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If the Mozart variations are nothing special, those by Beethoven and Brahms are masterpieces, which Trpčeski conveys with his characteristic refinement. His Brahms has grave beauty, and his... —
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Special offer. Schumann & Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos
Ingrid Fliter (piano)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Antonio Méndez
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Haydn quartets interspersed with Scottish folk song arrangements – the idea sounds wildly incongruous, and yet how well it works in these fine performances…The three Op. 74 quartets…are wonderfully... —
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Special offer. Bach: Goldberg Variations
arr. Józef Koffler
Royal Academy of Music Soloists Ensemble, Trevor Pinnock
The success of this effort stems as much from the ever-changing colors and textures of Koffler’s transcription as from Pinnock’s inspired and tasteful direction. The instruments are all modern,... —
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Special offer. MacMillan: Consecration
Alan Tavener, Rebecca Tavener (soloist), Graham Neal (soloist), Louise Eekelaar (soloist), Michaela Haslam (soloist), Libby Crabtree (soloist), Steven McIntyre, Cappella Nova
the Scottish-based choir once more brings a rare beauty and depth of sound to MacMillan’s radiant music. At the album’s heart are the five Culham Motets...Previously unrecorded, the cycle makes... —
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Special offer. Philips & Dering: Motets
The Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, In Echo, Matthew Martin
The performances are first-rate; one especially notes that the choir’s diction remains intelligible even in a somewhat reverberant acoustic with accompanying instruments. —
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Special offer. Bach: Partitas (Re-Imagined for Small Orchestra by Thomas Oehler)
Royal Academy of Music Soloists Ensemble, Soloists from The Glenn Gould School, Trevor Pinnock
As is so often the case with arrangements of familiar repertoire, particularly canonical Germanic tonal music, a change of performing media reveals the works anew...Oehler’s craft reveals the... —
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It's a nice idea for the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment to record a disc of such varied Vivaldian fare. The young women of the orchestra which Vivaldi directed at the Ospedale della Pietà... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2001, Editor's Choice
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Cappella Nova's sound is lightweight and translucent… by and large the performances are successful, soaring and exultant. —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2008, Editor's Choice
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