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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245
RecommendedGerd Türk (Evangelist), Ingrid Schmithüsen (soprano), Yoshie Hida (soprano), Yoshikazu Mera (counter-tenor), Makoto Sakurada (tenor), Chiyuki Urano (bass), Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Bach seems to have performed his St John Passion on four Good Fridays during his tenure as Thomaskantor at Leipzig. However, he continued to make significant revisions right up to the last performance... —
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Building a Library, April 2011, First Choice
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Building a Library, October 2009, First Choice
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Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra are the latest team to make them sound like grown-up scores, worthwhile in their own right. Dausgaard's orchestra is small - 38 players - buit it... —
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Building a Library, April 2023, Also Recommended
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Crossroads
American Violin Sonatas by Previn, Schemmer and Gay
Alexei Semenenko (violin), Artem Beroglov (piano)
Semenenko and his duo partner present premiere recordings of jazz-influenced sonatas written in the 1980s. The Schemmer is a particularly joyful discovery. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2021
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Kalevi Aho: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Cello Concerto No. 2
Elina Vähälä (violin), Jonathan Roozeman (cello), Kymi Sinfonietta, Olari Elts
Superb performances by Elina Vähälä and Jonathan Roozeman confirm the idiomatic nature of Aho’s writing (having tried out the solo parts himself), and Olari Elts secures a committed response... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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In The Shadow of War
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Hugh Wolff, Gábor Takács-Nagy
this profoundly engaging reading [of the Bridge] sets a new standard. [in Schelomo] nothing is forced or overdone, no rhetoric or posturing gets in the way of the work's own soulful expression...What... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2013, Editor's Choice
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Nordin: Voices From the Past
Jesper Nordin (programmer), Malin Broman (soloist), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Musica Vitae Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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Shostakovich: Works Unveiled
Ekaterina Bakanova (soprano), Alexandros Stavrakakis (bass), Nicolas Stavy (piano), Florent Jodelet (percussion), Sueye Park (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (piano)
the earliest music, a collection of four short piano pieces composed during Shostakovich’s teenage years, is fluent but largely derivative. Yet the rest of the album has much to offer. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Premiere Recordings
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Aho: Symphony No. 15
Eero Munter (double bass)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä, Jaako Kuusisto, Dima Slobodeniouk
I have only praise for the Lahti Symphony Orchestra displaying an unfailing instinct for Aho’s turbulent sound-world of absorbing textures and enticing rhythms. Each conductor seems impeccably... —
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It’s simple: [Järvi] takes the lunacy [in the Ibert] to an inspired new level, from the very first ear-splitting trombone raspberry. The Tapiola Sinfonietta...plays with guts, virtuosity, and... —
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