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Classical, November 2021
Peter Quantrill  |  Nov 30, 2021
This month we review: Bayerisches Staatsorch/Kirill Petrenko, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, David Johnston, Eiddwen Harrhy, BBC SO/Elgar Howarth and Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal/Andrés Gabetta.
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Classical, November 2022
Peter Quantrill  |  Nov 29, 2022
This month we review: Latvian Radio Choir/Sigvards Klava, LPO/Jurowski, B'Rock Orchestra/Jacobs and Beauty Farm.
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Classical, November 2023
Peter Quantrill  |  Nov 29, 2023
This month we review: Cleveland Orchestra/Welser-Möst, Iceland SO/Ollikainen, Helsinki Chamb Ch/Schweckendiek and Elizabeth Atherton, Jess Dandy, Peter Rose, BBC PO/Storgards.
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Classical, October 2019
Christopher Breunig  |  Dec 23, 2019
This month we review: Beethoven, Bruckner/Wagner, Mozart and Rachmaninov.
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Classical, October 2020
Christopher Breunig  |  Oct 29, 2020
This month we review: Shostakovich, Mozart, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Dinu Lipatti.
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Classical, October 2021
Christopher Breunig  |  Oct 29, 2021
This month we review: Sandrine Piau, Stuart Jackson, Konstantin Krimmel, Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen, Mika Kares, Szilvia Vörös, Helksinki Po/Susanna Mälkki, Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin and LSO/Sir Antonio Pappano.
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Classical, October 2022
Peter Quantrill  |  Oct 31, 2022
This month we review: Hallé/Sir Mark Elder, Vienna State Opera/Welser-Möst, Bertrand Chamayou and Brabant Ensemble/Stephen Rice.
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Classical, October 2023
Peter Quantrill  |  Oct 30, 2023
This month we review: Fuge, Williams, Singapore SO/Venzago, Freiburg Baroque/Von Der Goltz, Lied Haga, Apekisheva and Weser-Renaissance Bremen/Manfred Cordes.
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Classical, September 2020
Christopher Breunig  |  Sep 28, 2020
This month we review: Beethoven, L'heure Bleu, Mussorgsky/Ravel, and R Strauss.
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Classical, September 2021
Christopher Breunig  |  Sep 28, 2021
This month we review: Zurich Tonhalle Orch/Paavo Järvi, Viktoria Mullova & Alasdair Beatson, Isabelle Faust, Orchestre De Paris/Pablo Heras-Casado and Berliner Philharmoniker/Claudio Abbado.
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Classical, September 2022
Peter Quantrill  |  Sep 27, 2022
This month we review: Peter Donohoe, BBC SO/Sakari Oramo, Michelle Cann, New York Youth SO/Michael Repper, Vicky Chow and Lisette Oropesa, Dresdner Phil/Daniel Oren.
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Classical, September 2023
Peter Quantrill  |  Sep 29, 2023
This month we review: Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen/Paavo Jarvi, Kristoffer Hyldig, Choir Of Gonville & Caius, Cambridge/Matthew Martin and Lintl, Nyári, Magdeburg Opera/Anna Skryleva.
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Dvorak
Christopher Breunig  |  Dec 10, 2010
Some will recall the 17s 6d Supraphon LP of two of these grisly narrative poems – Czech PO/Chalabala, musically unsurpassed. Mackerras’s long association with Czech music virtually guarantees a recommendation here: Water Goblin and Noonday Witch (2008, live); Wild Dove (studio, 2009); and a reissued Golden Spinning Wheel (studio, 2001). Dvorak’s wind-swept allegros, rustic tunes and careful orchestrations fire the unique-sounding Czech Philharmonic much as Elgar’s or Walton’s music does the LSO. The one spectre at the feast is the skating-rink acoustic of the Prague Rudolfinum.
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Dvorak
Christopher Breunig  |  Dec 08, 2010
Memorable Dvořák Sevenths we have had from Kubelík, Schmidt-Isserstedt, Monteux, Rowicki and (Sir Colin) Davis. I am not sure that Ivan Fischer’s ousts any of theirs but he’s always an interesting, individual conductor (visit the Berliner Philharmoniker website to see him in Haydn) and there’s enormous warmth in this DSD recording. But what makes this SACD significant is the way he brings to life the five-movement Suite: analogous to Brahms’s two Serenades – that is, delightful music neglected in favour of the symphonies. Ex-Philips, the Budapest Dvořák Symphonies 8 and 9 SACD coupling is now on Channel Classics.
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Elgar
Christopher Breunig  |  Dec 10, 2010
A stirring (although not properly level-matched) Kingdom Prelude prefaces a midpriced version of the Violin Concerto altogether superior to the recent Znaider/Sony [HFN June]. Sir Mark Elder is flexible in the introduction and exposes unfamiliar details; the Hallé reveals a natural affinity with Elgar’s writing escaping their Dresden rivals; and Thomas Zehetmair has a searching command of the solo part. Competition here for the earlier, less indulgent Kennedy recording! As fillers we have the Gerontius Prelude and, sung by mezzo Alice Coote, ‘The Angel’s Farewell’ in a 1900 arrangement without chorus. Sound Quality: 85% .
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