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Grieg, Schumann & Saint-Saëns - Piano Concertos
Howard Shelley (piano and conductor)
Orchestra of Opera North
…a modern version of Schumann's Piano Concerto that actually sounds like Schumann. Howard Shelley's performance is refreshingly free from empty showmanship or narcissistic 'pianism'. The Grieg... —
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an understated view of the composer, yet one that is fully cultivated and always convincing...not that Lortie is afraid of big expression, or lacking in virtuosity: his elegant playing always... —
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Both books of Goyescas (1909-12) , as their subtitle ‘o Los majos enamorados’ suggests, are essentially sensual and/or passionate love poems, something that Xiayin Wang conveys with sensitivity... —
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Rare and well-known repertoire with a twist combine in an irresistible release. —
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Beynon's highly expressive playing is showcased in this (mainly) British anthology —
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Special offer. Sullivan: Cox and Box & Trial by Jury
James Gilchrist (Box), Neal Davies (Cox), Donald Maxwell (Bouncer), Rebecca Evans (Plaintiff), James Gilchrist (Defendant), Matthew Brook (Counsel for the Plaintiff), Donald Maxwell (Judge), Neal Davies (Usher), David Thaxton (Foreman); BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox
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Eugen Suchoň: Baladická suita, Metamorfózy & Symfonietta rustica
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Suchon's engaging post-Romantic idiom fuses Scriabin's hot-house exotica with a Gallic predilection for harmonic allure. —
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Artur Kapp, Mihkel Lüdig and Artur Lemba: Orchestral Works
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Gorgeous, lyrical works from the dawn of Estonian symphonic music-Tchaikovsky meets Sibelius in the case of Artur Kapps symphony, while Lemba goes down the Rachmaninov route. Excellently performed... —
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On this evidence, Haydn’s brand of roguish inventiveness materialised early…The recording finds a natural-sounding perspective for two very different kinds of sonority: the interaction of organ... —
