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Børresen: String Sextet in G Major, Op. 5 & String Quartet No. 2 in C Minor
Jon Gjesme (violin), Arne Balk-Møller (violin), Ida Grøn (viola), Ingemar Brantelid (cello)
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The style of the first three works owes more to Haydn than to Beethoven, though it lacks the former’s sophistication and surprise elements. Instead, we’re in the realm of the innocently fresh... —
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Special offer. Fall, L: Brüderlein Fein
Anke Krabbe (Tony Drechsler), Andrea Bönig (Gertrud), Michael Roider (Josef Drechsler), Henning Freiberg (speaker)
WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, WDR Funkhausorchester Köln, Axel Kober
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Charming, good-humoured music, judiciously arranged. —
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This new recording is in effect a world premiere…Cast in two acts, it boasts a non-stop flow of enchanting ideas, including the principle Blue Danube waltz, and is played here by Vienna’s ORF... —
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Each issue of Ensemble MidtVest’s Gade series adds to the stylistic and taxonomical riddles surrounding the composer…[The Quintet] is beautifully played by Ensemble Midtvest’s strings. —
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Wolf-Ferrari: Die vier Grobiane
Christina Landshammer (Lucieta), Susanne Bernhard (Marina), Christine Buffle (Felice), Nathalie Flessa (a young servant), Zoryana Kushpler (Margarita), Markus Francke (Filipeto), Uwe Eikötter (Comte Riccardo), Peter Schöne (Simon), Jürgen Linn (Lunardo), Victor von Halem (Maurizio), Friedemann Röhlig...
For many it’s Wolf-Ferrari’s masterpiece, and it’s a remarkable score: suffused with easy-going Italianate melody and rhythms, remarkably light on its feet at a time where operatic humour was... —
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an augmented ensemble of seven vocalists and eight instrumentalists makes a grand and passionate noise far beyond the capabilities suggested by their mere numbers—and the musicianship is equally... —
