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This is, it soon becomes evident, one of the great interpretations of one of Beethoven’s most invigorating, far-ranging and finally ethereal works…Gorini is as alive as anyone to the humour... —
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Farjot: Lovescapes
Rosemary Standley, Mathilde Caldérini, Arnaud Thorette, Geneviève Laurenceau, Johan Farjot, Ambroisine Bré (mezzo-soprano), Jeanne Gérard, Sandrine Piau (soprano), David Kadouch (piano), Delphine Haidan, Stanislas de Barbeyrac (tenor), David Tepfer
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There is all sorts of wizardry on show here, as the admirable Duo Jatekok cast their spell with arrangements of familiar pieces by Liszt, de Falla, Dukas and Mussorgsky. —
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You know you’re in unfamiliar territory when a recording’s most familiar landmark is the 1901 Cello Sonata by Jean Cras (1879-1932). But you’re in good hands when you’re guided by Astrig Siranossian... —
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Beethoven: Concerto No. 3 & Triple Concerto
Martin Helmchen (piano), Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello), Antje Weithaas (violin)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Andrew Manze
The generous interplay between the three soloists – Helmchen and violinist Antje Weithaas alongside Hecker – is a joy, finely judged, sensitive and exuberant in turn, and full of refreshing... —
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Madin: Te Deum pour les Victoires de Louis XV
Anne Magouet (soprano), Michiko Takahashi (soprano), Robert Getchell (tenor), Alban Dufourt (tenor), Alain Buet (bass), Geoffroy Buffiere (bass)
Stradivaria & Les Cris de Paris, Daniel Cuiller
[Madin] writes vividly…[and] Daniel Cuiller is well in command of his forces in both pieces; worth investigating —
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The pedigree of the Tonhalle players shines through in the pointing of the finale’s more humorous moods and in the great Wagner threnody with which the Adagio ends, the playing of the horns... —
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 KV 488 & 24 KV 491
Julian Trevelyan, ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Christian Zacharias
Trevelyan won the Mozart concerto prize at the recent Géza Anda Competition in Zurich, and he’s a sympathetic and unfailingly musical player.
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 15, 16 & 17
Claire Huangci (piano), Mozarteumorchester Salzburg and Howard Griffiths
this is an excellent album, musically sound and technically beyond criticism. —
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Couperin & Lalande: Leçons de Ténèbres
Paco Garcia, Etienne Bazola (baritone), Ensemble Les Surprises, Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas