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Piano Concertos Nos 18 & 22 Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 22/Feb/2014 ] "While Brautigam and Willens have sometims tended to favour tempos distinctly on the fast side, that isn't the case here: these are finely-judged performances throughout, in which every detail counts. Brautigam contributes an impressive cadenza to K |
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 19 & 23 Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] Ronald Brautigam has been described as 'an absolutely instinctive Mozartian… with melodic playing of consummate beauty' (International Record Review), supported by the period orchestra Die Kölner Akademie in a partnership which more than one reviewer... |
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 27 Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Apr/2013 ] "Brautigam's performance is certainly refreshing...swiftness is a feature of all the performances here...His articulation is a model of clarity, his passagework powerfully directed." (Gramophone) |
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Piano Concertos Nos. 5 & 6 / Three Concertos K 107 Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Feb/2016 ] On the final stretch of their series of Mozart's piano concertos, Ronald Brautigam, Michael Willens and Die Kölner Akademie are working their way backwards through the composer's catalogue. Here, on the penultimate disc, they have reached the... |
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Piano Concertos Nos 8, 11 & 13 Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Oct/2015 ] This is the ninth instalment in Ronald Brautigam's series of the complete piano concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. As on previous discs, Brautigam - whose 'muscular yet sensitively nuanced command of Mozartian discourse' (BBC Music Magazine) - is... |
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Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 12 / Rondo for Piano & Orchestra in A Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "What's impressive about [Brautigam's] playing is not just its sprightliness, but also its expressive character...If you prefer your Mozart played on period instruments, you're unlikely to find better performances than these." (BBC Music) |
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 14 & 21 Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens, with Carolyn Sampson (soprano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Dec/2014 ] "[This issue] proves every bit as immediate and lively in musical approach as its predecessors. Brautigam, bearing out his reputation as a musical and intellectual powerhouse, animates every note and phrase marking" (BBC Music) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 17 & 26 "Coronation" Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kolner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2012 ] Ronald Brautigam returns with the third instalment in his series of Mozart's piano concertos and is joined again by Die Kölner Akademie conducted by Michael Alexander Willens. The present disc includes Piano Concerto No.26 in D major, K 537,... |
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
Illusory Walls [ Epitaph / CD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] Sometimes, the best place to begin is at the end. If you really want to dig deep into Illusory Walls, the fourth album by The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, it definitely helps to do that. That's because epic closer "Fewer... |
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
Illusory Walls (LP) [ Epitaph / 2 LP - released 3/Dec/2021 ] Sometimes, the best place to begin is at the end. If you really want to dig deep into Illusory Walls, the fourth album by The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, it definitely helps to do that. That's because epic closer "Fewer... |
You Say Party! We Say Die!
Hit The Floor! [ Shock Records / CD - released 19/Sep/2006 ] Reminiscent of the vocal stylings of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, ‘Hit The Floor!’ is a clever collision of synthy beats and melodies, which explode in danceable tracks and punk rock anthems. |