvik (tuba)
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra & Cantus Women’s Choir, Torodd Wigum
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Broken Branches
Compositions by Stephen Hough
Stephen Hough (piano), Michael Hasel (piccolo), Marion Reinhard (bassoon & contrabassoon), Jacques Imbrailo (baritone) & Steven Isserlis (cello)
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Gábor Takács-Nagy
His eclectic tonal style embraces a wide array of influences yet maintains its own personality....In short, Hough's music speaks with susbtance, fluent ease, confidence and communicative immediacy.... —
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A Summer’s Day: Swedish Romantic Songs
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) & Bengt Forsberg (piano), with Fredrik Zetterström (baritone)
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Special offer. Håkan Hardenberger: Both Sides, Now
Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet) & Roland Pöntinen (piano)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Kenneth Sillito
Hardenberger is often rhythmically too straitlaced for this material. Still, we can admire his smoky flugelhorn tone and deft high passagework on muted trumpet. And the selection, from My Funny... —
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The Trio Sonata in 18th-Century England
London Baroque: Ingrid Seifert & Richard Gwilt (violin), Charles Medlam (violoncello) & Steven Devine (harpsichord)
...voracious playing and demonstrative continuo from Charles Medlam and Steven Devine...Devine provides a fabulous harpsichord realisation in the Musette...London Baroque do sterling service... —
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Fröst & Friends: Encores
Martin Fröst (clarinet) with Roland Pöntinen (piano), Malena Ernman (mezzo-soprano), Torleif Thedéen (cello), Christian Svarfvar (violin), Åsa Thedéen (violin), Göran Fröst (viola), Svante Henryson (cello/double bass), Hermann Stefánsson (clarinet) & Sölve Kingstedt (clarinet)
Obviously a must for clarinettists; but other performers, and listeners too, will enjoy this demonstration of what can be achieved with impeccable technique, a fertile imagination and a light... —
