Challenge Classics
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an original, excellently planned programme tracing the links from Romanticism to modernism. Thoughtful playing. —
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Piazzólla: Tango!
Isabelle van Keulen (violin), Christian Gerber (bandoneon), Ulrike Payer (piano) & Rüdiger Ludwig (double bass)
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There is what can only be described as a rightness about [van Zweden's] tempi and the way he connects them through the tension and release of transition. The whole is as spontaneous as it is... —
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Prokofiev: Complete Works for Violin & Piano
Isabelle van Keulen (violin) & Ronald Brautigam (piano)
Van Keulen is most successful in the 'lighter' works, particularly the Five Melodies...Van Keulen's generally brisk and no-nonsense approach, though, gives little room for stronger emotions. —
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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
Evelina Dobracheva (soprano), Anthony Dean Griffey (tenor) & Mark Stone (baritone)
The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Netherlands Radio Choir & Netherlands Children’s Choir, Jaap van Zweden & Reinbert de Leeuw
With a formidable blend of Slavic steel and sensuality in her rich soprano, she provides the gleaming core to a deeply satisfying Libera me...Griffey's heavy vibrato makes for unevenness and... —
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Concertante: Virtuosic Wind Concertos
Egils Sefers (clarinet), Niels Anders Vedsten Larsen (bassoon) & David Palmquist (horn)
Sinfonietta Riga, Claus Efland
The soloists here are all members of the Danish wind quintet Carion and their knowledge of each other as players shines through in these beautifully prepared and balanced performances. —
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Handel: Concerti grossi Op. 3 Nos. 1-6, HWV312-317
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Jan Willem de Vriend
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The BaRock Experience
Sonatas for cello and organ by Vivaldi & Barrière
Jelena Ocic (cello) & Ljerka Ocic (organ)
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Biber: Fidicinium sacro-profanum, Sonatas I-XII
Gunar Letzbor (violin, direction)
Ars Antiqua Austria
These wonderfully varied pieces reval Biber's skill in writing chamber music as well as the diverse tradition upon which he drew...This disc leaves us in no doubt about [Letzbor and Ars Antiqua']... —
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