Challenge Classics
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Hartmann, K: Simplicius Simplicissimus
Juliane Banse (soprano), Peter Marsch (tenor), Will Hartmann (tenor)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra & Netherlands Radio Choir, Markus Stenz
Leading a strong cast, Juliane Banse as the shepherd brilliantly meets the soprano part's technical challenges while evoking the naivety of the idealistic character...[Stenz] proves himself... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2014, Editor's Choice
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Throughout her very taxing programme, Gurdal plays with a romantic fullness and a lack of inhibition that makes you fall in love with Scriabin's early and glittering outpouring...Playing over... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2014, Editor's Choice
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Thilo Dahlmann and Hedayet Djeddikar are clearly aligned in darkly warm, sensitive performances - and the slight edge to Dahlmann's voice suits the barbed subject matter well. But passion remains... —
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Complete Works for Viola, Vol. 2
Mikhail Zemtsov (viola), Hanna Shybayeva, Timora Rosler, Daniel Rowland, Floor le Coultre, Maja Bogdanović, Dana Zemtsov, Victoria Dmitrieva, Marion van den Akker (mezzo-soprano)
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Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano Op. 19, Two Pieces for Cello and Piano Op. 2 & Trio Élégiaque No. 1 - Shalygin: “Tristissima” for Cello and Piano
Ella van Poucke, Caspar Vos, Niek Baar
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Coll: A Portrait
Jacob Kellermann (guitar), Christopher Bouwman (oboe), Malgorzata Walentynowicz (piano), Emlyn Stam (viola), New European Ensemble, Tito Muñoz
Throughout, the Hague-based New European Ensemble play with that blend of refinement and precision this fastidiously conceived music requires. Those who have the release of Coll’s Violin Concerto... —
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The three concertos featured here and written between 1778 and 1779 exhibit a great deal of melodic charm, character and good humour, if not perhaps the greatest originality...Krigovský dazzles... —
