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June 12, 2005
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Another winner from Praga.
Superb performances for superb music.
Schulhoff excells in these chamber pieces. The music is quite intimate in inspiration, but very colourfull in rythm and timbres.
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June 12, 2005
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Chamber music also benefits from the SACD remasterings. Praga is a label that is releasing many very interesting and high quality discs. Not only sonically, but artistically as well.
Quartets are complex pieces to play and record: first, of course is the question of interpretation, and then the ... more |
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June 9, 2005
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This one was a complete surprise. Of course, the Staatskapelle is a great orchestra, and Fabio Luisi a very good conductor. But to get from them one of the best recordings of Don Quixote is rather unexpected.
Jan Vogler, a cellist new to me has a lovely tone. He favours the leaner sound that is much ... more |
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June 9, 2005
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Chailly concludes with this recording the complete set of Mahler symphonies. Spanning 15 years, the slow progression shows in a mature and wholly integrated reading that highlights Chailly´s characters as Mahler conductor: clarity of line, a certain detachemet from histrionics, and a looking-forward ... more |
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June 9, 2005
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Kubelik is one of the truly great Mahler conductors. He focuses on the more lyric and descriptive aspects of the works, never over-emphasizing the theatrical and dramatic sections. His Audite live recordings, with the Bayerisches Rundfunks Orchester are more succesfull than the DG studio recordings, ... more |
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