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EUGENE YSAYE
Six Sonatas for solo violin Op. 27 Frederieke Saeijs (violin) [ Linn Records SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Oct/2015 ] Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931) is often described as a violinist with a unique technical control and, simultaneously, an extraordinary feeling for sensitivity and intensity of expression. The gramophone recordings he made in 1912 confirm the accuracy of... |
VARIOUS COMPOSER
Trumpet Masque Jonathan Freeman-Attwood (trumpet), Daniel-Ben Pienaar (piano) [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 14/Apr/2008 ] "Jonathan Freeman-Attwood's playing is notable for the beauty and freedom of line of his lyrical phrasing, while the bravura is exhilarating. Daniel-Ben Pienaar's accompaniments are boldly supportive and well in the picture." (Gramophone) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Magnificat & Christmas Cantata 63: Reconstruction of Bach's first Christmas Vespers in Leipzig Julia Doyle, Joanne Lunn, Clare Wilkinson, Nicholas Mulroy, Matthew Brook / Dunedin Consort, John Butt [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Oct/2015 ] 'This is a beautifully paced, exhilaratingly executed performance' (Choral & Song Choice BBC Music Christmas 2015) |
ALMA MAHLER / GUSTAV MAHLER
Alma & Gustav Mahler Lieder Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano) & Simon Lepper (piano) [ Linn Records SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 26/Jun/2014 ] "a bronze-tinted mezzo of Wagnerian amplitude...for the most part this Mahler-family recital...finds Cargill expressive at every level, while still proudly displaying the full glory of her voice." Gramophone Magazine, July 2014. |
WILLIAM LAWES
Lawes: Consorts to the Organ Phantasm [ Linn Records SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Dec/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Baroque Instrumental |
JOHN DOWLAND
Dowland: Lachrimae or Seven Tears Phantasm, Elizabeth Kenny [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "..their acuity to the music's ever-active emotional flux leaves them unafraid to use forceful gestures of articulation and dynamics to make a point." (Gramophone Award WINNER 2017 - Early Music) |
BRUCKNER
Symphonie No. 2 (arr. Anthony Payne) Royal Academy of Music Soloists Ensemble, Trevor Pinnock [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2014 ] Historical performance pioneer, Trevor Pinnock, conducts the Royal Academy of Music Soloists Ensemble in the premiere recording of Anthony Payne's new arrangement of Bruckner's second symphony. This is the second in the series which sees Trevor... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / SHOSTAKOVICH
Works for strings Scottish Ensemble [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2015 ] "The Scottish Ensemble's crystal-clear playing is a joy." (The Observer) |
LEHAR
Love was a dream Alfie Boe (tenor) / Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Michael Rosewell [ Linn Records SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Nov/2009 ] "His performances have charm and grace, his singing is secure and polished, and his engaging personality make him as popular in the business as he is with the public." The Telegraph |
GEMINIANI
Sonatas for Violoncello & Basso Continuo Alison McGillivray (cello) David McGuinness (harpsichord) and others [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 9/Sep/2005 ] "Sense of humour aside, this is a fantastic solo debut and an equally impressive account of Geminiani's Op. 5 in various guises. I look forward to hearing lots more - and thanks to Linn Records for continuing their support of such innovative... |
W.A. MOZART
Wind Concertos (flute, bassoon, clarinet) Alison Mitchell (flute) Ursula Leveaux (bassoon) Maximiliano Martin (clarinet) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Alexander Janiczek [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 28/May/2006 ] Formed in 1974 with a commitment to serve the Scottish community, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra is one of Scotland's major cultural ambassadors, touring regularly in the Far East, Europe and the USA. |
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Alyn Cosker
Lyn's Une [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Jun/2009 ] |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Apollo et Hyacinthus Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Klara Ek (soprano) Sophie Bevan (soprano) Lawrence Zazzo (counter-tenor) / Classical Opera, Ian Page [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2012 ] "Melia is the lovely soprano Klara Ek, and her duet with Apollo that ends Part 2, in which she spurns him and he pleads his case, is a high point of the score. A highly recommendable bauble." (10/10 ClassicsToday July 2012) |
SCHUMANN / BRAHMS
Lieder Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano) Malcolm martineau (piano) [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2015 ] "Murray has the art of increasing the tension without raising the volume...And given every encouragement by Malcolm Martineau's deft pianism, she brings a coquettish charm, without winsomeness, to the song of the flighty actress Philine, first cousin |
RAVEL
Complete Piano Works Volume 1 Artur Pizarro (piano) [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] "This is a very grown-up disc on all counts. I would definitely recommend it and look forward to hearing the second volume." (BBC Online March 2007) |
RAVEL
Complete Piano Works Volume 2 Artur Pizarro (piano) [ Linn SACD / SACD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "…at its best his playing evinces an ease and naturalness that makes his overemphasis elsewhere regrettable. He excels in the Sonatine's virtuoso finale, where, as instructed, he is brilliantly animé, and his Toccata from Le tombeau de Couperin has... |
GRANADOS
Goyescas (with Albeniz - Iberia) Artur Pizarro (piano) [ Linn SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] "His playing is always beautiful, capturing the dream-like romance of these vignettes..." ****1/2 SA-CD.net |
CHOPIN
Piano Sonatas and other works Artur Pizarro (piano) [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] Artur Pizarro's second Chopin album, following on from his hugely successful "Reminiscences" album, about which the Herald commented: "some of the finest Chopin playing on record". |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonatas Nos 30; No 31; No 32 Artur Pizarro (piano) [ Linn SACD / SACD - released 25/Oct/2003 ] "He has an exceptional sense of musical line…seductively beautiful… a pianist who deserves more attention" BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE - |
HANDEL
12 Concerti Grossi Opus 6 The Avison Ensemble / Pavlo Beznosiuk [ Linn Records SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] "Beznosiuk is an excellent judge of textures and tempi, and his leadership of the concertino group…is authoritative and nuanced"(Gramophone Award Finalist 2011 - Baroque Instrumental) |
