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Poulenc: Songs after Poems of Guillame Apollinaire
Holger Falk (baritone), Alessandro Zuppardo (piano)
Right from the aplomb with which he negotiates an unintentionally ironic phrase seconds after the start - it translates as 'If by misfortune I had been German' - he has the agile lightness of... —
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The Viennese School – Teachers and Followers
Volume 2: Arnold Schönberg
Steffen Schleiermacher (piano)
The two short Schoenberg pieces placed first on this disc provide masterclasses in the presentation of purposeful yet poetically imaginative substance. —
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Martin - Suite from ‘Der Sturm’, Six Monologues from ‘Jedermann’ & Symphonie Concertante
Thomas Oliemans (baritone)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Steven Sloane
Sloane paces [the Symphony] superbly and fashions its shape marvellously. However, it is the Everyman and The Tempest scores that are quite special: both fervent and perceptive accounts possessing... —
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The Ensemble Villa Musica perform all these works with dedication, commitment and technical brilliance… —
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Schubert: Incidental music to Rosamunde, D797
Serena Malfi (alto)
Schweizer Kammerchor & Musikkollegium Winterthur, Douglas Boyd
Boyd gets crisp and responsive playing from his Winterthur orchestra, founded on lean-toned strings, wth violins properly divided left and right...[Rhythms] are supple and buoyant, while first... —
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Wine, Women and Song
Strauss Waltzes arranged by Schönberg, Webern, Berg, Trojahn and Dott
Thomas Christian Ensemble
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Poulenc: Mélodies sur des Poèmes de Paul Éluard et Louise de Vilmorin
Holger Falk (baritone) & Alessandro Zuppardo (piano)
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Machet die Tore weit
Christmas Choral Music
Kay Johannsen (organ)
Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben, Rainer Johannes Homburg
I admire the choir's singing and its sense of style, and the unarranged pieces are done rather well. —
