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Wu Qian dazzles but never blinds and her seemingly-easy virtuosity is well matched by violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky and cellist Leonard Elschenbroich. There's always the sense of three individuals... —
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They are virtuoso works, and Ronald Brautigam, who tends to favour quick tempos, plays them in genuine virtuoso style, but without ever failing to bring out the music's more expressive moments...A... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2012, Editor's Choice
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Over-subscribed as it may well be, there’s always room in the Mozart discography for new recordings of this stature...Astute performances, rigorous musical integrity and exceptional sound –... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2024, Editor's Choice
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Bach - Cantatas Volume 5
Midori Suzuki (soprano), Ingrid Schmithüsen (soprano), Yoshikazu Mera (counter-tenor), Makoto Sakurada (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
The fifth volume of Bach's sacred cantatas performed by the Bach Collegium Japan continues their Weimar survey with five pieces written between c1713 and 1716. It begins with No 18, performed... —
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Franz Berwald - The Four Symphonies
Christian Davidsson (bassoon)
Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Sixten Ehrling
As might be expected, given Sixten Ehrling's excellent account of the Singulière and the E flat Symphonies with the LSO for Decca way back in the late 1960s and his no less impressive 1970 Swedish... —
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Linde, B: Symphony No. 2, Op. 23, etc.
Ulf Wallin (violin)
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Juni’chi Hirokami
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Bach - Cantatas Volume 53
Hana Blažíková (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Gerd Türk (tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Suzuki's performance forces, 12-voice choir (including soloists) and three-to-a-part violins, are superbly clean and tidy while allowing him a generous dynamic and dramatic range. Highly commended. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2013, Editor's Choice
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Schnittke: Symphony No. 4 & Requiem
Ingela Högerås Sjöberg (soprano), Kristina Hjärtsjö Salomonsson (soprano), Lisbeth Lindholm (soprano), Annika Finnilä Eker (alto), Mikael Bellini (counter-tenor), Stefan Parkman (tenor), Nils Högman (tenor)
UAK Choir, Stockholm Sinfonietta, Okko Kamu
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