Naxos
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Special offer. Britten: The Turn of the Screw
Philip Langridge (Prologue/Quint), Felicity Lott (Governess), Sam Pay (Miles), Eileen Hulse (Flora), Phyllis Cannan (Mrs Grose), Nadine Secunde (Miss Jessel)
Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Steuart Bedford
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This disc gives us consistently enjoyable performances.
The two young Norwegians play with idiomatic style, and give the impression of expressing every aspect of the music. Their eagerness at... — -
The playing is clean and efficient, well balanced and nicely paced, though the performances rarely rise to the truly inspired. —
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Henry Vieuxtemps: Fantasies & Variations
Alexander Markov (violin), Thüringen Philharmonie Gotha-Eisenach, Markus Huber
The first four tracks on this recording do justice, through the remarkable technique of Alexander Markov, to the virtuoso, but rather less to the composer, by presenting works written in his... —
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the highlights are the three Suites Brasileiras in which, as the name implies, the composer proudly wears his national colours, plus the feisty, technically challenging Sonata Breve. —
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Respighi: Violin Concerto in A major
Laura Marzadori (violin)
Chamber Orchestra of New York ‘Ottorino Respighi’, Salvatore Di Vittorio
Most of this music is backward-looking pastiche...The exception is the unfinished Violin Concerto, a fascinating discovery brought to life by Di Vittorio who has done a magnificent job of realising... —
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…Bax's monumental Symphonic Variations was written in 1916-18 at the height of his torrid affair with Harriet Cohen… Ashley Wass and James Judd… seem to find an extra degree of rhythmic excitement... —
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Special offer. Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Brian Mulligan (Der Holländer), Jennifer Holloway (Senta), Ain Anger (Daland), Bryan Register (Erik), Richard Trey Smagur (Steuermann), Maya Yahav Gour (Mary)
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, Netherlands Radio Choir, Jaap van Zweden
Mulligan's Dutchman is about as good as you get nowadays with thrilling drops into a gravelly lower register...Holloway is an unsentimental Senta, who manages the changes of emotional tone in... —
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Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras Nos. 1-9
RecommendedRosana Lamosa (soprano), José Feghali (piano)
Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Schermerhorn, Andrew Mogrelia
My recommendation for the 'complete orchestral' set remains with Bátiz (López-Cobos an alternative for Nos 2, 4 and 8) but this is nonetheless a fitting tribute to Schermerhorn, who died this... —
Awards:
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Building a Library, June 2007, Highly Recommended
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