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Håkan Hardenberger: Both Sides, Now Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet) & Roland Pöntinen (piano)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Kenneth Sillito
Hardenberger is often rhythmically too straitlaced for this material. Still, we can admire his smoky flugelhorn tone and deft high passagework on muted trumpet. And the selection, from My Funny... — More…
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American Spectrum Branford Marsalis (alto saxophone)
Branford Marsalis Quartet & North Carolina Symphony, Grant Llewellyn
…the performances are more than just enthusiastic, with discipline remarkably tight. Throw in the clarity, depth and lustre of state-of-the-art sound engineering in an acoustically favourable... — More…
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Christopher O’Riley’s pianism is assured…Haimovitz has a well-fed sonority for Prokofiev’s grandiose essay. — More…
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Fröst & Friends: Encores Martin Fröst (clarinet) with Roland Pöntinen (piano), Malena Ernman (mezzo-soprano), Torleif Thedéen (cello), Christian Svarfvar (violin), Åsa Thedéen (violin), Göran Fröst (viola), Svante Henryson (cello/double bass), Hermann Stefánsson (clarinet) & Sölve Kingstedt (clarinet)
Obviously a must for clarinettists; but other performers, and listeners too, will enjoy this demonstration of what can be achieved with impeccable technique, a fertile imagination and a light... — More…
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The SACD sound is first-class and the booklet notes by both artists attractive, not least in drawing attention to the great artists of the past whose performances and arrangements are saluted... — More…
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A Tribute to Oscar Peterson Andrew Litton plays Oscar Peterson Improvisations
Andrew Litton (piano)
Ballads predominate, providing ample scope for embellishment...this disc is less about jazz's sound of surprise than sheer delight in dazzlement. — More…
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These arrangements of pieces by Glass work very well on harp, particularly in these meticulously concentrated performances by Meijer...The effect is mesmeric, if two-dimensional. — More…
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Gulda meets Shostakovich
Wiener Concert Verein (Kammerorchester der Wiener Symphoniker), Rudolf Piehlmayer
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