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Wed 14 Jun, 2017:
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Mon 12 Jun, 2017:
Bach: St John Passion (Sung in English)
The first St John Passion in English in nearly half a century surpasses its venerable predecessor, Benjamin Britten’s 1971 Decca recording with...
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Mon 05 Jun, 2017:
Mendelssohn: Symphonies – No 3 in A minor, Op 56 (Scottish); No 5 in D minor, Op 107 (Reformation)
A superb coupling that harbours a major surprise. Like Yannick Nézet-Séguin on his memorable new complete set of Mendelssohn’s numbered symphonies...
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Wed 31 May, 2017:
Heimat
In his debut on Sony Classical, Benjamin Appl nails his colours to the mast as the pretender to Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau’s Lieder crown. He’s...
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Fri 12 May, 2017:
Michael Gielen Edition, Volume 4 (1968-2014) – Orchestral works by Berlioz, Dvořák, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninov, Schumann, Smetana, Johann Strauss II, Suk, Tchaikovsky, Wagner and Weber
There are riches galore in this fourth volume from SWR Music devoted to the recorded legacy of Michael Gielen (who turns 90 this September). The focus...
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Mon 06 Feb, 2017:
Mozart: Opera and Concert Arias
This anthology of Mozart arias is ably sung by the young German soprano Anett Fritsch. She sings arias from all three soprano roles in Le Nozze di...
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Tue 17 Jan, 2017:
Rossini: Opera Arias
A joyously sung love song from Demetrio e Polibio (Rossini’s first opera) opens this collection of Rossini ‘trouser roles’ sung by the...
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Mon 16 Jan, 2017:
Brahms: String Quintets – No 1 in F major, Op 88; No 2 in G major, Op 111
Having already given us fine surveys of all three of Brahms's string quartets (each one coupled with a rarity by Gernsheim, Dessoff and Herzogenberg)...
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Tue 10 Jan, 2017:
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op 35; Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 47
The catalogue isn’t short of recordings of the Tchaikovsky and Sibelius violin concertos, but these gripping performances can take their place...
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Wed 21 Dec, 2016:
Haydn: String Quartets – No 1 in B flat major, Op 1 No 1; No 41 in G major, Op 33 No 5; No 81 in G major, Op 77 No 1
The youthful German musicians of the Goldmund Quartet will garner widespread attention for their debut studio recording that includes three works...
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Tue 13 Dec, 2016:
Mendelssohn: Elias, Op 70 (Elijah)
Although Mendelssohn took JS Bach’s influence very much to heart, performing Elijah with even a smidgen of period manners carries a warning sign....
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Mon 21 Nov, 2016:
Schubert: Impromptus, D 899; Moments musicaux, D 780; Six German Dances, D 820
Now this is what I like to hear: vivid declamation of material that I’ve known and loved for years, but which in the hands of a pianist – no, a...
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Wed 02 Nov, 2016:
MacMillan: Violin Concerto; Symphony No 4
Rarely has a CD of new music engaged me quite as much as this one has, the Violin Concerto (2010) – which melds elements of song and dance –...
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Mon 26 Sep, 2016:
Moszkowski: From Foreign Lands (Rediscovered Orchestral Works) – Five Spanish Dances Op 12; Six Airs de Ballet Op 56; From Foreign Lands, Op 23; Torch Dance, Op 51; Habanera, Op 65 No 3; By the Cradle Op 58 No 3; Gondoliera, Op 41
Collectors with good memories may well recall an excellent Spanish-themed Decca vinyl record – one of their first stereo LPs in fact – that...
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