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London Sinfonietta/Collon – review

5848 days ago

Guardian Music — Roundhouse, LondonIt was halfway through Mémoriale, Pierre Boulez's brief and luminescent chamber concerto for flute, that I noticed the rubber chicken hanging from a microphone next to Oliver Coates's cello.The chicken, it turned out, did not belon... more info

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Debussy: Fantaisie; Ravel: Piano Concertos; Massenet: Piano Pieces, CD review

5852 days ago

The Telegraph — Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond Yan Pascal Tortelier. Rating: * * * * more info

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Ravel: The Piano Concertos; Debussy: Fantaisie; etc | CD review

5860 days ago

Guardian Music — Bavouzet/BBC SO/Tortelier(Chandos)Though Boulez and Aimard both have reputations for efficient, no-nonsense approaches, their performances of both the Ravel concertos (reviewed above) are consistently slower than Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's with the BBC... more info

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Berg: Seven Early Songs, Two Songs after Theodor Storm etc; Hartmann: Lamento | CD review

5860 days ago

Guardian Music — Banse/Madzar (ECM)Separated by 18 years, Alban Berg's two settings of Theodor Storm's poem Schliesse Mir die Augen Beide neatly articulate his composing career. The first version dates from 1907, the time of Berg's Piano Sonata, Op 1, and his studies... more info

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Schumann: Organ works – review

5867 days ago

Guardian Music — Thomas Trotter(Regent)Strictly speaking, only one of the three Schumann works Thomas Trotter plays here on the Ladegast organ of Merseburg Cathedral in Saxony Anhalt, the Six Fugues on BACH Op 60, was composed for organ. The others, the Four Sketches... more info

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Debussy/ d'Indy/ Schmitt/ Tomasi/ Maurice: Works for saxophone and orchestra |CD review

5881 days ago

Guardian Music — Kerkezos/ LSO/ SimonovThe saxophone is so closely associated with jazz and big bands that we tend to forget that its inventor, Adolphe Sax, envisioned it as an orchestral instrument. The classical response to it has always been mixed, with French com... more info

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CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Axis Trio - Anthem (2010)

5884 days ago

All About Jazz — By Pico This past July the Axis Trio released Anthem, and it's one of those defining records for this young and fledgling jazz threesome. The Axis Trio is comprised of pianist Amino Belyamani, bassist Sam Miniae and drummer and percussionist Qasim ... more info

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Debussy: Études | CD review

5888 days ago

Guardian Music — Pascal Rogé(Onyx)As his Debussy cycle for Onyx has gone on, it has become increasingly obvious that Pascal Rogé has little time for the common perception of Debussy as an "impressionist" composer, all pastel shades and dewy outlines. His playing is... more info

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Review: San Francisco Symphony explores music of Ravel, Debussy and Berlioz

5888 days ago

Mercury News, California — Carey Bell, the orchestra's principal clarinetist, worked magic in a Debussy work, and 23-year-old French pianist Jean-Frédéric Neuburger charmed the audience in another work by the same composer. more info

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