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Category Archives: CD
Idiosyncratic, but thrilling “Winter Daydreams” as Pletnev revisits Tchaikovsky’s symphonies
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.1; Marche Slave Mikhail Pletnev/ Russian National Orchestra (PentaTone) Mikhail Pletnev and his Russian National Orchestra are busily re-recording Tchaikovsky’s symphonies. His earlier cycle for Deutsche Grammophon dates from the mid-1990s and garnered praise, albeit with caveats about … Continue reading
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Vivaldi: Concerti per fagotto II
Vivaldi: Concerti per fagotto II Sergio Azzolini; L’Aura Soave Cremona/ Diego Cantalupi (Naïve OP 30518) Vivaldi’s bassoon concertos have been well served on disc, with complete cycles from Daniel Smith and Tamás Benkócs jostling for supremacy with collections from other … Continue reading
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Ravel: Complete Music for Violin & Piano
Ravel: Violin Sonata in G; Violin Sonata in A (posthume); Tzigane; Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré; Lekeu: Violin Sonata in G – Alina Ibragimova, Cédric Tiberghien (Hyperion CDA67820) This is a most enjoyable disc, not just for the … Continue reading
Shockingly good Rite from Litton in Bergen
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Petrushka Andrew Litton/Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra (BIS) ‘I confessed to Sergey Diaghilev that I didn’t understand a single note of The Rite of Spring. With a smile he turned to me: “Monteux, it’s a masterpiece which is … Continue reading
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Vivaldi: Concerti per fagotto I
Vivaldi: Concerti per fagotto I Sergio Azzolini/ L’Aura Soave Cremona (Naïve OP30496) Considering Vivaldi wrote 39 concertos for the bassoon, more than any instrument other than the violin, Naïve has kept us waiting an awful long time for the first … Continue reading
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