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DURUFLE / GALLON / RHENE-BATON / HAHN / ROPARTZ
The French Flute Brent Larson (flute) Lars Grunth (viola) Sverre Larsen (piano) [ Scandinavian Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] Bent Larsen trained at the Royal Danish Music Conservatory. Debut concert in 1976 following graduation from the conservatory's soloist class. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Violin Sonatas Christian Tetzlaff (violin) & Lars Vogt (piano) [ Ondine / CD - released 2/Sep/2016 ] "a breathtaking balance of poise and daring...Tetzlaff and Vogt take obvious pleasure in details without losing sight of the larger picture, whether it's a phrase, a movement or an entire work. Indeed, they sharply delineate the individual character |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Sonatas for Violin and Piano Christian Tetzlaff (violin) & Lars Vogt (piano) [ Ondine / CD - released 15/Jan/2014 ] In this selection of Sonatas the artists reveal Schumann's development as a composer; this recording includes the third Sonata which was neglected for a century after Schumann's death, only premiering in 1956. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Trios Nos. 1-3 (Complete) Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Tanja Tetzlaff (cello) & Lars Vogt (piano) [ Ondine / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2015 ] "The string players here - brother and sister Christian and Tanja Tetzlaff - are regular quartet partners. Together with sensitive pianism from Lars Vogt, ensemble is alert, accurate, never forced: already a favourite CD." (Five Stars Observer) |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Trios / Notturno / Rondo / Arpeggione Sonata Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Tanja Tetzlaff (cello) Lars Vogt (piano) [ Ondine / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2023 ] Pianist Lars Vogt tragically passed away on September 5, 2022 due to a serious illness before this album of Schubert's chamber music was released. This album stands as a great testament of his outstanding career. |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: The Overtures BWV 1066-1069 (Original versions) Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen [ CPO / CD - released 30/Apr/2021 ] "The performances are undeniably virtuoso. The one-to-a-part playing creates a startling clarity to the 'orchestral' texture, a transparency that calls for individual praise." Gramophone Editor's Choice July 2021 |
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HANDEL
Concerti grossi Op. 3 Nos. 1-6, HWV312-317 Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen [ CPO Records / CD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] "Mortensen's fluent playing of the tricky quick organ solos in the concluding Allegro are articulated flawlessly. Such classy moments make this one of the most endearing artistic interpretations of Op. 3 in recent years." Gramophone Awards 2012... |
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TORELLI / LOCATELLI / TORELLI / MANFREDINI / VIVALDI
Per la notte di Natale - Italian Christmas Concertos Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Nov/2020 ] We do not know if the Vikings celebrated yuletide with music, but music at Christmas has been a popular tradition since the Middle Ages. |
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GADE / LANGE-MULLER / LANGGAARD
Danish Romantic Piano Trios Danish Piano Trio: Lars Bjørnkjær (violin), Toke Møldrup (cello), Katrine Gislinge (piano) [ Dacapo / CD - released 20/Apr/2016 ] This debut album from the Danish Piano Trio presents a fascinating string of Romantic trios. From the perfectly balanced world of Danish music's 'godfather' Niels W Gade, to the sensitive and dramatic turn-of-the-century art of P E Lange-Müller,... |
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ALAN HOVHANESS
Hovhaness: Khrimian Hairig / Guitar Concerto / Symphony No. 60 David Leisner (guitar) / Lars Ranch (trumpet) / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/Jan/2007 ] Described by the composer's wife as his 'true masterpiece', Khrimian Hairig, with its trumpet solo, recalls the heroic Armenian priest of the title. Hovhaness' virtuoso and romantic Guitar Concerto was written for the Bolivian guitarist Juan Calderon. |
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Arne Domnerus (alto saxophone & clarinet) Bengt Hallberg (piano) Lars Erstrand (vibes) Georg Riedel (drums) Egil Johansen (drums)
Jazz At The Pawnshop (3 SACD + bonus DVD) [ Proprius / 3 Hybrid SACD - released 26/Feb/2007 ] Great music never gets old - it matures like a fine wine. Now one of the musical and audiophile highlights of jazz recording history is available in unsurpassed SACD sound. These recordings recently celebrated its 30th anniversary and the analogue... |
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Arne Domnerus, Bengt Hallberg, Lars Erstrand, Georg Riedel, Egil Johansen
Jazz At The Pawnshop Volume 2 [ Proprius / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2006 ] Legendary audiophile recordings, now available on Super Audio CD. Arne Domnérus, alto saxophone, clarinet Bengt Hallberg, piano Lars Erstrand, vibes Georg Riedel, bass Egil Johansen, drums "...Today (1992) in my fifties, I can look back on... |
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CATALDO AMODEI / GIOVANNI ZAMBONI / BERNARDO STORAGE
Amodei Emma Kirkby (soprano) Jakob Lindberg (theorbo/archlute) Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Feb/2004 ] "BIS have uncovered a notable composer and brought him back to sometimes startling life" (MusicWeb) |
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DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Vocal Music, Vol 1 Emma Kirkby (soprano) / John Holloway (violin) / Manfredo Kraemer (violin) / Jaap ter Linden (viola da gamba) / Lars Ulrik Mortensen (organ) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Mar/2007 ] "Delightful and moving, theatrical and spiritual too, some of Buxtehude's vocal works get very persuasive performances by Kirkby, Holloway and co. on this reissue" (MusicWeb April 2007) |
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HANDEL / BACH / DOWLAND / BLOW / SCARLATTI / etc
The Artistry of Emma Kirkby: highlights from the original BIS recordings Emma Kirkby (soprano) with Jakob Lindberg (lute) Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) Anthony Rooley (theorbo-lute) etc [ BIS / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "Artistry indeed, and praise to BIS for recognising how to honour it." Gramophone Magazine Reissue of the Month - July 2009 |
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CARISSIMI / ROSSI / CESTI / etc
The Queen's Music: Italian vocal duets and trios Emma Kirkby / Susanne Ryden (sopranos) / Peter Harvey (baritone) / Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann (cello) Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] The programme on this disc consists of a selection of Italian 17th-centruy vocal duets and trios from the Whitelocke manuscript, with Carissimi's large-scale cantata I Naviganti at its heart. These duets and trios form a kind of refined entertainment... |
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FRANCESCO GEMINIANI
Cello Sonatas Op 5 Jaap ter Linden (cello) Lars Ulrik mortensen (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] When thinking of important cello repertoire from the Baroque period of course J.S. Bach's suites spring to mind immediately. But there is so much more out there to be discovered from this period. And not just from Germany. Italian composer and... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Der Rosenkavalier (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Tara Erraught, Kate Royal, Lars Woldt, Michael Kraus / Robin Ticciati (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Mar/2016 ] Strauss's musically ravishing comic masterpiece is given a visual updating in director Richard Jones's stylish and 'gently subversive' Glyndebourne staging, one which offers 'a dreamlike distortion not just of Vienna's 18th-century past, but also of... |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No 7 / Triple Concerto Gordan Nikolitch (violin) Tim Hugh (cello) Lars Vogt (piano) London Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (conductor) [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Apr/2006 ] "Haitink demands attention from an orchestra, in his telling pauses as much as in the playing itself and the results were revelatory … To experience Haitink conducting is to witness a master at work" Daily Telegraph (UK), 19 November 2005 |
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W.A. MOZART
Divertimento in E flat major Henning Kraggerud (violin), Lars Anders Tomter (viola) & Christoph Richter (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "Perhaps the outstanding quality of this performance is its rhythmic thrust, combined with the ability of the players to characterize their musical lines in an independent but still effectively coordinated way." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com) |