Naxos
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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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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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… the recording brings out to the full, as never before, the subtlety of Stokowski's orchestrations with their brilliant terracing of texture, with colourings that designedly echo the sound... —
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Bliss - Christopher Columbus
Silvia Cápová (piano)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Male Choir, Adriano
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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’,... —
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the musicians play this music with wonderful spirit, and the performances sound both well-rehearsed and spontaneous...Given how well they respond to these unknown works, I hope that Naxos uses... —
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Donizetti: Alfredo il Grande
Gilda Fiume, Lodovico Filippo Ravizza, Antonio Garés, Floriana Cicìo, Valeria Girardello, Adolfo Corrado, Andrés Agudelo, Antonino Siragusa (tenor), Donizetti Opera Orchestra, Hungarian Radio Choir, Corrado Rovaris
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Rosemary Tuck is a fine player with a delicately flexible touch, and in the second Concertino - composed in 1841 and influenced by Chopin - she copes gracefully with every virtuoso challenge... —
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