Naxos
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Special offer. Gerard Schwarz conducts Honegger & Lazarof
Jeffrey Silberschlag (trumpet)
Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz
The mournful tone of the introduction to the first movement is overwhelming in its description of the oppressiveness of the Occupation. This feeling continues in the Allegro proper and Schwarz... —
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Onuté Narbutaité: no yesterday, no tomorrow
Jovita Vaskeviciute (mezzo-soprano) & Tomas Pavilionis (tenor)
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon-Gee
A poet and painter as well as a composer, [Narbutaite] is visceral and evocative rather than ‘pure’ and abstract…All three works, captured in atmospheric sound, are vividly performed by the... —
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Thrilling Tenor
Nicola Martinucci, Yordy Ramiro, Kristjan Johannsson, Torsten Kerl (tenor), Bo Skovhus (baritone), Janusz Monarcha, Adrianne Pieczonka (soprano), Regina Schorg, Renato Girolami, Boaz Daniel (baritone), Ildikó Raimondi, Vincenzo La Scola, Giorgio Lamberti, John Dickie, József Mukk, János Berkes, Jonathan...
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Special offer. David Gompper: Cello Concerto, Double Bass Concerto & Moonburst
Timothy Gill (cello), Volkan Orhon (double bass), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Emmanuel Siffert
Gompper’s bold orchestral canvases are in an approachable transatlantic modernist style which explores binary opposites of line, timbre, tempo and so on...In the concertos, soloist is pitted... —
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Sierra: Cantares, Loiza & Triple Concerto
Cornell University Chorus, Cornell University Glee Club, Xalapa Symphony Orchestra, Trío Arbós, Lanfranco Marcelletti
The choral forces, the Cornell University Chorus and Glee Club are first-rate. The Trío Arbós plays with great sensitivity and seems to be fully committed to the music. They seem to be comfortable... —
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Special offer. Jake Runestad: Sing, Wearing the Sky
Christine Short (violin), Sarah Whitnah (violin), Brightin Schlumpf (viola), Trevor Minton (cello), Jeremy Nicholas (double bass), Rachel Hargroder (percussion), Daniel Kent (percussion), Mac Merchant (piano), Kali Paguirigan (mezzo-soprano), Juli Orlandini (soprano), Sara Michael (soprano), Kantorei,...
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What gives pleasure here are generally those works convincingly performed by the forces their creators originally intended. There are muscular, imaginative and witty solo pieces by Rózsa and... —
