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These are among the finest Haydn quartet recordings heard in years, performances which will quickly establish themselves as classics. They are consistently a degree more refined in texture and... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2000, First Choice
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Frank Martin: Complete Music for Piano & Orchestra
RecommendedSebastian Benda, Paul Badura-Skoda (pianos)
Svizzera Italiana Orchestra, Christian Benda
What Martin's music needs is performances of understanding but also affection, and ASV deserves congratulation for the shrewd casting of this disc. Sebastian Benda was a composition pupil of... — More…
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The prospect of actually listening to Beethoven never loses its appeal. It's also clear that The Lindsays approach Beethoven's quartets with undiminished enthusiasm. This is immediately apparent... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2003, Editor's Choice
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Weber: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedEmma Johnson (clarinet)
English Chamber Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Gerard Schwarz, Charles Groves
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Mozart: String Quintet No. 4 in G minor & 'Spring' Quartet
RecommendedPatrick Ireland (viola)
The Lindsays
... this is a performance which goes on living in the mind, as well as the heart... A distinguished release — More…
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Building a Library, February 2005, Also Recommended
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...The Lindsays are always compelling...inventive, exhilarating performances... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2001, Editor's Choice
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... playing of power and brilliance... the Lindsay Quartet will give great pleasure and satisfaction... their highly-charged, intensely committed approach to the music is impressive and their... — More…
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Building a Library, March 2012, Modern Sound Choice
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Crusell: Clarinet Concerto No. 2
Recommendedand works by Rossini, Weber and Baermann
Emma Johnson (clarinet)
English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves
It was this Crusell Grand Concerto which Emma Johnson played when she won the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition in 1984. That occasion was the first time she had played a concerto with... — More…
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