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Ericsson - The Four Beasts’ Amen and other organ works.
Hans-Ola Ericsson (organ), Susanne Rydén (soprano), Tommy Björk (percussion) & Anders Hannus (sound direction/electronics)
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Veljo Tormis: Curse upon Iron
Elin Rombo (soprano), Magnus Sjögren (tenor), Gunnar Sundberg (tenor), Henrik Stolare (baritone), Andreas Alin (flute), Magnus Einarsson (bass drum) & Folke Alin (shaman drum)
Orphei Drängar male-voice choir, Cecilia Rydinger Alin
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Gruber & Schwertsik: Works for trumpet and orchestra
Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), Mats Bergström (banjo) & Claudia Buder (accordion)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra, HK Gruber
The disc's centrepiece is HK Gruber's trumpet concerto Busking...The most involving passages, to my ear, are those in which banjo and accordion cut loose from their idiomatic moorings, joining... —
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Bach - Cantatas Volume 51
Hana Blažíková (soprano), Damien Guillon (counter-tenor), Christoph Genz (tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
[BWV 157] contrives a ravishing foil to all the nuptial exuberance. Its tenor aria is elegantly turned by Christoph Genz...Suzuki's customary transparent springiness, sensitivity and almost... —
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Mendelssohn: Concerto in D minor for Violin, Piano and Strings & Octet
Polina Leschenko (piano) & Richard Tognetti (violin)
Australian Chamber Orchestra
How to deal with the professionally astonishing but artistically dubious material is a problem...try to mould it into something more satisfying? The players here choose the second option, with... —
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Dausgaard secures superbly incisive playing from the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Dausgaard favours swift tempos, especially in the outer movements...[His] penchant for disjunctive phrasing, and... —
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Martin, Honegger & Schoeck: Three Cello Concertos
Christian Poltéra (cello)
Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Tuomas Hannikainen
Poltera connects convincingly with the overall mood of [the Honegger]...The lyrical interweaving of soloist and orchestra [in the Schoeck] is beautifully realised on this memorable recording...although... —
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I enjoyed this CD and would recommend it to all enthusiasts of Isaac Albeniz’s piano music. It presents an excellent balance of masterpieces, salon music of the very best quality and some unknown... —
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