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Torelli - Concertos
Catherine Weiss (violin), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), David Blackadder (trumpet), Simon Standage (violin)
Collegium Musicum 90
Simon Standage and Catherine Weiss are well-matched in the double concertos, from hair-raising momentum to lovely slow-movement dialogue. In the solo concertos, Standage sometimes sacrifices... —
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some of the most exquisitely intense vocal music ever written —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2007, Editor's Choice
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…a vital, vividly scored and eventually stirring piece. When d'Indy escapes from his determination to build most of it from the same two themes, he comes up with moments of breathtaking poetry... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2009, Editor's Choice
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique'
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons
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The Polish Violin Vol 2
Szymanowski, Wieniawska & Bacewicz
Jennifer Pike (violin), Petr Limonov (piano)
As in her first volume, Jennifer Pike (herself half-Polish) has chosen to anchor her survey to a substantial helping of Szymanowski, and she and pianist Petr Limonov open with a sweeping performance... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2021
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Building a Library, May 2001, Period Instrument Choice
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Stravinsky: Symphony No. 1, Symphony in C and other orchestral works
RecommendedNash Ensemble, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Simon Rattle, Sir Alexander Gibson, Neeme Jarvi
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Building a Library, April 2006, First Choice
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the early Quartet is a remarkable creation, with its searching chromaticism, huge technical strength, and formidable finale...The Doric Quartet play both works with an ultra-focused vividness... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Chamber
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In the Symphony… the long crescendos build up a tremendous head of steam, while Noseda handles Liszt's occasionally abrupt harmonic transitions with tact and sensitivity. —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2006, Disc of the month
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