Naxos
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Again, Naxos ferrets out unfamiliar repertory that delights as it teases with the question: why didn't somebody think of this before? Ibert's piano music is a bit reminiscent of Poulenc's but... —
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The second instalment of Marin Alsop's Brahms symphonies series is as authoritative, understanding and warm-hearted as the first. —
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Special offer. Enescu: Oedipe
Monte Pederson, Eglis Silins, Davide Damiani, Michael Roider
Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Michael Gielen
Enescu's only work for the lyric stage is one of the greatest of all 20th-century operas, and one of the most neglected. …most of the newcomers are good, with Monte Pederson's Oedipe being... —
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Liszt: Complete Piano Music Volume 28
Transcription for Two Pianos of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9
Leon McCawley (piano 1) & Ashley Wass (piano 2)
Beethoven’s Ninth on two pianos is not at all the same thing, even when the transcription (masterly) is the work of Liszt. The first movement suffers particularly, deprived of its bleak but... —
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Bottesini Collection Volume 1
Thomas Martin (double bass), José-Luis Garcia (violin) & Emma Johnson (clarinet)
English Chamber Orchestra, Andrew Litton
Thomas Martin certainly has the virtuoso qualifications —
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Dukas: L'apprenti sorcier, La péri & Symphony in C Major
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Luc Tingaud
It is clearly a labour of love for conductor Jean-Luc Tingaud. He has not only polished the playing of the RTE National Symphony Orchestra to a beguiling level of Gallic sparkle, but also consulted... —
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Widor: Suite Florentine
Complete Works for Woodwind
Thies Roorda, Benedikt Enzler, Oliver Patey, Junko Naito, Alessandro Soccorsi, Bert Mooiman, Alexei Ogrintchouk
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Johann Simon Mayr: Miserere
Jaewon Yun (soprano), Andrea Lauren Brown (soprano), Theresa Holzhauser (alto), Markus Schäfer (tenor), Virgil Mischok (bass), Robert Sellier (tenor), Jens Hamann (bass), Simon Mayr Chorus, Bayerischer Staatsopernchor & Franz Hauk
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Marin Alsop’s account does full justice to Prokofiev’s inspired score. —
