Naxos
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Marc is an excellent singer, thankfully free of the gusty tone production which afflicts too many Wagnerian sopranos today. She sings with expressiveness, delicacy and a real feeling for the... —
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Special offer. Arnold, S: Polly
Laura Albino (soprano), Eve Rachel McLeod (soprano), Gillian Grossman (soprano), Marion Newman (mezzo-soprano), Loralie Kirkpatrick (mezzo-soprano), Bud Roach (tenor), Lawrence J. Wiliford (tenor), Andrew Mahon (baritone), Matthew Grosfeld (bass) & Jason Nedecky (baritone)
Aradia Ensemble,...
The short-breathed songs bubble with exuberance and unexpected inventiveness and the performances by the light-voiced soloists of Toronto's Aradia Ensemble are sparkling. —
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Poulenc: Complete Chamber Music Vol. 3
François Chaplin, Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Ronald van Spaendonck, André Moisan (clarinet), Laurent Lefevre, Hervé Joulain, Jacques Mauger, Guy Touvron
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Frank Bridge's two piano trios make a natural coupling. The 1907 Phantasie Trio is a prime example of the ruggedly mellifluous chamber style of his early years… The much larger Trio No. 2... —
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Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Cello Concerto
Transcriptions for cello and piano
Evelyn Chen (piano)
Briton Averil Smith (cello), Houston Symphony, Kazuki Yamada
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These are wonderful works, charmingly subversive and orchestrated with an easy flair, not without some surprising depth in the minor-mode works. With incisive and stylish performances by Grodd... —
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...the intensity of feeling is so often right. —
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Poulenc: Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 1
Philippe Bernold (flute), Olivier Doise (oboe), Herve Joulain (horn), Laurent Lefevre (bassoon), Ronald van Spaendonck (clarinet), Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
This excellent first volume in what promises to be a two-disc collection of Poulenc's complete chamber music offers performances that compare favorably with the best available. All of the musicians... —
