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Special offer. The Bounds of our Dreams
Alain Lefèvre (piano)
National Arts Centre Orchestra, Alexander Shelley
Between familiar Ravel and Rimsky-Korsakov is Walter Boudreau’s contemporary Asylum Concerto. As its name implies, it’s a rowdy beast, its demands well negotiated here by Alain Lefèvre. —
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Special offer. L’heure Rose - Music by Women Composers
RecommendedHélène Guilmette (soprano) & Martin Dubé (piano)
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Building A Library, January 2022, Featured Recording
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Special offer. Schumann: The Three Violin Sonatas
Andrew Wan (violin), Charles Richard-Hamelin (piano)
Wan brings to the table a poetic litheness, precision, silvery purity and tonal clarity, inf lecting Schumann’s limpid phrases with a gentle ease, complementing RichardHamelin’s velvet-gloved... —
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The absorbing six songs that make up Op 86 are all easily encompassed by Marie-Nicole Lemieux, not least because her technique is so secure that she can pay attention to the meaning of each... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2005, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Charles Richard-Hamelin plays Beethoven, Enescu and Chopin
Charles Richard-Hamelin (piano)
The highlight for me was Enescu’s Second Suite…the opening Toccata is suffused with the sounds of bells and Richard-Hamelin is alive to its sense of joy. In the Sarabande he becomes utterly... —
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Special offer. Chausson Concert & Mathieu Trio & Quintet
Alain Lefevre (piano), David Lefevre (violin)
Quatuor Alcan
Both works merit attention, the more so in performances, led by the pianist Alain Lefèvre, that are so eloquently expressive, so sure in ensemble and so alert to the music's arresting fluxes... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2011, Editor's Choice
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the Cecilia prove to be compelling advocates. They find a fine balance between the composer’s skittish qualities and his tenderer side, resulting in notably open-hearted readings. Their tremolos…seem... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2016, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Saint-Saëns & Tchaikovsky: Works for Cello & Orchestra
Stéphane Tétreault (cello)
Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec, Fabiel Gabel
From the very first bars of Saint-Saens's First Cello Concerto you sense that this disc is going to be exhilarating and rewarding. The performers launch the concerto with terrific passion and... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2004, Editor's Choice
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