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The performance by the ensemble is excellent, with clear tempos, good sense of contrast, and a quality which allows for Krommer’s obvious orchestral textures to emerge, whether simply as lightly... —
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Howard Griffiths’s conducting is arguably more cogent than that of either Groves or Marriner —
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Kurt Atterberg: Aladin
Selcuk Hakan Turasoglu, Yuedong Guan, Franz Reichetseder, Michael Ha, Oleksandr Pushniak, Justin Moore, Patrick Ruyters, Solen Mainguené, Frank Blees, Staatsorchester Braunschweig, Chor des Staatstheaters Braunschweig, Jonas Alber
Aladin is ultimately an opera of and for its time, but this does not make its belated revival other than welcome. Try the engaging Overture or culminating episodes of the second and third acts;... —
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Leo Fall: Die Rose von Stambul
Operetta in three acts
Matthias Klink (Achmed Bey), Kristiane Kaiser (Kondja Gul), Andreas Winkler (Fridolin), Magdalena Hinterdobler (Midili Hanum), Eleonora Vacchi (Bul-Bul), Christof Hartkopf (Exzellenz Kamek Pascha), Hanne Weber (Djamileh), Michael Glantschnig (Hoteldirektor), Wolfgang Klose (Muller senior aus Hamburg),...
Judiciously merging the Vienna and Berlin versions, Ulf Schirmer proves yet again a master of operetta, his orchestra equalling Marszalek’s in style and eclipsing it in power…Kristiane Kaiser... —
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Johann Wilhelm Hertel: Three Harp Concertos
Silke Aichhorn (harp)
Kurpfälzische Kammerorchester, Kevin Griffiths
these breezy, affable concertos, a man at ease with life. A very pleasurable…listen. —
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Halffter: 2 Bocetos Sinfónicos, Rapsodía Portuguesa & Sinfonietta in D Major
Juh Hee Suh (piano), Alejandro Rutkauskas (violin), Peter Wolf (cello), Bogusław Furtok (double bass)
Muhai Tang
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Johann Kuhnau: Complete Sacred Works, Vol. 5
Isabel Schicketanz (soprano), Heidi Maria Taubert (soprano), David Erler (alto), Tobias Hunger (tenor), Friedemann Klos (bass), Camerata Lipsiensis, Gregor Meyer
If you’ve not yet been tempted to try out Kuhnau, here is an excellent place to begin; strongly recommended, and looking forward to the remaining volumes. —
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Kabalevsky - Symphonies Nos. 1-4 (complete)
NDR Chor, The Choir of Hungarian Radio & NDR Radiophilharmonie, Eiji Oue
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Herzogenberg - Violin Concerto & Odysseus
Ulf Wallin (violin)
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbruecken Kaiserslautern, Frank Beermann
Nobody would call Odysseus a perfect work; but it's highly enjoyable and fairly brimming with talent...The later, very different Herzogenberg is represented by the Violin Concerto...a lovely,... —
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Ginastera: String Quartet No. 1 & Piano Quintet op. 29
Ravel: String Quartet op. 35
Minguet Quartett, Michael Korstick (piano)
