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As you become immersed in the sound world. more>Д¬D Reviews: Lachenmann string quartets and music from the Donaueschingen festival (Neos) Part of the compulsiveness of Lachenmann's three quartets, as Peter Becker mentions in his sleeve notes, is the sense of mystery that emerges from Lachenmann's virginal presentation of musical sound. more>Д¬D Review: New recordings of Handel keyboard music, and Bach and Chopin on the piano Bridget Cunningham's first solo harpsichord album is her second disc on the young Rose Street Records label to explore early Irish themes, this time through Handel's stay in Ireland from 1741 to 1742.

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In an intriguing case of trans-historical serendipity, soprano Julia Lezhneva made her professional dГ©but, like Colbran, at sixteen.В Despite her young age (or, perhaps, because of it), Lezhneva recently has become. more>Д¬D Review: Julia Lezhneva's Rossini recital (Naive) Isabella Colbran was a mere sixteen years old when, in 1801, she made her professional concert dГ©but in Paris. more>Д¬D Review: Xenakis's Collected Orchestral Works (Timpani) Xenakis's first mature work, 1954's MГ©tastasГ©is, unusally for a composer at the outset of his career, is a work not for chamber ensemble or soloist but for orchestra: the reason being the idiosyncrasy of Xenakis's compositional approach, which envisages the fusing together of a myriad of individual. more>Д¬D Review: Handel's Alexander's Feast (Delphian) If, sometime soon, you find yourself browsing the classical shelves at the local record store (or, these days, corporate mega record store), you will undoubtedly come across several recordings (both good and bad) of Handel's Messiah: that charming yet over-played oratorio from which the famous 'Hallelujah' chorus hails. 3 in B minor represents for many the most perfect example of musical creativity and bold originality that can be found in Chopin's large-scale musical structures.В The work holds together as one great, sweeping pianistic statement, but overflows with musical imagination. more>Д¬D Review: Nikolai Lugansky's take on Chopin's Sonata No. The opera belongs to a period of Venetian obsession with exoticism and chinoiseries influenced by the cityвЂ™s trading links.

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more>Д¬D Review: Vivaldi's Teuzzone features in a dazzling recording from Naive Teuzzone is the twelfth opera in naГЇveвЂ™s Vivaldi EditionвЂ™s series and, incidentally, the first new release by Jordi Savall (Farnace was first previously on Alia Vox). Now Anthony Marwood (violin), Richard Lester (cello) and Susan Tomes (piano) are each off exploring fresh musical pastures.В So this four-disc boxed set of the Beethoven Trios, each released individually. more>Д¬D Review: The Florestan Trio records Beethoven's Piano Trios on Hyperion Just a few months ago, after sixteen successful years together the Florestan Trio gave their last concerts in London. While this description may sound depressing or daunting, the album presents, as the subtitle suggests, a comfort that poignantly complements the sadness. more>Д¬D Review: Paul McCreesh presents an impressive album of A Song of Farewell A Song of Farewell: Music of Mourning and Consolation is, in many ways, an aural discussion of death. Whereas coronation favourites such as teacakes and sponge. more>Д¬D Review: Naive releases L'Olimpiade by a range of composers As the 2012 Olympics approach, London is bedecked with nationalist symbolism not only for the games but for the QueenвЂ™s Diamond Jubilee which would appear to have provoked us, as a nation, to rejoice in a nostalgic revisiting of 1950s taste.

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more>Д¬D review: The Schubert Ensemble performs Brahms and Schubert The Schubert Ensemble are highly regarded for their sensitive, musical performances of the piano plus strings repertoire вЂ“ especially the Schubert and Brahms masterpieces.В It is a real shame, then, that on these two discs they have been let down by poor recording. CD Review: Gillian Keith's Strauss recital disc (Champs Hill Records) With recordings devoted exclusively to Strauss's lieder pretty thin on the ground, Canadian soprano Gillian Keith's new release 'bei Strauss' should be welcomed by those who want to delve further into the Strauss repertoire.

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