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Berio, MacMillan, Verbey: Trombone Concertos
Jörgen van Rijen (trombone)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Iván Fischer, Markus Stenz and Ed Spanjaard
Trombonist Jörgen van Rijen is a force to be reckoned with – his scintillating playing brings these three thrilling modern concertos to life. The Royal Concertgebouw is on superb form. —
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Stories: Works by Betsy Jolas, Sally Beamish and Olga Neuwirth
Håkan Hardenberger performs concertos by three leading women composers
Hardenberger is superb, as always—as is BIS’s SACD sound. All in all, this is a very enjoyable romp through the modern trumpet-and-orchestra repertoire, with enough differences among the three... —
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Ignore the rediscovered Sonate (it’s fussy and second-rate) and go straight for the D-flat Nocturne, played deliciously. Warm, inviting acoustic from BIS. A balm of a recording. —
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The Swedish-based Israeli has phenomenal strength and versatility, combined with crystalline clarity of sound. Her 24-carat gold, custom-built Muramatsu flute is reminiscent of James Galway,... —
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Dausgaard, taking fairly swift tempos, and conducting with a strong rhythmic sense, has this enigmatic work bounding along and at least made me understand why Bruckner called it ‘the cheekiest’.... —
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Lauri Porra: Entropia
Samuli Kosminen (percussion), Vili Ollila (organ), Fàtima Boix Cantó (clarinet), Aki Rissanen (piano), Joonas Riippa (drumset), Lauri Porra (electric bass), Maaria Leino (violin)
Jaakko Kuusisto
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Why don't today's pianists jump on this repertoire as a matter of course?...The judiciously reverberant sound and the large-sized clavichords that Spanyi favours illuminate the composer's carefully... —
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The ensemble is at its best in the new music, which they sing with a stylish flair, and the more homophonic passages of Tallis, which they unfailingly imbue with direction and purpose. —
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This collection of arrangements for bassoon of keyboard, cello and flute suites is bold, occasionally challenging, but almost always engaging...Bassoon aficionados will need no encouragement;... —
