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June 15 2016

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June 15 2016

AllMusic Review: Stephan Genz & Michel Dalberto - Winterreise

Stephan Genz has the melting phrasing and a good deal of the vocal quality of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and those looking for a recording that follows in the footsteps of the king of German baritones may gravitate toward this Swiss release for that reason. This said, the cumulative effect of Genz's cycle is quite different from that of Fischer-D...


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June 15 2016

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June 15 2016

American Record Guide - Svendsen & Bruch

Svendsen (1840-1911) and Bruch (1838-1920) were almost the same age, but these string octets are separated by more than 50 years. Svendsen wrote his piece while a student at Leipzig Conservatory and was awarded First Prize for his effort, and Breitkopf & Härtel offered to publish it. It is a fine piece, generous in melodies with interesting ...


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June 14 2016

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June 14 2016

Classical.net: Historic Ferras

Who remembers Christian Ferras? He made several recordings for EMI and Deutsche Grammophon over the span of about two decades, essentially retiring in the 1970s to teach. In 1982, he committed suicide, and is almost never mentioned among the great violinists. That puzzles me, if only because tragic deaths in classical music are generally greeted...


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June 10 2016

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June 10 2016

Concours Clara Haskil: Critique de Cristian Budu, Prize winner 2013

Critique du demi-finaliste Cristian Budu Lors du deuxième soir des demi-finales du Concours Clara Haskil, le brésilien Cristian Budu, accompagné par des membres du Quatuor Hugo Wolf, présentait le Quatuor pour piano et cordes No.3 en ut mineur Op. 60 de Johannes Brahms. Esquissée lorsque le compositeur avait à peine plus de vingt ans puis repris...


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June 09 2016

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June 09 2016

ResMusica: Michael Studer - l’éloge de la simplicité

« Bis repetita placent ». Répéter, répéter encore. Et encore. La répétition fait apprendre. Les écoliers que nous avons été le savent. Peut-être qu’aujourd’hui, cette pratique devient-elle désuète dans un monde où seule la nouveauté semble avoir droit de cité. Mais répéter n’est pas pour autant synonyme de rabâcher. À preuve, le coffret du piani...


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June 08 2016

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June 08 2016

Pianist Magazine: Joseph Moog performs Liszt's 'Hexameron'

Not many pianists would spend the time learning the hideously difficult Hexameron, the Liszt hotchpotch variations with contributions by his composer friends, one of whom was Chopin. Together with the First Polonaise and to some extent the Second Ballade it is Liszt at his most extrovert and bombastic. Thankfully Moog knows how to make music out...


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June 08 2016

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June 08 2016

A jazz listener's thoughts: Qui est George Robert?

George Robert is a terrific saxophonist and Director of the Jazz Department at the University of Applied Science Western Switzerland in Lausanne. Born in 1960 in Switzerland, he began his musical studies at a young age and by nine was enrolled at the Conservatoire de Musique in Geneva, where he studied clarinet. At 20, he enrolled at the Berklee...


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June 02 2016

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June 02 2016

Best of albums June 2016 by Claves records

Top ten albums from Claves records' catalog in June 2016 - Powered by TheOrchard (Cristian Budu, Astrig Siranossian, Xavier de Maistre, Beethoven The Complete Piano Sonatas, Tharice Virtuosi, Mélodie Zhao, De Falla Complete Works for Piano Solo, Claudio Abbado, Haydn Six String Quartets, Demenga.) La playlist sur Deezer   La playlist sur Spo...


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June 01 2016

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June 01 2016

Crescendo Magazine - Un violoncelle fluide et serein

« Il me semblait très important pour un premier disque de proposer des œuvres dans lesquelles je me retrouve. Théo Fouchenneret et moi avons donc choisi de rassembler les compositions de Fauré, Poulenc et Komitas. » Ce sont les mots de la violoncelliste française d’origine arménienne Astrig Siranossian, qui est née à Lyon en 1988 et qui, avec ce...


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May 30 2016

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May 30 2016

Diapason Magazine - 5 Diapason pour Cazzati

Les bonnes âmes de San Petronio à Bologne peinent à reconnaître le talent de leur nouveau maître de chapelle, le Lombard Cazzati, tant ils les bousculent dans leurs convictions esthétiques depuis sa nomination en 1657. Qu’à cela ne tienne : dans un climat houleux, le compositeur joue la carte de l’auto-édition systématique, d’abord à Venise, pui...


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