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BEETHOVEN: Quintet in E-flat; EURICO CARRAPATOSO: Cinco Elegias; LIGETI: Six Bagatelles; STEPHEN MONTAGUE: Thule Ultima; ROSETTI: Quintet; IBERT: Three Short Pieces; EDUARDO DI CAPUA: ‘O sole mio – Ensemble Carion – Ars Produktion

BEETHOVEN: Quintet in E-flat; EURICO CARRAPATOSO: Cinco Elegias; LIGETI: Six Bagatelles; STEPHEN MONTAGUE: Thule Ultima; ROSETTI: Quintet; IBERT: Three Short Pieces; EDUARDO DI CAPUA: ‘O sole mio – Ensemble Carion – Ars Produktion

by John Sunier | Feb 22, 2014 | SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews

Fantastic sound and thrilling playing make for a disc of unqualified excellence.

“Wagner Idyll” = Isolde’s Liebestode from “Tristan und Isolde,”; Fantasy in F-sharp Minor; Spinnerlied from “The Flying Dutchman,”; Siegfried Idyll – Vestard Shimkus, piano – Ars Produktion LISZT: Funérailles; Études d’exécution transcendante: No. 10. Allegro agitato molto; No. 11. “Harmonies du soir”; 3 Sonetti del Petrarcha; RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit; SAINT-SAËNS: Danse Macabre – Yevgeny Sudbin, piano – BIS

“Wagner Idyll” = Isolde’s Liebestode from “Tristan und Isolde,”; Fantasy in F-sharp Minor; Spinnerlied from “The Flying Dutchman,”; Siegfried Idyll – Vestard Shimkus, piano – Ars Produktion LISZT: Funérailles; Études d’exécution transcendante: No. 10. Allegro agitato molto; No. 11. “Harmonies du soir”; 3 Sonetti del Petrarcha; RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit; SAINT-SAËNS: Danse Macabre – Yevgeny Sudbin, piano – BIS

by John Sunier | Mar 23, 2013 | SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews

Two recitals in the grand tradition of the nineteenth-century piano virtuoso.

“Russian Soul” = Works of RACHMANINOFF, TCHAIKOVSKY, PROKOVIEV, SHOSTAKOVICH, SCRIABIN, GLAZUNOV, GLIERE, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Etc. – Yury Revich, violin/ Valentina Babor, p. – Ars Produktion

“Russian Soul” = Works of RACHMANINOFF, TCHAIKOVSKY, PROKOVIEV, SHOSTAKOVICH, SCRIABIN, GLAZUNOV, GLIERE, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Etc. – Yury Revich, violin/ Valentina Babor, p. – Ars Produktion

by John Sunier | Feb 16, 2013 | SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews

The program is light but well-chosen, the performances and recording pretty much beyond cavil.

Film Music – Sounds of Hollywood Vol. 2 [TrackList follows] – Vogtland Philharmonie/ Stefan Fraas – Ars Produktion

Film Music – Sounds of Hollywood Vol. 2 [TrackList follows] – Vogtland Philharmonie/ Stefan Fraas – Ars Produktion

by John Sunier | Nov 7, 2012 | SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews

Spectacular orchestral versions of most of the movie themes on this German SACD.

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4, “Italian”; Symphony No. 5, “Reformation” – Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen / Ola Rudner – Ars Produktion

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4, “Italian”; Symphony No. 5, “Reformation” – Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen / Ola Rudner – Ars Produktion

by John Sunier | Aug 15, 2012 | SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews

Good, spirited performances, and it’s interesting to hear Mendelssohn’s first thoughts on what would be his Fourth Symphony.

NINO ROTA: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Il Gattopardo suite – Friedrich Kleinhapl, cello/ Philharmonisches Orch. Augsburg/ Dirk Kaftan – Ars Produktion

NINO ROTA: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Il Gattopardo suite – Friedrich Kleinhapl, cello/ Philharmonisches Orch. Augsburg/ Dirk Kaftan – Ars Produktion

by John Sunier | Jan 13, 2012 | SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews

Rota was so well-known for his countless film scores that his other music has been ignored until recently.

“Rare Chamber Music Vol. II” = HEINRICH ANTON HOFFMANN: Grands Duos Concertants – Jansa Duo – Ars Produktion

by Audiophile Audition | Mar 29, 2011 | SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews

Rare indeed. This seems to be the only recording of Hoffman available, and proves to be worth hearing.

MENDELSSOHN: Vol. 1 of Complete Works for Organ – Praludium; Allegro Moderato Maestoso; Theme and Variations; Sonatas Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 6; Variations Serieuses – Martin Schmeding, organ – Ars Vol. 2 – Sonatas 4 & 5; other works – Martin Schmeding – Ars

by Audiophile Audition | Jan 28, 2011 | SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews

Eric Werner wrote “next to Bach’s works, Mendelssohn’s Organ Sonatas belong to the required repertory of all organists.”