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Those who associate Rolf Wallin (b.1957) with abstract poise and geometrical precision may be surprised at the pieces here…The playing of the Arctic Philharmonic under Øyvind Bjorå is sensitivity... —
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This may be a studio recording, but Halász draws the listener in as if to a live recital…Expressive freedom is apparent throughout but is especially unleashed in the early E minor BWV 996, where... —
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Takemitsu: Spectral Canticle
Jakob Kellermann (guitar), Vivane Hagner (violin), BBC Philharmonic, Christian Karlsen
Jakob Kellermann’s playing matches the refinement of Takemitsu’s textures, opened out for the listener by immaculate engineering, which scores over a live experience with the balance problems... —
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the playing is both warmly expressive and beautifully detailed. The scene- setting opening work, Vysehrad...is spellbindingly performed...this non-Czech performance, by a classy cosmopolitan... —
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Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5 & Choral Fantasia
Ronald Brautigam (piano), Hannah Holgersson (soprano), Marie Olhans (mezzo-soprano), Maria Sanner (alto), Mikael Stenbaek (tenor), Gunnar Birgersson (baritone) & Ove Pettersson (bass)
Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, with Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Andrew Parrott
The opening of the concerto is excellent: Parrott gets appropriately spacious playing from the orchestra, while the bell-like tone of Brautigam's instrument - a Steinway Model D - helps to prevent... —
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[Idenstam’s] organ improvisations occupy their own universe – part hard apocalyptic rock, part elfin folklore, part nave-shaking French symphony…Sandra Marteleur’s fiddle ariosos have a strange... —
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The quality is first-rate, a tribute to the musical and expressive gains Minczuk can achieve when an orchestra is with him...The real find of the disc for me was Edino Krieger's Passacalha para... —
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Strauss: Ein Heldenleben & Vier letzte Lieder
Dorothea Röschmann (soprano)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
the gossamer textures of the Hero's 'War and Peace'...work best here, the bassoon stylishly leading the superb Rotterdam woodwind. The final retirement is gilded by a glorious horn solo...[Roschmann's]... —
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Schumann: Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra
Ulf Wallin (violin)
Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie, Frank Beermann
Wallin captures a freshness and energy in his performance. Brushing aside those associations of madness that have coloured Schumann's music, Wallin and his equally dedicated orchestra and conductor... —
