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Vinnitskaya conveys [the transcription of Bach’s Chaconne] with all the conviction, line and power that it needs, everything balanced and well modulated. Elsewhere, with her emphasis on clarity... —
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JS Bach: Goldberg Variations
Céline Frisch (harpsichord), Dominique Visse (counter-tenor)
Café Zimmermann
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Lively performances, including the Catfish Row suite based on Porgy and Bess, capped by a ‘Summertime’ to die for by soprano Claron McFadden. —
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There’s not the red-raw playing of corrosive brass of Kirill Kondrashin’s Moscow Philharmonic (on Melodiya’s indispensable set) but the Hamburgers still generate plenty of excitement…Urbanski’s... —
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JS Bach: Cantatas BWV 170 & 35
Damien Guillon (countertenor), Maude Gratton (organ)
Le Banquet Celeste
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Istanpita: Danses Florentines du Trecento
Henri Agnel (cistre, cetera, ud), Michael Nick (quinton), Henri Tournier (bansura), Djamchid Chemirani (zarb), Idriss Agnel (udu)
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Yedid Nefesh: Amant de mon ame
Meirav Ben David-Harel (voice, percussion, hurdy-gurdy), Yair Harel (voice, tar, percussion), Nima Ben David (viola da gamba), Michele Claude (percussion)
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De Vez En Cuando La Vida: Music by Joan Manuel Serrat
Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo Garcia Alarcon
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Fauré: Duos & Trios with Piano
Eric Le Sage (piano), Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Pierre Colombet (violin) & Raphael Merlin (cello), Francois Salque (cello)
the presence of Emmanuel Pahud is luxury casting, somehow making the most familiar sound fresh...the highlight of the disc is surely the late Piano Trio. In its grave Andantino the two string... —
