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RECORDING REVIEW | Brahms, Berg, Dvorak, & Sibelius | Iceland Symphony Orchestra/Eðvaldsdóttir, Sakari, etc. | "There is little doubt regarding the unsung artistry of Eðvaldsdóttir and the ISO. The approach shines a Nordic light of austere clarity onto a familiar repertoire"

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RECORDING REVIEW | Brahms | Kirschnereit, Neudauer, & Amaryllis Quartet | "Kirschnereit and the Amaryllis Quartett are lucid in the Op. 34 piano quintet...present a heart-warmingly memorable alternative sensibility."

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RECORDING REVIEW | Bruckner | Südwestrundfunkorchester Baden-Baden/Rosbaud | "Rosbaud’s interpretations rarely fail to be intriguing...the works that stand out in this set – the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh symphonies – eclipse many of the recordings that exist in the market"

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RECORDING REVIEW | Brahms | Georgian & Gililov / Weber & Lundberg | "...the velvet depth of Weber’s Stradivari-Cello “Suggia” forms a formidable unity with Lundberg’s clear-eyed poeticism"

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RECORDING REVIEW | Wagner | Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin/Volle & Fritzsch | "The sinew that resides in the lower registers of Volle’s klang gains a golden nobility in notes of higher planes"

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RECORDING REVIEW | Kokkonen | Väyrynen, Väyrynen, & Lehtola | "I am won over by Kokkonen’s towering originality and impact, especially in the powerful performance of the Requiem"

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RECORDING REVIEW | Enescu | BBC Philharmonic/Rozhdestvensky | "Under the baton of Rozhdestvensky, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra have a distinctively soviet contour, with astringent strings and vivid orchestral attacks"

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RECORDING REVIEW | Shostakovich & Martinů | Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Poltéra & Varga | "...the stellar performance of the Martinů concerto alone makes this disc commendable"

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RECORDING REVIEW | Grieg, Vaughan Williams, etc. | Hwang & Matthews | "The aesthetics of Hwang’s playing, then, is shaped by her unwillingness to compromise both care for each note and fidelity to the score for dramatic effects"

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RECORDING REVIEW | Brahms & Segerstam | Turku Philharmonic Orchestra/Takizawa & Segerstam | "...a refreshing disc, although I am a tad bit disappointed that I did not experience the groundbreaking eccentricity that was looming in expectation"

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RECORDING REVIEW | Shostakovich | USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra/Rozhdestvensky | "any reading would find it difficult to top the upfront and ambitious execution of the Third Symphony"

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RECORDING REVIEW | Wagner | Bulgakova & Hoteev | "...the performances are satisfying, with the Wesendonck Sonata being exemplary"

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RECORDING REVIEW | Shostakovich | Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg/Gimeno | "For a work of youthful spirit as well as public acknowledgement of the avant-garde of the time, Gimeno’s account is rather timid and distanced..."

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RECORDING REVIEW | Bruckner | Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg/Gimeno | "Never missing is a sense of Apollonian containment"

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RECORDING REVIEW | Wuorinen | Boston Symphony Orchestra/Serkin & Levine | "...the playing is clean and alert, with good tempo judgement"

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RECORDING REVIEW | Mozart | Youn | "The sheer artistic integrity gives birth to a unique form of covert intensity ... ‘poetic’ may be the best word to describe this phenomenon"