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Not surprisingly, [the performances] are much in the same vein as in Vol. 1, which is to say bright and buoyant, with no tricks or surprises but plenty of energy and brilliance. Bonizzoni’s... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Instrumental
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The enchanting opening theme of Symphony No. 5 sets what will be the preponderant tone, vigorous and elegant, and that agreeably bracing idiom is maintained throughout both symphonies. — More…
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Like all cycles, it has had ups and downs, but overall it has been as fine as anyone conducting Bruckner at present would be. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2015, Editor's Choice
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Schubert: The Complete Symphonies Vol. 3
Symphony No. 9
Residentie Orkest the Hague & Jan Willem de Vriend
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Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1, 3 & 8 'Unfinished'
Complete Symphonies Vol. 2
Residentie Orkest The Hague & Jan Willem de Vriend
The string playing is so crisp and clear, even at faster than-average tempos, that, at least in the two early symphonies, the section sounds smaller than it actually is. Here, he does what Harnoncourt... — More…
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Mozart: Gran Partita
Vinciane Baudhuin (oboe), Annelies Decock (violin), Mika Akiha (viola), Ronan Kernoa (cello), Ewald Demeyere (fortepiano)
Quatuor Dialogues
Quatuor Dialoguees and the fortepianist Ewald Demeyere make a decent case for the arrangement…[and] there’s some touching extempore ornamentation throughout — More…
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14 in G minor, Op. 135
Gal James (soprano) & Thomas Oliemans (bass)
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Gordan Nikolic
[Oliemans's] intelligence and insight trump authenticity in most instances...But it is the piece itself that unfailingly makes the most indelible impression and Gordan Nikolitch leads from the... — More…
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Ladies First! Opera arias by Joseph Haydn
Lisa Larsson (soprano), Maarten Komingsberger (baritone)
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Jan Willem de Vriend
Bright and soubrettish of tone...what she lacks in richness and depth, the Swedish soprano makes up for in dramatic involvement...Larsson is well supported by the slightly raw period sonorities... — More…
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5
Complete Symphonies Volume 2
Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend
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