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November 06 2017

Gramophone (UK): Budu in the 50 greatest Chopin recordings

Our journey through the greatest Chopin recordings continues, from Pires in the Nocturnes to Pogorelich in the Scherzos All of the reviews printed below were originally published in Gramophone, the world's leading classical music magazine. To find out more about subscribing, visit: gramophone.co.uk/subscribe Listening to his impressive new rec...

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November 06 2017

CD Hotlist: Charles du Plessis Trio, Baroqueswing Vol. II

Baroque music, particularly the music of J.S. Bach, has proved irresistible to jazz musicians for decades now. I think it’s the combination of harmonic richness and rhythmic regularity: Bach’s countrapuntal lines are so much fun to play in straight rhythm that the temptation to makes those lines swing can just be kind of overpowering. This Sout...

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November 02 2017

Das Orchester: Harp Concertos, Anaïs Gaudemard

Anaïs Gaudemard, geboren 1991, kann schon in ihren jungen Jahren auf eine glänzende internationale Karriere zurückblicken. Noch während ihres überaus erfolgreichen und mit Preisen gekrönten Studiums am Conservartoire National von Lyon und der Haute École de Musique von Lausanne gewann sie 2012 den ersten Preis bei dem berühmten internationalen ...

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November 01 2017

Audiophile Audition: George Robert, sax – Plays Michel Legrand

Michel Legrand at the movies, on sax. With the passing of George Robert (1960-2016), we have lost a very fine jazz musician and esteemed educator. He played with many of the top big bands, including Lionel Hampton and Phil Woods. A longish stint with Tom Harrell is also a highlight of his discography. Robert is quite a traditional alto stylist ...

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October 30 2017

Audiophile Audition: Charl du Plassis Trio, Baroqueswing Vol II

Jazz versions of top Baroque and other melodies. This disc was recorded live at the 2015 Festival Muskdorf Ernen in Switzerland. Du Plessis has chosen baroque works by Bach, Gluck, Vivaldi and Handel and ends with a six-movement jazz suit and a closing track of Gershwin’s I Got Rhythm theme. Du Plessis sort of continues the efforts of the ”Play...

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October 30 2017

Scènes Magazine: Elektra, la chanteuse touche au sublime - Gwyneth Jones

« Orest ! Orest ! Orest ! Orest ! ». On ne peut aujourd'hui entendre Gwyneth Jones chanter sa complainte sur la scène du Grand-Théâtre de Genève sans être submergé par l'émotion. Habitée par le message straussien qu'elle porte à la perfection, la chanteuse touche au sublime. Le disque ne pouvait se passer d'un tel document. Depuis qu'Antonin Sc...

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October 30 2017

The Guardian: Elektra, Gwyneth Jones & The OSR - Live recording Geneva 1990

Recordings of Elektra are proliferating at present; hard on the heels of Semyon Bychkov's new version of Hänssler, reviewed in these pages last month, come two performances, each of which serves the work better than Bychkov's impressive, if gravely flawedsset. Both derive from radio archives. The Walhall label offers Karl Böhm's justly famous 1...

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October 24 2017

Gramophone (UK): Stanford Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No 2, Finghin Collins

Stanford’s answer to the great Russian concerto It is not perhaps surprising that the key, opening flourishes and other episodes in this splendid concerto recall Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No 2. Stanford had conducted its British premiere, with the composer as soloist, the year before he completed his own. If the second and third movements do...

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October 24 2017

The Cross-Eyed Pianist: Meet the Artist……Finghin Collins, pianist

Who or what inspired you to take up the piano and pursue a career in music? My family! I am the youngest of four children and when I came along my three elder siblings were all at it! I was dying to get started and at the age of three my eldest sister Mary (aged 13) started to teach me. At age 6 I won a scholarship into the Royal Irish Academy...

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October 24 2017

Irish Times: Finghin Collins takes a lap of honour on his 40th birthday

NCH honours pianist by presenting him in solo recital as part of international series Finghin Collins will turn 40 at the end of the month, and the National Concert Hall got its congratulations in early by presenting the pianist in a solo recital as part of its current International Concert Series last Thursday. It’s an unusual honour for the h...

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Das Orchester: Harp Concertos, Anaïs Gaudemard

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Audiophile Audition: George Robert, sax – Plays Michel Legrand

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Scènes Magazine: Elektra, la chanteuse touche au sublime - Gwyneth Jones

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