Challenge Classics
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Castello & Co: Venetian Sonatas for Winds and Strings
Kathryn Cok (harpsichord & organ), Wouter Verschuren (dulcian), Adam Woolf (alto and tenor trombone), Bjarte Eike, Aira Maria Lehtipuu (violin) & Jamie Savan (cornetto and cornetto muto)
The combination of instruments – mainly harpsichord, dulcian and high or low trombone, with violins and cornetts joining in for some works – may sound unpromising but proves varied and spirited.... —
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Liza & Dmitry Ferschtman: Duos for Violin & Cello
Liza Ferschtman (violin) & Dmitry Ferschtman (cello)
Pungent performances of three fine duos by seasoned veterans: the Kodaly is a little formal, but the Ravel is visceral. The Schulhoff is at once haunting and raw. —
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This performance [of Pictures] proves his win was neither just a flash in the pan, nor a sentimental gesture from the judges. Tsujii's initial 'Promenade' comes across with a clean, sustained,... —
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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245
Sigiswald Kuijken (direction & violin, gamba, viola d’amore), Christoph Genz (Evangelist/tenor arias), Jens Hamann (Jesus/baritone arias), Gerlinde Samann (soprano), Petra Noskaiová (mezzo)
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
This 'choir' provides heartfelt congregational ardour in chorales, the hysterical ferocity of a crowd thirsting for blood, and objective commentary as onlookers in the opening and closing choruses.... —
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Bach - Organ Works Volume 8
Jacques van Oortmerssen (Christian Müller organ (1738), St. Bavo, Haarlem)
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Bach - Organ Works Volume 5
Jacques van Oortmerssen (The Van Hagerbeer/Schnitger organ (1646/1725), St. Laurenskerk Alkmaar)
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Wagner: Meistersinger (an orchestral tribute)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Edo de Waart
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There is a pleasing quality to Fabio Bonizzoni’s first volume of Bach harpsichord concertos, which achieves the difficult task of combining subtle artifice and interpretative joie de vivre with... —
