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BRITTEN The Turn of the Screw (1954) Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Miah Persson, Toby Spence, Susan Bickley, Giselle Allen, Joanna Songi, Thomas Parfitt, London Philharmonic Orchestra/Jakub Hrůša FRA MUSICA FRA007 (111:00 (opera); 22:00 (extras)) Britten’s ghost opera has attracted some remarkable recordings over the years — the composer’s own 1955 account with Peter Pears and Jennifer […]
26.05.06
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BRITTEN The Rape of Lucretia Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Angelika Kirchschlager, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble/Oliver Knussen VIRGIN CLASSICS 6026722 (105:13) There is a moment in The Rape of Lucretia — just after Tarquinius has left and before Lucretia herself fully understands what has […]
26.05.04
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Oistrakh Trio play Russian Piano Trios Oistrakh Trio (David Oistrakh (violin), Sviatoslav Knushevitsky (cello), Lev Oborin (piano)) BRILLIANT CLASSICS 9272 (3 CDs: 64:18 + 76:07 + 54:28) There are recordings that document an era and recordings that transcend it. This three-disc collection from Brilliant Classics — drawing on the legacy of the Oistrakh Trio, that […]
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BERNSTEIN Transcriptions for wind band Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) University of South Carolina Wind Ensemble/Scott Weiss NAXOS 8.573056 (63:22) Bernstein was always a problem for himself. The gifts came too easily and in too many directions at once — Broadway, the podium, the lecture hall, the television studio — and the result, for much of his […]
26.05.02
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Mundus et Musica – Instrumental Music in Spain and Flanders c.1500 Anna Danilevskaia (fiddle); Christophe Deslignes (organetto); Qualia/Lambert Colson (recorders and cornetti) CARPE DIEM CD 16294 (53.17) There is a moment near the middle of this disc — Lambert Colson’s cornetto threading through Loyset Compère’s “Le Grant desir” with a tone so warm and slightly […]
