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Joseph Swensen is an extremely intelligent performer, and he’s made some outstanding recordings for LINN both as violinist and conductor, most notably his Brahms and
It’s impossible not to admire this latest release from Joseph Swensen and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. The Classical Symphony is marvelous: exceptionally paced, exquisitely phrased
The plangent, slightly nasal tone of the Blüthner grand Artur Pizarro uses for this uneven Chopin recital really opens up and fills the room when
This is an outstanding disc, particularly a showcase for the talents of tenor Toby Spence and the excellent players of the Scottish Ensemble. I don’t
This is an absolutely super Sibelius program containing a well-chosen selection of some of his finest theater music. Pelleas and Melisande doesn’t heave and pant
This disc is “authentic” in two senses: in the selection of instruments as well as in the arrangement of the works for domestic performance. Actually,
Charles Mackerras leads a swift and urgent reading of the Requiem, predictably fine in the orchestral department and well sung by the chorus. The soloists
Originally issued on four single CDs, Linn Records bundles lutenist Nigel North’s transcriptions of the Bach unaccompanied violin and cello works together in a specially
Artur Pizarro stretches the Pathetique sonata’s grandiose introduction to the point where the silences between phrases read like exit cues. However, once the Allegro proper
The music of virtuoso violinist/composer Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber was as popular with musicians in his day as it is in ours, with good
