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Bach - Piano Transcriptions Volume 5
Transcriptions by Georgy Catoire (1861-1926), Alexander Goedicke (1877-1957), Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987), Alexander Siloti (1863-1945)
Hamish Milne (piano)
…best of all is the brilliant and grandiose transcription of the great C minor Passacaglia by Georgy Catoire, whose original works we are only beginning to rediscover… Though Milne's booklet... —
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Bach - Piano Transcriptions Volume 9
A Bach Book for Harriet Cohen and other British transcriptions
Jonathan Plowright (piano)
Plowright plays everything with calm, unforced nuance assurance, nicely balancing Bach style and period manners, and making light of all the left-hand skips needed to suggest Bach's organ pedal... —
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He homes in on the Hungarian melodies and evocations and locates the love and pride that Liszt lavished on them —
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As always, Shelley makes light of the music’s technical difficulties, and plays with innate musicianship throughout. It’s possible to feel that there’s a touch more poetry and drama to be found... —
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Voyage of a sea-god
Laurence Perkins (bassoon), Michael Hancock (piano), Amy Thompson (bassoon), Matthew Kitteringham (bassoon), Catriona McDermid (bassoon), Eira Lynn Jones (harp), Susie Mészáros (viola), Michael Escreet (double bass), Carducci Quartet, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, William Goodchild
It’s an extensive programme, encompassing a variety of styles and forces ranging from bassoon solo to small orchestral ensembles. There are some real treats, such as Bantock’s splendidly imaginative... —
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Recorded in a full, close acoustic – almost as though one were standing next to the piano in some Victorian drawing-room – the solidity of Shelley’s pianism and his belief in this music comes... —
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Hamelin and Les Violons du Roy play that gypsy finale [of the D major Concerto] with irresistable verve...If there's an incongruity between the sound of Hamelin's modern piano and that of the... —
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Dittersdorf & Vanhal: Double Bass Concertos
Chi-chi Nwanoku (double bass)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Paul Goodwin
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Fluid, fine-toned and with formidable power and dexterity when required, all these performances recreate Tchaikovsky's idiom, whether vivacious or drenched in Russian melancholy to rare degree...On... —
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The Romantic Violin Concerto 4 - Moszkowski and Karlowicz
Tasmin Little (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
