Chandos
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The Brodskys play throughout with a gorgeously generous, lush tone that will instantly recommend itself to those who like their Bach ‘full fat’. —
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Considered as extended highlights...this is seriously good, not least for the RNSO's suave playing, captured in silky SACD sound...The garden scene has a sensual glow, Mark's intrusion sounds... —
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A highly enjoyable wander away from the familiar British path, including some rare youthful Vaughan Williams. The playing is suitably characterful throughout. —
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a superb showcase for Michael Collins's talents...I doubt if I've ever hear a finer version of Finzi's 1949 Concerto. The rapt, elegiac intensity of the performance of this works' slow movement,... —
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Romance del Diablo
The Music of Piazzolla
Marco Albonetti (saxophone), Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana
Albonetti’s scholarly understanding of the nuevo tango informs his latest orchestrations of Piazzolla’s music...The four pieces were originally scored for quintet – the bandoneón parts (the... —
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Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 (Requiem)
Bror Magnus Tødenes (tenor)
Choir of Collegiûm Mûsicûm, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Choir, Eikanger-Bjørsvik Musikklag, Musicians from the Bergen Philharmonic Youth Orchestra & Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
[Gardner] has the measure of this work – of its pacing, its contrasts and, not least, of its idiosyncrasies. Among my favourite moments here is the momentous hush before the final ‘mors stupebit’…Achieving... —
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Montsalvatge: Orchestral Works
Ruby Hughes (soprano), Clara Mouriz (mezzo-soprano)
BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena
The BBC Philharmonic are in excellent form throughout, well marshalled by Mena, they and Montsalvatge's often spare, quiet textures captured in typically rich Chandos sound. A very enjoyable... —
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Special offer. Miklós Rózsa: Orchestral Works Volume 3
Jennifer Pike (violin)
BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba
Pike immediately evokes memories of Heifetz with her silver purity of sound and quicksilver agility, inflected by a narrow, medium-fast vibrato. What sets her apart, however, is the gentle cushioning... —
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Johan Svendsen: Orchestral Works Volume 3
Marianne Thorsen (violin)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Järvi and his Bergen players sound most happy together, playing with a fluency suggestive of more joint live performances than they could pssobly have had. The engineering supports them at... —
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French Music For the Stage
Auber - Boieldieu - Delibes - Massenet - Thomas
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
[The performance] displays the splendid conjunction of subtlety and élan we have come to expect from these performers…Delibes’s incidental music to Le Roi s’amuse, with its passing modal inflections... —
