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Special offer. Mozart: Lucio Silla, K135
Henriette Bonde-Hansen (soprano), Susanne Elmark (soprano), Kristina Hammarström (mezzo soprano), Jakob Næslund Madsen (tenor), Simone Nold (soprano), Lothar Odinius (tenor) & Richard Lewis (harpsichord)
Danish Radio Sinfonietta & Ars Nova Copenhagen, Adam Fischer
The Milan premiere of Lucio Silla, on Boxing Day 1772, was a near-fiasco: ham acting from the last-minute tenor and the prima donna in a sulk. But from the second performance Mozart's second... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2008, Editor's Choice
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Langgaard: Complete Works for Violin and Piano, Vol. 3
Gunvor Sihm (violin), Berit Johansen Tange (piano)
The performance [of the Violin Sonata No. 2] focuses on the bigger picture and the two half-lit miniatures are played with considerable depth. —
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Three superb and deeply moving quartets in outstanding performances. —
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well worth reviving —
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Anne Boyd's As I crossed a bridge of dreams (1975) gives its title to the CD and, with its rapt sostenuto, steals the show. Almost endlessly sustained, immaculately imagined, and - like everything... —
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[The Arilds] play with apt alacrity, communicating equally both the intelligence and the vibrancy of Horneman's music, not to mention the sparkle of Hamerik's, in a persuasive fashion. —
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Poul Ruders - Concertos
Erik Heide (violin) & Mathias Reumert (percussion)
Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård
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Fischer gets his orchestra to play with fierce intensity, so that works which usually seem accomplished but conventional take on a fresh complexion. —
