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Louis Spohr: The Complete Works For Clarinet & Orchestra
Christoffer Sundqvist (clarinet), NDR Radiophilharmonie, Simon Gaudenz
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Jaromir Weinberger: Orchestral Works
Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Karl-Heinz Steffens
Enjoyable music from a rarely heard composer. —
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Rameau: Suites and Arias
Pigmalion - Dardanus
Anders J. Dahlin (haute-contre), L'Orfeo Barockorchester, Michi Gaigg
All are well sung by Dahlin with greater freedom and in fuller voice that has sometimes been the case, though some of his ornaments are not turned with sufficient precision. Michi Gaigg’s orchestra,... —
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Rosetti: Three Violin Concertos
Lena Neudauer (violin), Sudwestdeutsches Kammerorchester, Johannes Moesus
While the Bohemian-born Antonio Rosetti’s violin concertos are not in Mozart’s league, on this evidence their quality deserves more than just specialist interest...The performances respond in... —
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Anton Rubinstein: Piano Concertos No.2 and No.4
Schaghajegh Nosrati (piano), Rso Berlin, Robert Farkas
Nosrati plays with affection and makes the most of the simple song-like theme in the slow movement [of No. 4], with limpid tone, and a sure feeling for rubato...There’s a good relationship between... —
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Manifold aspects of Rosenmüller’s compositional ingenuity are revealed across an enthralling survey by Ensemble 1684’s dozen singers, five-part strings, two cornetti, four trombones, dulcian,... —
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Paul Ignaz Liechtenauer: 4 Masses op. 2
Maria Ladurner, Elvira Bill (mezzo-soprano), Georg Poplutz (tenor), Johannes Hill, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens
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Henry Raudales is as committed an advocate as one can imagine, eliciting passionate playing from his Munich orchestra...And if you’re interested in out-of-the-way 19th-century repertoire, these... —
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Franz Lehár: Schön ist die Welt
Sieglinde Feldhofer; Thomas Blondelle; Gerd Vogel; Katharina Linhard; Jonathan Hartzendorf; Klára Vincze; Joseph Terterian; Johannes Hubmer; Chor des Lehár Festivals Bad Ischl; Franz Lehár-Orchester; Marius Burkert