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Critics’ Choice
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July 2014
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Dear Friends,
Here comes a selection of the most glowing, recent reviews: fresh from leading music journals, quality dailies and respected online review sites. Naxos continues to accumulate outstanding ratings and reviews for its new and recent releases; please use the critical acclaim to continue to promote these titles.
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Naxos Releases
Naxos 8.578281-82
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ANIMALS IN MUSIC
‘There is a lot of terrific music on this imaginatively programmed pair of discs.’ – MusicWeb International
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Naxos 8.573360
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DONIZETTI, G.: Aristea [Cantata]
A.L. Brown, Hershkowitz, C. Adler, Members of Bavarian State Opera Chorus, Simon Mayr Chorus and Ensemble, Hauk
‘Sopranos Andrea Lauren Brown, Sara Hershkowitz, and Caroline Adler and the brilliant young baritone Andreas Burkhart are among those doing the honours.’ – The Independent on Sunday
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Naxos 8.573161
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GLIÈRE, R.: Symphony No. 3, "Il'ya Muromets"
Buffalo Philharmonic, Falletta
‘I can't imagine that any other conductor today could make a better case for this music than Falletta does.’ – Fanfare
‘JoAnn Falletta is a keen admirer and has an excellent ear not merely for clarifying and controlling the orchestral sumptuousness but for articulating the events dramatically.’ – Gramophone
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Naxos 8.660354
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MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Lighthouse (The) [Chamber Opera]
Neil Mackie, Keyte, Comboy, Members of BBC Philharmonic, Maxwell Davies
‘the re-appearance of this dramatic opera in a blistering performance is cause for rejoicing in its own right’ – MusicWeb International
‘Even without the visuals, the work's taut pacing and sharp-focus invention grip the imagination from start to finish.’ – BBC Music Magazine
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Naxos 8.572731
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MERCADANTE, S.: Flute Concertos Nos. 1, 2 and 4
P. Gallois, Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä
‘This is flute playing on an epic scale, and it's matched in kind by the 38-member-strong Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä, amazingly well-led by Gallois as he's playing.’ – Fanfare
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Naxos 8.559760
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RZEWSKI, F.: Piano Music - Fantasia / Second Hand, or, Alone at Last / De Profundis
Satterlee
‘Satterlee rises strongly to the challenge of these stern, adventurous pieces, not least in realising the variety of vocal techniques called for in De Profundis for speaking pianist’ – BBC Music Magazine
‘heart-wrenching performance, filled with sensitive playing and an operatic and dramatic fervor’ – The WholeNote
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