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There’s no doubting the heft of the organ that Christoph Treutmann the Elder built for St Georg’s Grauhof during the second decade of Bach’s employment in Leipzig...For all its sonic splendours,... — More…
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Jean Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Rakastava; Lemminkäinen Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki
Mälkki and the orchestra remarkably conjure the dark, swirling soundworld of ‘Lemminkäinen in Tuonela’ (the Hades of Finnish legend). And the concluding ‘Lemminkäinen’s Return’ canters along... — More…
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 Carolyn Sampson, Jacquelyn Wagner (sopranos), Sasha Cooke (mezzo), Jess Dandy (contralto), Barry Banks (tenor), Julian Orlishausen (baritone), Christian Immler (bass-baritone), Minnesota Chorale, National Lutheran Choir, Minnesota Boychoir, Angelica Cantanti Youth Choir, Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo...
the trio of ‘penitent women’, dynamically careful, is a real beauty…The amateur choruses catch the fervour of the event, and a seraphic trumpet distinguishes the final massive optimism. — More…
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 RecommendedAnn-Helen Moen (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo), Allan Clayton (tenor), Neal Davies (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
This marvelous performance is reproduced in superb, lifelike sound, full of impact but without any sense of artificial enhancement. Masaaki Suzuki and the Bach Collegium Japan have given us... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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The four canonical pieces need no puffs from me and, like everything else on the disc, are played superbly...Ogawa is both self-effacing when required, and unfailingly prompt and sympathetic... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2021, Editor's Choice
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If, as is often said, Bach saw fugue as simply the most natural medium for composing beautiful music, Suzuki demonstrates that it is also good for the exciting, the playful, the sombre, and... — More…
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Offer, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Instrumental theatre of affects - Hamburg Symphonies & Fantasias Arte dei Suonatori, Marcin Świątkiewicz
The lively small-scale forces help the pungency of the sound but don’t inhibit lyricism, and the jagged rhythms are never too brittle. — More…
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Whatever the reason Leiviskä has remained a shadowy figure, conductor Dalia Stasevska has now brought to light three of her orchestral works in f ine performances by the Lahti Symphony Orchestra,... — More…
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Hidden Treasure: Hans Gál's unpublished Lieder RecommendedChristian Immler (baritone), Helmut Deutsch (piano)
This is a treasure-trove of songs in the tradition of Richard Strauss, melodically radiant and full of sensitivity to atmosphere...Immler is ideally suited to them, with expansive, radiant tone... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2021, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Vänskä’s tempos are relatively laid back; as so often, he seems to aim more for long-term continuity than for the sensational detail – though he is quite capable of clinching a dramatic moment…By... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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