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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4, Consecration of the House Overture & Variations, WoO 80
Lauma Skride (piano), Brandenburger Symphoniker, Peter Gulke
Lauma Skride gives a poetic reading of Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto – although the balance in the orchestra-piano dialogue in the second movement is misjudged. It’s surrounded by an overture... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Luminous vocal textures are sustained [in the Bach] and throughout by an eight-voice ensemble from which the two sopranos and the first bass make outstanding solo contributions. The instrumental... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Choral
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Beethoven: Egmont Op. 84
Matthias Brandt (speaker) & Olga Bezsmertna (soprano)
Beethoven Orchester-Bonn, Dirk Kaftan
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Vocal
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Composed in the early 1720s when Bach was writing mostly instrumental music, these four keyboard suites are outwardly conventional, but replete with a complex range of mood and manner. Pianist... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Mahler: Rückert-Lieder & Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen
Gerhild Romberger (contralto) & Alfredo Perl (piano)
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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In these new accounts the tempos are faster than usual. This is not to say they are fleet; rather, they are aptly sustained yet refreshingly fluent while offering as much contrast as possible... —
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Schumann - Piano Quintet & String Quartets
Recommendedwith Christian Zacharias (piano)
Leipzig String Quartet
Working with Christian Zacharias the Leipzig Quartet turn out a performance that combines subtlety and strength on the minute expressive and grand architectural planes....For sheer joie de vivre... —
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Building a Library, January 2019, Also Recommended
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Rheinberger: Complete Organ Concertos
Stefan Johannes Bleicher (organ), with Cäcilia Chmel (cello)
Musikkollegium Winterthur, Douglas Boyd
Stefan Johannes Bleicher is a stylish soloist...I'd encourage anyone interested in late nineteenth-century repertoire to explore this stirring disc, especially as the recorded sound is superb... —
