Naxos
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Camargo Guarnieri: Choros Vol. 2; Flor de Tremembé
Ovanir Buosi (clarinet), Olga Kopylova (piano), Horácio Schaefer (viola), Matias de Oliveira Pinto (cello), Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, Roberto Tibiriçá
I have so enjoyed discovering Guarnieri’s music. This second volume of his Choros serves up what are essentially concertos for clarinet, piano, viola and cello. It’s truly vivacious music with... —
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Ukrainian Masters
Violin Sonatas By Viktor Kosenko, Myroslav Skoryk & Sergei Bortkiewicz
Solomiya Ivakhiv (violin), Steven Beck (piano)
Viktor Kosenko’s Sonata of 1927 immediately commands attention for its simmering, Slavic-Brahms melodic flavour and innovative approach to form...Ivakhiv makes light work of the angular, neo-Prokofiev... —
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Raff: Die Eifersüchtigen
Matthias Bein, Balduin Schneeberger, Raìsa Ierone, Mirjam Fässler, Serafina Giannoni, Martin Roth, Benjamin Popson, Orchestra of Europe, Joonas Pitkänen
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Arthur Benjamin & Edgar Bainton: Songs
Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Christopher Gillett (tenor) & Wendy Hiscocks (piano)
Many gems here - Bainton and Benjamin need to be taken into the equation when assessing the legacy of British song. —
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Saint-Georges: Violin Concerto in C major, Op. 5, No. 1, etc.
Takako Nishizaki (violin)
Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Helmut Muller-Bruhl
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There are no modern alternatives to this admirable Naxos production. Truthful, well-balanced sound and faultless musicianship makes this another winner. —
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Special offer. Verdi: Rigoletto
Leonard Warren, Erna Berger, Jan Peerce, Nan Merriman
RCA Victor Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale, Renato Cellini
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The whooping Buffalo brass have fun imitating the ‘howling of wild beasts’ Respighi describes in ‘Circus Maximus’, but although there is plenty of adrenaline in the playing, JoAnn Falletta is... —
