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Wissmer: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Concerto valcrosiano
Georges Pludermacher (piano)
Hungarian Symphony Orchestra, Alain Pâris
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here is a young, sweet-toned lyric soprano able to float pianissimos in the highest register to ravishing effect...what I treasure most of all on the disc [is] the excerpt from Verdi's Otello...The... —
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Bartók: Kossuth, 2 Portraits & Orchestral Suite No. 1
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta
JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic rather miss the savagery of the latter [Portrait], but they're on fine form elsewhere, and the disc provides invaluable insight into Bartok's formative... —
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Requiem: 30 Serene Choral Masterpieces
Samuel Rathbone (organ), Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Jacob Heringman (lute), Gemma Beeson (piano), Jurgen Petrenko (organ), Carys-Anne Lane (soprano), Nicholas Rimmer (organ), Emilia Hughes (soprano), James McVinnie (organ), Tom Winpenny (organ)
Elora Festival Singers, Oxford Camerata, Macau...
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Naxos August 2014 New Release Sampler
Martyn Hill (tenor), Mary Carewe (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Ralph van Raat (piano), Patrick Messina (clarinet), Nicky Spence (tenor), Andrew Matthews-Owen (piano), Emanuele Buono (guitar), Juan José Mudarra Gámiz (piano), Joel Hastings (piano), Kirsten Sturm (organ), Raphael Wallfisch...
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B. Tchaikovsky: Piano Quintet & The War Suite
Olga Solovieva (piano), Maxim Anisimov (clarinet)
RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet
The Vanburgh Quartet and pianist Olga Solovieva put real intellectual muscle behind the physical weight of their playing...the Vanburghs keep the music pulled psychologically taut. —
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While Still's first two quartets are tonal and (mostly) bland, the Bartok-to-Seiber modernism of the Third and Fourth reveals remarkable musical strength. Fine performances. —
