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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... —
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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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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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Liszt: A Faust Symphony, S108
Steve Davislim (tenor)
Orchester Wiener Akademie & Chorus Sine Nomine, Martin Haselböck
[Haselböck] reveals aspects of Liszt’s scoring that would otherwise go unnoticed…you being to understand Liszt’s sound world as he understood it…beautiful singing by Steve Davislim —
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Nueva Espana
Nora Tabbush (soprano) & Andrea De Carlo (viola de gamba & direction)
Ensemble Mare Nostrum
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Fauré: Piano Trio & Works for Cello & Piano
Eric Le Sage (piano), François Salque (cello) & Paul Meyer (clarinet), François Salque (cello)
Meyer's soft-grained playing is unconvincing; Salque is eloquent; Le Sage's articulation crisp. —
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part of the delight of Spanish baroque music is hearing familiar song melodies and dance rhythms in fresh and inventive settings. The realizations and performances by La Poeme Harmonique are... —
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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... —
