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Brahms & Ligeti: Horn Trios RecommendedMarie-Luise Neunecker (horn), Antje Weithaas (violin) & Silke Avenhaus (piano)
Neunecker has a fascinating horn sound. She distinguished effectively between open and stopped timbres, but even her open sound is quite narrow and constrained...any new recording [of the Brahms]... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2021, Also Recommended
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Kromos is Sebastian Fagerlund’s way of exploring his own and the guitar’s capabilities...t’s also a wonderful way for the versatile Finnish guitarist Ismo Eskelinen to open this recital of 21st-century... — More…
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Strauss: Concerto for oboe and orchestra
Yeon-Hee Kwak (oboe), David Pia (cello)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Johannes Goritzki
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Kalevi Aho: Oboe Concerto & Sonata Piet van Bockstal (oboe), with Yutaka Oya (piano)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
There’s a chamber-like intensity to this concerto – a heightened instrumental clarity if you will – and oboist Piet Van Bockstal is a gentle and evocative soloist throughout...Fine music and... — More…
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Aho’s concerto combines dissonance with an elegant Nielsen-like sound-world. — More…
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Kalevi Aho: Chamber Music Samuli Peltonen (cello), Sonja Fräki (piano), Jaakko Kuusisto (violin), Pekka Kuusisto (violin)
The works here find him in various states of mind but mostly diligence and distress. The two pieces written to mourn fellow musicians are, in fact, the best. Lamento was created for the funeral... — More…
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Aho’s brilliance at problem-solving and technical composition can conceal a slight lack of material carbohydrate…But there is plenteous atmosphere and much colour (however narrow the palette)... — More…
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