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Not surprisingly, this is unrelentingly austere stuff. If, however, choral gloom is your bag, it is also an imaginatively programmed recital, immaculately sung and recorded in superb sound. —
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Soloist Suzuki, with the lively and responsive partnership of the Bach Collegium Japan provide invigorating performances. Their playing of the faster outer movements pulsates with energy. —
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[Tod und Verklärung] Without question and in any event this is the lushest reading of the tone poem I have ever heard. Shui so richly blends his orchestra that one could at first think the horns... —
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In the five Études-Tableaux by Rachmaninov, Respighi’s alchemy lends coloristic allure and an amplified sense of atmosphere to the piano originals. Rachmaninov found the results ‘amazing’, and... —
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this is a thoughtful, evocative and confident debut. —
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Even with center-of-the-repertoire material, performances of this level would merit an enthusiastic appreciation; with repertoire of this rarity, they’re doubly welcome. Add BIS’s warm and realistic... —
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Schubert: Music for Violin, Vol. 1
Ariadne Daskalakis (violin), Paolo Giacometti (fortepiano)
Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens
Expect the unexpected, as phrases that invariably emerge as stylistically premonitory of things to come, instead give Classic norms a through spring-clean. — -
The performances are splendid and BIS's recorded sound is first-rate. —
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Une barque sur l ’océan is given a superbly controlled and atmospheric performance, vividly conveying the physical sensations of standing aboard a ship, breathing in the sea air and experiencing... —
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Album für Die Frau
scenes from the Schumanns' Lieder
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)
On repeated listening, any initial feelings of ‘sacrilege’ increasingly yield to admiration for the compelling empathy that underpins this whole re-imagining...Middleton is a magician of moods,... —
