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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Recorder Sonatas Pamela Thorby (recorder) Richard Egarr (harpsichord) [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 4/Jul/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM "Better known as a member of the Palladian Ensemble, Pamela Thorby has given the recorder a status in the Baroque repertoire that it deserved to recapture. Childhood memories of the... |
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MARAIS / REBEL
Les Elemens Pamela Thorby (recorders) Rudolfo Richter (violin) / Palladian Ensemble [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Oct/2003 ] "one of the best chamber ensembles baroque or otherwise currently in business" GRAMOPHONE |
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SAMMARTINI / TELEMANN / VIVALDI
Baroque Recorder Concertos Pamela Thorby & Sonnerie [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Jul/2002 ] Editor's Choice (Gramophone Magazine August 2002) -On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full multi-channel high definition sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM. |
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J.S. BACH
Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin BWV1001-6 Pavlo Beznosiuk (violin) [ Linn Records SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 18/Mar/2016 ] "Beznosiuk's authentic Baroque violin, made in Antwerp around 1676, has a straight, dry tone, unflattering in one sense, truthful in another. His mastery of it is total...His double-stopping lacks any sign of effort, even in the Sonata's four part... |
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BOISMORTIER / COUPERIN / DUBOURG / FASCH / TELEMANN
The Proud Bassoon: Virtuoso Works for Baroque Bassoon and Continuo Peter Whelan (bassoon) Ensemble Marsyas [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2014 ] 'The Proud Bassoon' marks the debut solo recording of Peter Whelan, singled out for praise in his performances with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble Marsyas. This unique album is a collection of the very best of the virtuoso solo music... |
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JOHANN FRIEDRICH FASCH
Fasch: Quartets and Concertos Peter Whelan (bassoon), Pamela Thorby (recorder) / Ensemble Marsyas [ Linn Records SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jun/2014 ] "This may not be the most startling or inventive music harmonically, but they use the resources of their chosen instruments brilliantly. While Pamela Thorby's recorder is crisp and reliable, the real star is Peter Whelan's bassoon, burbling through i |
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JOHN WARD
Consort Music for five and six viols Phantasm [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 24/Jun/2016 ] In its debut recording for Linn, acclaimed viol consort Phantasm showcases its dazzling sonority with a programme of music deserving of re-discovery. Phantasm's bold and passionate style of consort playing does full justice to John Ward's Consort... |
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WILLIAM LAWES
Lawes: The Royal Consort: Three Consorts to the Organ Phantasm, with Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo), Daniel Hyde (organ) [ Linn Records SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2015 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2016 Finalist - Chamber / Gramophone Magazine award nomination 2016 - Baroque Instrumental |
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JOHN WARD
Fantasies & Verse Anthems Phantasm & Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Sep/2014 ] "Incisive performances that invite you into the music without fuss and without getting in the way." (MusicWeb Jan 2015) |
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W. A. MOZART
Piano Concertos 12, 13 & 14 [the chamber version] Gottlieb Wallisch (piano) / Piatti Quartet [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/May/2013 ] "With fine SACD sound and very good stereo this is just one more reason to invest in familiar but much loved works just one more time, or at least, until the next must-have orchestral cycle takes hold." (MusicWeb Aug 2013) |
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NED ROREM
On an Echoing Road: Duets, Trios and Quartets The Prince Consort / Alisdair Hogarth (with Anna Leese, soprano) [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "The more one hears of Rorem's songs, too, the more intriguing they seem...The performances catch every drop of that naturalness, too; the disc may only scratch the surface of Rorem's songwriting but it crystallises its essence perfectly." Guardian,... |
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SALOMONE ROSSI
Il Mantovano Hebreo: Italian madrigals, Hebrew Prayers and Instrumental music by Salomone Rossi Profeti della Quinta [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Dec/2013 ] Profeti della Quinta makes its Linn debut with a unique programme of Italian madrigals, instrumental pieces and Hebrew prayers by Salomone Rossi (c.1570-c.1630). The programme encompasses Rossi's many-faceted talents both as a court composer in... |
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PURCELL
Ten Sonatas in Four Parts (1697) Retrospect Trio [ Linn SACD / SACD - released 10/Aug/2009 ] "Matthew Truscott and Sophie Gent take turns as first violinist in five of the sonatas each, and the quality of conversational playing between them is deeply eloquent. Halls and Jonathan Manson contribute polished and heartfelt continuo-playing."... |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Symphonies 1 - 4 Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Robin Ticciati [ LINN SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 28/Jul/2014 ] "Ticciati clearly knows how he wants this music to go and his strong parnership with the Edinburgh players enables him to shape readings notable for their energy and individuality...Throughout the performances are characterised by a woodwind sweetnes |
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W. A. MOZART
Gran Partita (with Haydn - Notturno No. 8 in G major) Royal Academy of Music Soloists Ensemble, Trevor Pinnock [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2016 ] "this is seriously impressive playing from students of the Royal Academy of Music under Trevor Pinnock." (The Guardian) |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No 11 Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Alexander Lazarev (conductor) [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Apr/2005 ] "This well mastered disc assumes a worthy position in the RSNO/Shostakovich at tradition, confirming the orchestra's standards and international credentials" (MusicWeb Juen 2005) |
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DOUGIE MACLEAN
Till Tomorrow Royal Scottish National Orchestra, John Logan [ Linn Records SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jun/2014 ] Dougie MacLean needs no introduction; as a singer, song-writer, composer and instrumentalist, no artist captures the soul of Scotland with more authenticity or emotion. |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Divertimento No 17 in D / Oboe Quartet in F Scottish Chamber Orchestra Ensemble, Alexander Janiczek [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "These musicians inflect the extremes as they do the nooks and crannies in between...Robin Williams adds his own voice, his tone plangent yet subtly faceted, his phrasing shaped to reflect the feeling he puts into his playing. The slow movement, also... |
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BERLIOZ
Symphonie Fantastique / Beatrice et Benedict overture Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Robin Ticciati [ Linn Records SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Apr/2012 ] "Berlioz's scoring comes across with remarkable clarity, its textures translucent, its individual timbres well characterised, its mixes subtly variegated. The SCO also has the capability of full, rounded sonorities and explosive thrills when the... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Divertimenti Scottish Chamber Orchestra Wind Soloists [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2015 ] "These performances wonderfully capture the charm of these Mozart chamber works, each instrument oozing a delightfully unforced sense of personality..they strike a nice balance between chambermusical refinement and rustic earthiness." (Gramophone) |