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Rhythms and dynamics are all faithfully observed and backed up by atmospheric playing - strings just short of the fullest-bodied Russian sound, but nimbler...the woodwind have bags of personality...But... —
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All the music here is on the light side, but it is played with such pizzazz and enthusiasm that the meat-free diet is satisfying in its own right. —
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The all-male New York Polyphony sing one-to-a-part, which gives a particular sense of purity and chasteness to their Christmas selection...The vocal blend is consistently velvety, the pitching... —
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Some might have dismissed these symphonies as imitations of the teenage Schubert's Classical heroes, but in Dausgaard's hands they emerge as elegant, lively scores already bearing the stamp... —
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Gong's voice, essentially lyrical in timbre, has a clean, ringing power to it, and he sings securely right through the range. At the moment, though, he applies a one-size-fits-all, slightly... —
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Lutosławski: Symphony No. 3 & Chantefleurs et Chantefablesy
Valdine Anderson (soprano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tadaaki Otaka
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Bernhard Henrik Crusell: The Three Clarinet Quartets
Osmo Vänskä (clarinet), Pekka Kauppinen (violin), Anu Airas (viola), Ilkka Pälli (cello)
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Few who have invested in this series so far can doubt that these are among the most commanding symphonies to have emerged in postwar Europe. Some might even argue that they're the finest since... —
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