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Building a Library, May 2002, First Choice
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In form the symphonic metamorphosis is an offshoot of the symphonic fantasia (but of a kind radically different from Sibelius's Pohjola's Daughter), each of these four very different from its... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Vänskä's Eroica comes to us primed for battle - an energetic, resilient, well drilled performance with surfaces of polished steel. …the playing of the Minnesota Orchestra 'Al' in all departments. —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Villa-Lobos: Floresta do Amazonas, W 551
Anna Korondi (soprano)
Male voices of the Choir of the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra & São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, John Neschling
The music is, of course, wilful, fluid, entirely unpredictable, with moments of extreme violence and tremendous beauty...The orchestration is variegated, by turns dense and transparent, lush... —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2009
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 'Pathétique’, Op. 74
RecommendedSwedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard
The virtues are self-evident: Dausgaard elicits some impressively accomplished and consistently bright-eyed playing, textures are sifted with watchful care...and his readings are abundantly... —
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Building a Library, June 2016, Also Recommended
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Bezaly & Brautigam: Masterworks for Flute and Piano
RecommendedSharon Bezaly (flute) & Ronald Brautigam (piano)
Sharon Bezaly is rarely less than impressive. Her well-constructed programmes are performed with a mixture of virtuosity and rich tone, making her name almost a guarantee of quality. Partnered... —
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Building a Library, November 2015, First Choice
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Sudbin offers an attractive selection of solo works…Medtner’s own Prologue to Op. 1, a tintinnabulation of Russian-style bells accompaying Orthodox-style chant, is a charming opener…[he is]... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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this is not a performance that suggests Beethoven pushing to the edge of human possibility. Yet, in compensation, Zhang’s ear for polyphonic interplay is sufficiently remarkable as to make you... —
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Çakmur is fearless in revealing his personal voice, opting for a thoroughly romantic take on the music, without traducing the Schubertian spirit. His pianism is imbued with a natural instinct... —
