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Candlelight Carols
Karl-Magnus Fredriksson (baritone)
Allmänna Sången, Uppsala Kammarorkester, Cecilia Rydinger Alin
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The Engegårds' ensemble sound is characterful and lit from within by Carlsen and viola player Juliet Jopling. Their performances - lucidly captured by the BIS engineers - live in the moment:... —
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Brahms: Chamber Music
Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn), Daniel Grimwood (piano), Benjamin Marquise Gilmore (violin)
Fascinating to hear new colours in a familiar work, with Brahms’s First Cello Sonata transcribed for French horn. It makes a fine prelude to a terrific performance of the Horn Trio. —
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Reports
choral works by Perttu Haapanen
Petri Kumela (guitar), Heikki Parviainen (percussion)
Helsinki Chamber Choir, Nils Schweckendiek
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: the Solo Keyboard Music, Vol. 42 - Keyboard Transcriptions III and Early Versions
Miklós Spányi (early keyboard instruments)
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United Strings of Europe: Hommages
Igor Stravinsky - Olli Mustonen - Osvaldo Golijov - Dobrinka Tabakova
United Strings of Europe, Julian Azkoul
Listeners might already have the Golijov and Mustonen in fine recordings by the Amsterdam Sinfonietta and Tapiola Sinfonietta, but this release places them in an even more appropriate setting... —
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Albert Schnelzer: A Freak in Burbank
Henrik Måwe (piano), Cecilia Zilliacus (violin), David Huang (piano), Jakob Koranyi (cello), Ilya Gringolts (violin), Västerås Sinfonietta, Simon Crawford-Phillips
Swedish composer Albert Schnelzer (b1972) does a good line in clear musical imagery, responds with immediacy to clear ideas and knows how to work an orchestra. —
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the cycle is a dynamic and engaging work, splendidly performed in top-notch sound. —
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To my ears, he broadens the distinctive orchestral style forged by Magnus Lindberg but, aided by that close harmonic grind, humanises it at the same time…His is often highly calorific and thrilling... —
