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Intensity without exaggeration: that ’s the elusive quality which the Swedish violinist Ulf Wallin brings to the opening movement of Elgar’s Violin Sonata...Wallin holds a pleasing sense of... —
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Kalevi Aho: Guitar Concerto; Quintet for Horn and String Quartet
Ismo Eskelinen; Ilkka Puputti; Lapland Chamber Orchestra; John Storgårds
Eskelinen seems entirely at one with the work, his touch nimble and clean; clearly a fine player. The Lapland Chamber Orchestra accompany sensitively… It is splendidly played, and BIS’s sound... —
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Mystifying but wondrous, and Ogawa's clean, refined playing delights. Gorgeous recorded sound and good notes too. —
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Schoenberg & Webern: Chamber Works
Ulf Wallin (violin), Torleif Thedéen (cello) & Roland Pöntinen (piano)
A fascinating and rewarding disc. —
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Under the Arching Heavens
A Requiem by Alex Freeman
Mirjam Solomon (soprano), Júlia Heéger (soprano), Emma Suszko (alto), Varvara Merras-Häyrynen (alto), Jukka Jokitalo (tenor), Martti Anttila (tenor), Juha-Pekka Mitjonen (bass), Sirkku Rintamäki (alto), David Hackston (tenor), Helsinki Chamber Choir, Nils Schweckendiek
Despite music that is almost unvaryingly slow, Freeman draws the listener into his world through the urgent intensity of his vision. His harmonic language is largely though not exclusively tonal,... —
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Helena Munktell: Violin Sonata; Dix Mélodies; Piano Trio
Tobias Ringborg (violin), Peter Friis Johansson (piano), Sofie Asplund (soprano), Kristina Winiarski (cello)
Ringborg, Johansson, and cellist Kristina Winiarski play Munktell’s Little Trio with the utmost spirit, precision, and richness of tone. The recorded sound has an attractive balance of concert... —
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Azkoul and his group feel fresh, dissolving a lot of conventions in both programming and performance. Not everything works, but ‘Through the Night’ proposes a model for a viable, youthful future... —
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New arrangements result in gorgeously warm and intimate music making … performed with great ardour and exemplary clarity of texture. —
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Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
Recreation of the 1868 Bremen Premiere
Kate Lindsey (mezzo-soprano), Jóhann Kristinsson (baritone), Veronika Eberle (violin), Thomas Cornelius (organ), Chor der KlangVerwaltung, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Kent Nagano
Nagano seeks to recreate the circumstances of the premiere, on Good Friday 1868, of a near-complete work...The integrity of the recreation is unimpeachable, and the distinction of the performance... —
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