Naxos
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This disc will bring Crumb to a wider audience with two substantial works, one early and one late. Songs, Drones and Refrains of Death was completed in 1968 and has all the hallmarks of Crumb's... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2006, Editor's Choice
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Martinu: Piano Concertos Volume 1
Giorgio Koukl (piano)
Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra, Zlin, Arthur Fagen
Giorgio Koukl understands the ebb and flow of these volatile works well and is certainly up to their technical demands. His strong sense of line is particularly impressive in the faster movements. —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2010, Editor's Choice
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There isn't a single dud item here...Jones's playing of both instruments enthrals. His viola tone is different from the turbocharged massiveness of many of today's soloists; instead he searches... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, Chamber Choice
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Slatkin can certainly manage the freedom of Rachmaninov's frequent marking tempo rubato...On the minus side, the notoriously hard-to-co-ordinate finale of the Third feels unhelpfully lumpy...Not... —
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Carl Teike: Marches, Vol. 1 - Alte Kameraden; Prinz-Albrecht-Marsch
Royal Swedish Navy Band, Alexander Hanson
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Wranitzky: Orchestral Works Vol. 2 - Symphonies
Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, Marek Štilec
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Magda Molendowska’s Halka is wonderful. Her voice is vibrant, capable of lovely soft singing that never loses tonal body, and equally capable of expressing pain and anger without the sound turning... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Opera
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There are quite a few versions of La tragédie de Salomé available, but none more refined and silky than this one. The Buffalo Philharmonic is a polished orchestra and has a wonderful satin feel... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2020
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Thematic connections are to be teased out everywhere...Above all, this is consummate choral singing, Paul Hillier’s singers create moments of exquisite tenderness and stillness luminous, multi-coloured... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, Recording of the Month
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Naxos opts for the original version of the Sinfoniaconcertante rather than Walton's revision, with piano writing and orchestration slimmed down. Walton himself, before he died, suggested such... —
