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Timeless Light
Estonian Cello Music
Allar Kaasik (cello), Kristīne Adamaite (organ)
Estonian National Male Choir, State Choir Latvija, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Mikk Üleoja, Māris Sirmais, Peeter Lilje
Kaasik’s cello affords haunting Baltic visions at once bracing (Pärt) , inscrutable (Sink), and evocative (Kōrvits). —
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Magic and mystery, along with clock-like mechanics, feature again in the compositions for piano brought together on this new disc from BIS. It is extremely well recorded, with Clare Hammond…playing... —
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There is some exquisite playing from Trio Aristos —
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Glow: Chamber Music by Jaakko Kuusisto
Jaakko Kuusisto (violin), Paavali Jumppanen (piano), Riitta-Liisa Ristiluoma (viola), Jan-Erik Gustafsson (cello), Heini Kärkkäinen (piano)
Meta4
A boost for deserving contemporary music —
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Tegnér & Nordqvist: Sång, vår sång!
Song, our song
Ida Falk Winland (soprano), Katarina Lindgren (double bass) & Anders Ölund (organ)
Danderyds Vokalensemble & Stenhammar Quartet, Rikard Karlsson
In both these pieces the 23 trained but voluntary voices of Danderyds Vokalensemble shape the stanzas astutely under Rikard Karlsson in order to push these little strophic journeys forward —
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Sofia Gubaidulina: Sonnengesang (Live)
Christian Schmitt (organ), Ivan Monighetti (cello)
NDR Chor, Elbtonal Percussion, Philipp Ahmann
Starting with an ever-circling plainchant-like idea, all the voices of the excellent NDR Chor soon pool into a sonorous cloud out of which solo voices spin, punctuated with baleful comments... —
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Lindberg and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra play as if they've had this music in their veins all their lives: it is projected with complete confidence and naturalness, despite the complexity... —
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Ole Olsen: Orchestral Works
Christian Lindberg (trombone)
Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra, Rune A. Halvorsen
[Olsen's] music is pleasant enough; the Trombone Concerto is a lively vehicle for Lindberg. —
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Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 4
Richard Tognetti (artistic director and lead violin)
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Tognetti and the admirable Australian Chamber Orchestra aim at a synthesis between 'authentic' and modern performance styles of Mozart...above all, these are interpretations which take their... —
