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Chopin, Volume 1: Nocturnes, Scherzos, Sonata in B flat minor – Louis Lortie (piano)On his concept for this album, Louis Lortie writes: ‘In the era of the great romantic pianists, it used to be the fashion at piano recitals to offer an improvisation in the same key as that of the piece that was scheduled to follow, in order to get the audience “in the mood”. To compensate for this lost art, I have thought of always playing one of the nocturnes before a major piano composition by Chopin. It makes these nocturnes appear more like an improvisation, to serve as counterweight to the very dense content of the Ballades, Sc
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Clarinet Concertos – James Campbell, LSO, Freeman The clarinettist James Campbell presents a scintillating programme of some of the ...
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Gods, Emperors, and Angels
Music by Vivaldi – La Serenissima, Chandler Who are these Gods, Emperors and Angels in the title of the ...
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Peter Dikinson : 'This is one of many revelatory recordings of both Composers under Richard Hickox and the excellent...
Superb performances here by the RNCM Wind Orchestra…... Gramophone
Recommended with all possible enthusiasm... American record Guide
This record is destined, I would guess, to become a classic….a quite delicious record... Gramophone
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