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Fauré: Requiem - Spanjaard          (5 of 6 found this review helpful)
  August 31, 2005

First the sound: very good but a touch too reverberating. As if chorus and orchestra were swiming in the sound stream. This observation is comparing it to other Pentatone discs, because the sound per-se is vastly superior to that of the competition. The performance I found only good, nothing ... more
Wagner: Overtures & Preludes - Varviso/Schumacher        (8 of 8 found this review helpful)
  August 30, 2005

A splendid collection of Wagner Overtures and Preludes. But ( a reminder) we need complete operas now on SACD. This said, Silvio Varviso conducts with great verve, never "over-cooking" Wagner. As a result, not only the music unfolds in the most natural way, but also the drama and the climaxes never ... more
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Bruch: Scottish Fantasy - Grumiaux        (7 of 8 found this review helpful)
  August 30, 2005

The Tchaikovsky pieces are the winners here. Arthur Grumiaux was an aristocrat among violin players, his tone always beautiful and elegant, with no exagerations or un-musical gestures. Thus, his rendition of the Tchaikovsky concerto, that so often can sound mannered, is very spontaneous and has a ... more
Britten: Frank Bridge Variations etc. - Netherlands Chamber Orchestra          (7 of 10 found this review helpful)
  August 30, 2005

Superb performances. The Netherlands Chamber Orchestra is a top flight ensemble, with crisp and articulate playing. Gordan Nikolic, their leader, is also the solo violin player. His tone is superb. Of the three pieces in this disc, the Concerto funebre (for violin) of Hartmann, seemed to me the ... more
Monteverdi: The Sacred Music 2 - The King's Consort/Robert King          (2 of 3 found this review helpful)
  August 30, 2005

Monteverdi is one of the outstanding composers of all ages. His sacred music contains among the gems of his compositional catalogue. Volume 2 of the Monteverdi Sacred works follows the high standards of the King´s Consort in this music, and their achievements in Vol. 1. The recording, as is the ... more

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