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Special offer. Viardot: Le Dernier Sorcier
Trudie Styler (narrator), Myra Huang (piano), Eric Owens (baritone), Sarah Brailey (soprano), Adriana Zabala (mezzo-soprano), Jamie Barton (mezzo-soprano), Liana Pailodze Harron (piano), Camille Zamora (soprano), Michael Slattery (tenor), Manhattan Girls Chorus, Michelle Oesterle
The fading wizard Krakamiche (a game if somewhat uneven Eric Owens) has a long-standing row with a Fairy Queen (Jamie Barton, excellent) whose band torments him, led by the lively Verveine (the... —
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Special offer. Paul Chihara: Viola Concerto and Music for Viola
Paul Coletti (viola), Jack Van Geem (percussion), Vivian Fan (piano)
The Colburn Orchestra, Yehuda Gilad
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Bachmann and Neiman take great care over phraseology and dynamics but their too-elastic take brings concern...The most successful performance is that of Saint-Saëns’s D minor sonata where a... —
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Special offer. Music of Elliott Carter - Vol 9
Rosalind Rees (soprano) & David Starobin (guitar), Tony Arnold (soprano), Charles Rosen (piano), Steven Beck, Slowing Wind Quintet
Colorado College Festival Orchestra, Basel Sinfonietta, Scott Yoo, Joel Smirmoff
overturns the stereotype that built up around the composer during his lifetime —
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Special offer. Music of Fred Lerdahl Volume 4
Mirka Vitala (piano), Bethany Beardslee (soprano)
Odense Symphony Orchestra, Argento Chamber Ensemble, Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Eighth Blackbird, Scott Yoo, Michel Galante, David Epstein
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Here is a Chopin recital to make you think again...Rarely has Chopin been so decidedly taken out of the salon and made to speak with such a dark, rich and full eloquence...such a dramatic reappraisal... —
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Special offer. Weber: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Alexander Fiterstein (clarinet)
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, Martin West
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Special offer. Music of Ursula Mamlok Volume 3
Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano), Harvey Sollberger (flute) & Fred Sherry (cello), Heinz Holliger (oboe) & Anton Kernjak (piano), Jakob Spahn (cello), Susanne Zapf (violin), Cosima Gerhardt (cello) & Heather O'Donnell (piano), Helge Harding (clarinet), Kirsten Harms (violin) & Cosima...
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Special offer. Schubert: The Piano Trios & 'Arpeggione' Sonata
The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio: Sharon Robinson (violoncello), Joseph Kalichstein (piano) & Jaime Laredo (violin)
The characteristic playing style of the KLR is 'big', which in no way suggests a lack of lyricism, delicacy, or attention to the softer end of the dynamic spectrum - in particular, Joseph Kalichstein's... —
