Accentus Music
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JS Bach: Christmas Oratorio
Patrick Grahl (tenor), Elvira Bill (alto), Klaus Häger (bass), Markus Schäfer (tenor), Dorothee Mields (soprano)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Thomanerchor Leipzig, Gotthold Schwarz
Bright, vigorous choral singing, five excellent vocal soloists and many a polished instrumental obbligato add up to a splendid reading. —
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand'
Ricarda Merbeth, Juliane Banse, Anna Lucia Richter, Sara Mingardo, Mihoko Fujimura, Andreas Schager, Peter Mattei, Samuel Youn
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Latvian Radio Choir, Orfeón Donostiarra, Tolzer Knabenchor, Riccardo Chailly
His approach is characteristically thoughtful...As you would expect from a handpicked band, the orchestral playing is consistently glorious. The contribution of the combined choirs is authoritative... —
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Pierre Boulez conducts Mahler
Magdalena Kožená & Christian Gerhaher
The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Magdalena Kozena is an engaging performer; a sensitive one too, who tellingly alters her expressive demeanour...while Christian Gerhaher is rather more formal in his approach, they're a nicely... —
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Astor Piazzolla: Aconcagua; Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas
Marynas Levickis, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Mikroórkestra, Modestas Pitrenas
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Special offer. Bellini: I Capuleti e I Montecchi
Joyce DiDonato (Romeo), Olga Kulchynska (Giulietta), Benjamin Bernheim (Tebaldo), Roberto Lorenzi (Lorenzo), Alexei Botnarciuc (Capellio), Gieorgij Puchalski (The companion)
Philharmonia Zürich & Chorus of the Opernhaus Zürich, Fabio Luisi (conductor) & Christof Loy (stage director)
In a central work of the bel canto canon, it is crucial that vocal values are scrupulously maintained – and here they certainly are, with an even and technically excellent cast, who understand... —
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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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Sergei Rachmaninoff: Youth Symphony; Scherzo; Piano Concerto No. 1; Symphonic Dances
Alexander Malofeev (piano), Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly
[Masleev] wows in sound and vision, making a Lucerne Festival debut that charms the well-heeled crowd. —
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Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Christina Landshamer (soprano), Stefan Kahle (alto), Wolfram Lattke (tenor), Martin Lattke (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass), Gotthold Schwarz (bass)
St. Thomas Boys Choir Leipzig & Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, St. Thomas Cantor Georg Christoph Biller
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A Tribute to Krzysztof Penderecki
Krzysztof Urbański, Anne-Sophie Mutter & Daniel Müller-Schott
Charles Dutoit, Valery Gergiev, Krzysztof Urbaski
[the Threnody's] extremes of timbre and texture still leave a fearsome impression - not least in a reading as unsparing as that which Krzysztof Urbanski here obtains from the Warsaw Philharmonic... —
