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Myaskovsky, Shebalin, Nechaev: Violin Sonatas
Sasha Rozhdestvensky (violin), Viktoria Postnikova (piano)
Violinist Sasha Rozhdestvensky (son of the late conductor), rather close-miked as if in a 1950s recording, plays fluently though not, perhaps, drawing the music’s last ounce of expressive meaning.... — More…
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Lasting between three-and-a-half and six minutes, these highly idiomatic works are a testament to the intimate, tactile nature of the connection between instrument and player, and the appeal... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, Instrumental Choice
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The main event is the first-ever recording of the complete, original set of Six Partitas by Johann Joseph Vilsmaÿr…[these] are challenging polyphonic works, full of double- and triple-stops,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2016, Editor's Choice
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Skempton: Man and Bat, Piano Concerto & The Moon is Flashing
Roderick Williams (baritone), James Gilchrist (tenor), Tim Horton (piano), Ensemble 360
These are lovely, subtle works, and I hope that Skempton finds a broad audience on both sides of the Atlantic. Listeners who appreciate the music of Gavin Bryars probably will respond to Skempton... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2019
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His sound is bright, muscular and clean, and he brings out all the wit and delicacy of Haydn’s invention; his articulation is immaculate no matter how fast he goes; and he responds imaginatively... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Best Collection
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Gundula Janowitz - The Last Recital (In Memoriam Maria Callas)
Recorded Live at the Herodes Atticus Odeon, Athens, Greece, 16 September, 1999
Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Charles Spencer (piano)
[Janowitz] is in remarkably fresh voice throughout. There’s a certain loss of bloom, inevitably, and an occasional brittleness of intonation, but the unique sound is unmistakable, the delivery... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2017, Re-issue of the Month
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The 1956 Nixa-Westminster stereo recordings Volume 1
Sir Adrian Boult (narration)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Walton Symphony...comes up more brightly than previously: it's an intensely rhythmic performance...the slow movement builds surely and passionately, and the finale comes as the culmination... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2010, Re-issue of the Month
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