Naxos
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Pergolesi: Stabat mater & Orfeo
Julia Faulkner (soprano), Anna Gonda (alto)
Budapest Camerata, Michael Halasz
... we can hardly fail to take a special pleasure in the loverly sound of Julie Faulkner's voice ... In the Pergolesi her tone is equally pure and in full bloom, her style spendidly clean and... —
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Persuasively played by the Oslo String Quartet and is impeccably recorded. —
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After Mozart returned from his first extended tour of Italy in 1771 he embarked on a number of symphonic projects that show his astonishing assimilation and transformation of the Italian overture,... —
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[Laurence Cummings] plays with more spontaneity and flair than his more illustrious colleagues. —
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Einar Steen-Nokleberg has risen to the demands made on him. His playing is crisp and clear, brilliant when brilliance is needed, and he also has a feeling for the tender wistfulness and warmth,... —
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Rachmaninov: Caprice Bohémien & Symphony No. 1
Ireland National Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Anissimov
The finale’s programmatic and original clash of public ceremony and private tragedy is superbly handled; never has the final, tam-tam laden twisting of the symphony’s vengeful idée fixe been... —
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Providing opportunities for a wide range of colour which is seized upon by conductor Ladislav Slovak. —
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The whole assortment makes an ideal introduction to one of England's finest composers.… —
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Dvorak: Piano Concerto & The Water Goblin
Jeno Jando (piano)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit
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