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Schubert: Winterreise / Reuter, Copenhagen String Quartet
The Danish baritone Johan Reuter often sings leading roles at the New York Metropolitan Opera and is in high demand all over the world. He also loves the lied repertoire, however, and the work closest to his heart is the Schubert song cycle Winterreise (Winter Journey). For this new release, he wanted to record it not with the usual piano accompanist, but in an arrangement for string quartet. Richard Krug from the Copenhagen String Quartet made this highly idiomatic transcription of the piano part and the result is deeper, more moving and with full sound than in the original. This is truly a unique experience. Johan Reuter studied at the Royal Academy of Music and the Academy of the Royal Theatre in his hometown of Copenhagen. He frequented masterclasses of Ernst Haefliger, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson and Richard Trimborn. Since 1996 he has been a soloist of the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, where he sings a large repertoire.
Alkan: The 4 Ages
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 - Premiere Recording Of Finale Completed By Nors S. Josephson
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
Guitar Recital
Serene Ecstasy - The Light & Sorrow Of Orthodox Russia
The choir opens the program with "The Russian Soil," a hymn dedicated to Russian saints that is memorable for its rhythmic drive and exalted tone. Two sacred pieces by Tchaikovsky are marked by drama and, in "Eucharist" from the 'Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom,' a sense of joy. The group's lush tonal quality is ideal in Ippolitov-Ivanov's pacific "Praise the Lord, O My Soul."
This recording consistently impresses with its excellent singing and fascinating repertoire; surely it's an ideal recording for all lovers of sacred music.
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, WWV 96 (Sung in Ital
Rubinstein: Symphony No. 4 "Dramatic" / Golovchin, Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Nina Kotova plays Tchaikovsky
REVIEW:
What’s so singularly impressive about Kotova’s interpretation and exposition of Tchaikovsky is her awareness of the music’s meaning. This allows her to eschew exhibitionism and translate Tchaikovsky’s musical purpose with pensive meticulous introspection.
Her understanding and elucidation of Tchaikovsky is nonpareil, flamboyant yet measured, but still emanating the turbulence of the music’s emotional impact. Her technique is immaculate and, in combination with her intuitive feel for Tchaikovsky, the end result is a confection of pure elegance.
– Huffington Post
GURYAKOVA, Olga: Russian Arias and Romances
Solitude
Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn: Double Concerto & String Quartet
Giuliani: Rossiniane & Potpourris
Piano Recital: Nadzhafova, Dinara - LISZT, F. / CHOPIN, F.
GLINKA, M.I.: Songs and Romances (Complete), Vol. 1 (A Tribu
GOOD MUSIC FOR LITTLE GUYS
Beethoven, L.: Cello Sonatas, Vol. 1 - Nos. 1-3
Rubinstein: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 4
The 5 piano concertos of Rubinstein opened a new era in the history of Russian piano art, setting the stage for the great Russian concerto masterpieces, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. This is the 3rd in Delos’ current series of Russian Disc re- and features the 2nd and 4th concertos, as performed by distinguished, Russian-trained artists.
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21 & Grande fan
Anton Rubinstein: Symphony No. 2, "Ocean" - Ballet Music fr
Schubert: Arpeggione and Der tod und das madchen
Brahms & Beethoven: Piano Sonatas
MESSA DA REQUIEM
V5: THE COMPLETE DUOS
Inside The Hearing Machine
Dohnanyi, E.: Serenade in C Major / Arensky, A.: String Quar
Gundula Janowitz: The Last Recital

Brigitte Fassbaender said: ‘Gundula Janowitz possesses one of those voices where you have only to hear a couple of notes and you immediately know who it is. Her elegant timbre and unmistakably instrumental way of forming the phrases is unique.’ Few singers have voices that approach the purity of Janowitz’s: with its very fast vibrato and ‘white’ production, the focused sound can soar, swoop and dip with astonishing ease and control, the vocal line becoming almost liquefied into a seemingly endless melisma. Janowitz’s recorded catalogue, tends to misrepresent the focus of her career because it downplays her work as a recitalist. Of course, she did tape all of Schubert’s songs for high voice but apart from a couple of late song recitals and a disc of Hindemith’s Das Marienleben, that is all we have to remember her by as a performer of song. So this album will be a welcome addition to her discography. For her Athens recital, Janowitz chose two composers absolutely at the centre of her song repertoire, Franz Schubert and Richard Strauss, with a third, Robert Schumann, forming a bridge between the two.
The Hidden Violin
Beethoven: Early String Quartets
1991 Grange De Meslay Recital
Gyorgy Sebok (1922-1999) was a Hungarian-born American pianist who was also renowned as a teacher and giver of masterclasses. He made more than 16 recordings for the Erato label as a soloist early on in his career. He has received countless honors and awards throughout his career in recognition of musical life. His fellow Hungarian pianist Livia Rev said of him: “one of the greatest pianists in the second half of the century, if not the greatest.” Cellist Janos Starker, with whom Sebok played for more than six decades, pulled even fewer punches: “First hand, second hand, or in recordings, Gyorgy Sebok is the greatest pianist who ever lived,” and also “one of the greatest teachers of all time.” This live recording was made at the 1991 Grange de Meslay Recital, Parcay-Meslay, France.
