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W. A. MOZART
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) |
NICOLAS BACRI
Sturm und Drang Sharon Bezaly (flute) François Leleux (oboe) Riitta Pesola (cello) Lisa Batiashvili (violin) / Tapiola Sinfonietta conducted by Jean-Jacques Kantorow [ BIS / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] This highly accessible, colourful and melodic music is here interpreted by the Tapiola Sinfonietta under Jean-Jacques Kantorow, a team whose previous recordings on BIS have been enthusiastically received by the reviewers. A disc of works by... |
CHRISTOPHER ROUSE
Flute Concerto / Symphony No. 2 / Rapture Sharon Bezaly (flute) / Royal Stockholm Philharmonic / Alan Gilbert (conductor) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "Accessible, expressive American music in taut, well prepared performances. In the more rapid passages of the Flute Concerto… Sharon Bezaly's extrovert virtuosity will dazzle…" Gramophone Magazine, January 2010 |
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Plays Scriabin (Incls Sonatas Nos 2, 5 & 9) Yevgeny Sudbin (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "Yevgeny Sudbin here miraculously combines the volcanic intensity of Vladimir Horowitz with the cat-and-mouse tonal reflexes of Mikhail Pletnev. The engineering BIS provides for Sudbin is astonishing lifelike throughout, especially in surround... |