Naxos
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Special offer. American Music for Cello and Orchestra
Yehuda Hanani (cello), read by Jane Alexander
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, William Eddins
Hanani’s cello is an impressive instrument, full of body and capable of an enormous range of color, and Hanani knows exactly how to fully exploit all of its possibilities…the consummate tastefulness... —
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Sibelius: Belshazzar’s Feast
Orchestral Works, Vol. 2
Pia Pajala (soprano)
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
The lesser pieces here are all attractive...Segerstam has become one of the very finest Sibelius conductors, and his Turku orchestra rightly plays as if these were all major works, making this... —
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Christmas Goes Baroque II
Christmas Favourites in the Styles of Bach, Handel & Vivaldi
Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Peter Breiner
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This is music that you will have to spend time with to really appreciate…it is unquestionably exquisite and loaded with fine moments. —
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Wolf Rounds
Glenn Basham (violin) & Tim Conner (trombone)
Frost Wind Ensemble at the University of Miami, Gary Green
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Special offer. Godowsky: Music for Violin and Piano
Nazrin Rashidova (violin) & Roderick Chadwick (piano)
The performances are crisper, more persuasive and better recorded...[than] their only previous complete recording. —
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If Mallon and his Toronto band… sometimes sound a tad decorous. Rhythms and phrasing are always alert, while ratchet, snare drum, bird whistle and other assorted interlopers patently enjoy themselves... —
