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[Gent's] Her gently inflected phrasing, effective tempo and poetically uttered solo line are rewarding...Ensemble Masques savour their frequent suspensions and simple melodic contours and Olivier... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Beethoven: Complete Works for Piano and Violoncello
Alexander Lonquich (piano), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello)
Like Altstaedt, Lonquich has a strong style as a performer, and he gets a powerful sound, offsetting but not entirely erasing the fortepiano’s feathery attacks. The Variations on Handel’s See,... —
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Small-scale period-instrument forces create a sense of intimate chamber music. There's crisp orchestral articulation and bold-toned flute in allegro passages if rather retiring in middle movements.... —
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Vienne 1900
Eric Le Sage (piano), Zvi Plesser (cello), Daishin Kashimoto (violin), Paul Meyer (clarinet), Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
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The sheer quality and naturalness of their music-making is deliciously demonstrated in the development section of the opening movement of the First Quintet of 1872…The main act here is the Second... —
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Weber: Clarinet Quintet, Concertino for Clarinet, Grand Duo Concertant & Der Freischütz Overture
Jörg Widmann (clarinet), Denis Kozhukin (piano), Irish Chamber Orchestra
Jörg Widmann makes an impassioned plea in the CD booklet on behalf of Weber and the highly charged drama of his music. It’s that dramatic tension which he conveys so vividly in these very personal... —
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Special offer. Rameau: Zoroastre 1749
Jodie Devos (Amélite), Véronique Gens (Erinice), Reinoud Van Mechelen (Zoroastre), Tassis Christoyannis (Abramane)
Les Ambassadeurs, La Grande Écurie, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Alexis Kossenko
The chorus and line-up of soloists is first-rate, with a suitably menacing Abramane (Tassis Christoyannis) and a witchy Érinice (Véronique Gens)...The instrumental numbers (notably the sarabands)... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Opera
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