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The delectable No 5 receives a near-ideal performance, with lovely woodwind, an equality of strings and wind, and a lightness of touch that period-instrument players couldn’t better. The account... — More…
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Kraus, J M: Amphitryon - Incidental Music
Chantal Santon & Georg Poplutz
L’arte del mondo, Werner Ehrhardt
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Mahler - Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone) & Hakan Hagegard (baritone)
Kölner-Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Gary Bertini
Gary Bertini guides crystal-clear Mahler. Quasthoff ranges confidently in the Wayfarer songs and blends restraint with searing emotional phrases in the Kindertotenlieder; Hagegård sounds a touch... — More…
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…the Peteren Quartet's excellent playing is firmly tuned and focused, while giving full scope to the music's extremes of emotionalism and flickering fantasy. Both aspects are also true of Christine... — More…
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Hasse, J A: Scenes and Arias from Cleofide
Emma Kirkby (Cleofide / soprano), Agnes Mellon (Erissena / soprano), Randall K. Wong (Gandarte / soprano), Derek Lee Ragin (Poro / alto), Dominique Visse (Alessandro / alto) & David Cordier (Timagene / alto)
Cappella Coloniensis & Rheinische K Antorei, William Christie
A delicately varied work composed in 1731. Christie's direction is poised, and the flutes in Timagene's single aria (Sung by Cordier) flutter to great effect. The singers understand the style,... — More…
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The Beethoven Academy (1824)
Claudia Barainsky, Gerhild Romberger, Ray M. Wade & Peter Lika Daniel Borowski
Chorus Musicians Köln & Das Neue Orchester, Christoph Speering
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Kraus - La Primavera
Cantate Per Una Primadonna
Simone Kermes (soprano)
L’Arte del Mondo, Werner Ehrhardt
Simone Kermes is compellingly dramatic in both pacing and expression, equally effective in stage whispers, snarling jealously and a heavenly cantabile. — More…
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