Naxos
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Stenhammar: Serenade in F Major
Karl-Magnus Fredriksson (baritone)
Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Koivula
The performances, with Hannu Koivula conducting the Gävle Symphony, make up in atmosphere for what they occasionally lack in refinement, and the ballads are sensationally sung by Karl-Magnus... —
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McDowall may be best known for her choral compositions, but this British composer obviously knows her way round the organ console as well...On his solo recording debut, the young and gifted... —
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Segal’s 2018 instrumental arrangement of Beethoven’s only opera Fidelio packs a lot of drama into half an hour…His orchestral arrangement of Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 7, co-written with... —
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 19 & 25
Arr. for Piano and String Quintet by Ignaz Lachner
Alon Goldstein, Lizzie Burns, Fine Arts Quartet
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Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17, H 79
Marion Lebègue (mezzo-soprano), Julien Behr (tenor), Frédéric Caton (baritone)
Spirito, Chœurs et solistes de Lyon-Bernard Tétu, Orchestre National de Lyon, Leonard Slatkin
Slatkin displays again his characteristic commitment and an ability to sound at home in the repertoire…Several of this ‘dramatic symphony’s’ previous interpreters have shown awareness of the... —
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Korngold: Suite & Piano Quintet
Boris Brovtsyn (violin), Clara-Jumi Kang (violin), Torleif Thedéen (cello), Eldar Nebolsin (piano), Gareth Lubbe (viola), Spectrum Concerts Berlin
The players of Spectrum Concerts Berlin… demonstrate complete mastery of these challenges in performances (captured in richly integrated recorded sound) that constantly dazzle and beguile. —
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Gritskova’s performances are a delight though. She has a light, flexible mezzo – she’s sung a fair number of Rossini roles – and displays an engaging personality, particularly in ‘The Rosy Dawn’,... —
