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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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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;... —
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Ülo Krigul: Liquid Turns
Ülo Krigul, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Kaspars Putniņš
Krigul’s music calls for accuracy but also the openness of tone and articulation called for by Ilmar Laaban’s remarkable sound poetry...Strikingly original music, beautifully done. —
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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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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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Rachmaninov - Orchestral Works including the Three Symphonies
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Owain Arwel Hughes
The great modern Rachmaninov cycle. —
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Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Gerd Türk, Peter Kooij, Nancy Argenta, Robin Blaze, Makoto Sakurada, Chiyuki Urano
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
a fresh and beautifully-sung reading of the most challenging of all Bach choral works with a first-rate team of soloists led by the free-toned Gerd Türk...a powerful achievement. —
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3 CDs
$32.50
