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Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas & Clarinet Trio
Adam Laloum (piano) & Raphaël Sévère (clarinet), Julien-Laferrière (cello)
Brahms's autumnal clarinet works are imbued with passion here. Some tempo decisions are a bit willful, particularly the sleepy Allegro amabile of Sonata No. 2. —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2015, Winner - Musique de Chambre
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The group approaches Haydn and Mozart, particularly in the “Dissonance” Quartet, with a subtle use of rubato that brings every phrase to life. Overall, Quatuor Modigliani manages to successfully... —
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Building a Library, February 2023, Recommended Recording - Dissonance Quartet
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Heinrich Schütz: Da Pacem
Ricercar Consort (early music ensemble), Hanna Bayodi-Hirt, Yetzabel Arias, Olivier Coiffet, Hugo Hymas, Matthias Vieweg, Philippe Pierlot
Charted intelligently to exploit contrasts while also drawing connections...the Ricercar Consort’s conceptual miscellany is pretty much perfect. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2024, Editor's Choice
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Saint-Saëns: Works for Cello
RecommendedHenri Demarquette (cello) & Boris Berezovsky & Brigitte Engerer (pianos)
Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Joseph Swensen
Demarquette possesses the ideal soundworld for Saint-Saëns - clean focussed, tonally pure and expressively agile...[he] and distinguished colleagues steer a convincing interpretative course... —
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Building A Library, September 2021, Also Recommended
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The brothers embrace the music’s rhetoric while sounding less than natural…Start listening and you won’t be able to stop…In short, this is playing of the greatest subtlety and discernment. —
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Diapason d’Or, March 2018, Nouveauté
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Bach - Actus Tragicus
Katharine Fuge (soprano), Carlos Mena (counter-tenor), Jan Kobow (tenor), Stephan MacLeod (bass)
Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot
The singers are wonderful, never over-acting, and managing to sound as though this marvellous work is being minted afresh for us on the spot...The recording is a beauty: warm and full with plenty... —
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Record Review, 17th October 2005, Recording of the Week
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Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, RV621, etc.
RecommendedCarlos Mena (counter tenor), François Fernandez (viola d'amore)
Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot
Carlos Mena warmly communicates the spiritual piety of the poem and Philippe Pierlot thoughtfully directs a touching performance. —
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Building a Library, February 2008, First Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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an excellent collection of some of the most colourful and imitative instrumentals pieces written in the reign of Leopold I in Vienna, Salzburg and Rome … colourful playing, a rich recording... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2016, Editor's Choice
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Boris Berezovsky plays Liszt
Live at the Festival Hall March 2009 [sonata] & Festival de la Grange de Meslay
Boris Berezovsky (piano)
in the outer sections of Mephisto Waltz No. 1 he finds a remarkable balance between driving velocity and allowing the notes to speak...Venezia e Napoli's three pieces are here a happy experience,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2010, Editor's Choice
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