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. Aria: Opera W/O Words
City Travel Guides > Classical > Classical
from: Decca
February 27, 2007
Jean-Yves-Thibaudet's inner love for the capabilities of the human voice and his close associationship with some of the world's greatest singers such as Renee Fleming, has allowed him to convey the greatest operatic arias from the keyboard. In this CD Thibaudet has the remarkable resources of Randy Kerber, Percy Grainger, Mikhashoff, Sgambati and Louis Brassin coming together and writing transcriptions for these works that are to be hallmarked and treasured forever! These precious collaborations may well be a once in a lifetime experience! Being a super-virtuoso pianist, Thibaudet opens our ears, minds and souls to playing that is engulfed by overwhelming emotional feelings seldom ever demonstrated. He is one of very few that has the ability to ... Read More:
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. Summa/Sym 3/Fratres/Trisagion
City Travel Guides > Classical > Classical
by: Jarvi, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
March 04, 2003
It's hard to imagine a finer recording of Pärt's orchestral works. The selection of pieces is excellent (and quite extensive), the orchestra is well-balanced and well-blended, and the tempi are chosen with the utmost sensitivity. The damp, cathedralesque ambience of the recording may tend to drain some of the expressive quality out of the strings, but these solemn, mystical works sound very much at home in such an environment. I prefer these recordings even to the famous 'Tabula Rasa' disc on ECM. Most of these pieces are in Pärt's minimalistic "tinntinnabuli" style, but the 3rd Symphony will be a pleasant surprise to those listeners familiar only with that side of Arvo Pärt's oeuvre. It's a sprawling, full-orchestral ... Read More:
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. Dennis Russell Davies Performs Philip Glass
City Travel Guides > Classical > Classical
from: Orange Mountain Music
May 02, 2006
It's hard to imagine a finer recording of Pärt's orchestral works. The selection of pieces is excellent (and quite extensive), the orchestra is well-balanced and well-blended, and the tempi are chosen with the utmost sensitivity. The damp, cathedralesque ambience of the recording may tend to drain some of the expressive quality out of the strings, but these solemn, mystical works sound very much at home in such an environment. I prefer these recordings even to the famous 'Tabula Rasa' disc on ECM. Most of these pieces are in Pärt's minimalistic "tinntinnabuli" style, but the 3rd Symphony will be a pleasant surprise to those listeners familiar only with that side of Arvo Pärt's oeuvre. It's a sprawling, full-orchestral ... Read More:
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