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This is a highly polished modern brass quintet playing Renaissance arrangements with solemn precision and occasional dancing exuberance. The recorded sound’s terrific and the project is well-documented —
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 19 & 23
Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens
Brautigam's playing in this sadly undervalued concerto is faultless throughout, and the finale - a real contrapuntal tour de force - is dazzling...these are fine performances, but without always... —
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Pettersson's longest symphony becomes a focused 70-minute rollercoaster in Lindberg's hands. Comes with fascinating DVD bonus of a 1970s Swedish documentary on the composer. —
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the marriage of strength in exposition and sensitivity in accompaniment is more or less beyond compare. —
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Lindberg and the Flemish musicians audibly relish [the Serenade's] subtle construction...A marvellous disc which makes fine introduction to a marvellous composer. —
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[the Fantasia-Sonata is] a substantial single-movement work of dramatic contrasts that elicits some of Halász’s most thrilling and colourful playing. But the Mompou, next in order of scale and... —
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Xiaogang Ye – ‘Chu’ and The Last Paradise
Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Hila Plitmann (soprano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, José Serebrier
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A delectable programme, played and recorded with great affection and artistry; a must for sax aficionados —
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The choir’s sound is fresh and direct. Its ensemble is tight and its diction crisp —
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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Magdalena Risberg (soprano) & Camilla Tilling (soprano)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra & Swedish Radio Choir, Thomas Dausgaard
[In] subtle parody and deadpan wit, Dausgaard has a kinship with Klemperer's particular approach to [A Midsummer Night's Dream]…like Masur, and few others, Dausgaard finds a true andante rather... —
