Accentus Music
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 & Triple Concerto
Isabelle Faust (violin), Jean-Guihen Queyras (violoncello) & Martin Helmchen (piano)
Gewandhausorchester, Herbert Blomstedt
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Mahler: Symphony No. 5 & Selected Songs from 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn'
Lucerne Festival In Summer 2015
Matthias Goerne (baritone)
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
[The Lucerne Festival Orchestra’s] magnificent playing here is suffused with the memory of their creator, Claudio Abbado, and re-energised with the new-found dynamism of the visionary Latvian…Nelsons... —
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The video direction of both performances is excellent; the pictures are very sharp. The sound quality is very good indeed. These are rewarding, very musical performances which I enjoyed very... —
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Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty
Christian Spuck, Ballett Zurich, Junior Ballett, Philharmonia Zurich, Robertas Servenikas, Robertas Šervenikas
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The piece that fits well with the New World is the concert overture, Othello…Nelsons conveys the work’s turbulent passions, with marvellous control over dynamics and articulation…the sense of... —
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Memorial Concert for Claudio Abbado
Bruno Ganz, Isabelle Faust (violin)
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, Claudio Abbado
a sombre and moving document...the concert itself begins with the first movement of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony performed without a conductor, the empty podium standing as a conspicuous symbol... —
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Zhu sounds happiest in the three major key suites. The gigues charm, the rhythms delectably pointed. Just when you think things are sounding a little too comfortable, she'll deploy a sharp accent... —
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2 Vinyl Records
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Arvo Pärt: Lamentate - Vinyl Edition
Onude Grazinyte (piano), Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Modestas Pitrenas
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Mendelssohn & Beethoven: Violin Concertos
Nikolaj Znaider (violin)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly
Znaider’s sweet, richly-coloured tone and painstaking commitment to these two much-played works shines through every bar…with gorgeous, burnished accompaniment from the Gewandhaus players —
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Verdi: Requiem
Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano). Veronica Simeoni (mezzo-soprano), Francesco Meli (tenor), Georg Zeppenfeld (bass)
Ballett Zürich, Philharmonia Zürich, Chor und Zusatzchor der Oper Zürich, Fabio Luisi
