Naxos
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Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux, Prokofiev: Peter & the Wolf
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard
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Special offer. Rossini: L'Equivoco Stravagante
Marco di Felice, Monica Minarelli and more
Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno, Czech Chamber Choir, Alberto Zedda
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Mozart: Fantasia, Piano Sonatas Nos. 11 & 14 and Variations on ‘Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman'
Jeno Jando (piano)
A clean, bright piano image. —
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Granados - Piano Trio & Piano Quintet
with Manuel Porta Gallego (violin) & Joaquín Riquelme García (viola)
LOM Piano Trio
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Kajanus Conducts Sibelius, Vol. 2
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Robert Kajanus
Real magic, from Sibelius's friend and rival Kajanus in well-transferred 1930s mono sound. The performances are fast, perhaps to fit 78rpm discs, yet rich and spirited. —
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Niklas Sivelöv: Piano Concertos
Niklas Sivelöv, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Livgardets dragonmusikkår, Victor Aviat, David Björkman
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This CD offers a cross-section of Szymanowski's styles as a composer for the keyboard, from the early First Sonata (always described as post-Chopin and post-Scriabin but, Roscoe convincingly... —
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If I find myself on the whole preferring Roscoe it is because I prefer Naxos's ample and natural piano sound to Nimbus's, which I find rather disembodied and, at the top of the instrument in... —
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Ward and the Northern Chamber Orchestra give a robust performance of the outer movements of the E flat Symphony, phrase the graceful Andante with taste, and contrast the minuet's different characters... —
