CPO
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Pianist and quartet are in impeccable harmony and unity in this delightful performance. While this is not great chamber music, it is very enjoyable, and with CPO’s superb sound is worth exploring. —
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Johann David Heinichen: Two Passion Oratorios
Elena Harsanyi (soprano), Elvira Bill (alto), Mirko Ludwig (tenor), Andreas Wolf (baritone), Kolner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens
Elvira Bill has a lovely, smooth voice... Antonio de Sarlo, deservedly receives credit as Italian diction coach. The pronunciation and inflection of the Italian are impeccable throughout. —
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Not only am I mightily impressed with these piano quartets, I am thrilled that they are given such excellent performances by the Mariani Piano Quartet. I can find nothing to be critical of in... —
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Franz Xaver Scharwenka: Piano Concerto No. 1 · Symphony C minor
Jonathan Powell, Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz
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Ignaz Paderewski: Manru
Original version in German
Thomas Mohr, Romelia Lichtenstein, Levent Bakirci, Franziska Krötenheerdt, Ki-Hyun Park; Staatskapelle Halle, Michael Wendeberg
Halle Opera field a dependable cast, with Romelia Lichtenstein impressive as Ulana, a properly dramatic soprano with a velvety lower register...Michael Wendeberg in the pit works tirelessly... —
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These suave new performances are beautifully inflected and sensitively blended, if a trifle bland…If the notion of owning the full trilogy appeals, then these warmly recorded performance wont’... —
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Martines: Psalms & Symphony in C major
Marianna Herzig, Aleksandra Zamojska, Nele Gramß, Eva Schlossleitner, Christian Havel, Virgil Hartinger, Roland Faust, Salzburger Hofmusik, Wolfgang Brunne
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The Reinhold Quartet, members of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, can be rough in tone and pitch. But they offer commitment and affection, as well as some subtle interpretative flourishes (like... —
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Francesco Bartolomeo Conti: Bravo! Bene!
Valer Barna-Sabadus (counter-tenor), Franz Vitzthum, Florian Götz, Hana Blažiková (soprano), Nuovo Aspetto
This disc is a very interesting addition to the discography, and the ideal way to get to know Conti… guarantees variety… From every angle, this is a disc which deserves the attention of every... —
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Alfvén’s soundworld is largely lateRomantic, though there’s also oodles of Mendelssohn-like good humour in his lovely Second Symphony. The folky Swedish Rhapsody No. 3 may remind some of Grieg. —
