Frederick Chopin Institute
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This is a full-length piece with substantial amounts of dialogue, largely couched in an attractive lighter vein that recalls the French opéra-comique tradition and may even be seen as prefiguring... —
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Opera, January 2022, Disc of the Month
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Richard-Hamelin is a supremely artistic, highly sensitive young pianist, whose strikingly original ideas remain true to the spirit of Chopin…[he also has] the emotional reservoirs to back them... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2017, Editor's Choice
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Joseph Haydn: Symphonies. Archive Live Recordings Warsaw 2004
Wilke te Brummelstroete (alto), Olga Pasiecznik, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen, Roel Dieltiens
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Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor and other works
Alexey Zuev (Erard/Pleyel piano)
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
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The predominant tone is of simple lyricism, and Kurzak captures it beautifully with her glinting soprano, moving easily between melancholy and shy eroticism...Kwiecien sings with soft-grained... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2010, Choral & Song Choice
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Music of Polish Soul | Songs By Moniuszko and Karlowicz
Piotr Beczala (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano)
Beczała is one of today’s most important operatic tenors, and it is gratifying to see that he can scale his style down to a more intimate level so as not to overwhelm these songs. This release... —
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Diapason d’Or, April 2020, Nouveauté
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The period-instrument colours sound wonderful, not least the oboe solos in the Menuetto of B f lat Symphony, played with poise and freedom. Though Lipiński’s more mature violin concertos give... —
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Building a Library, May 2012, First Choice
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[The Zalenski] could hardly wish for more ardent and inspired advocacy than it receives from this young Polish team, who shape even the most generic of phrases with a haunting memorability.... —
