CD, Kraus, J M (composer)
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The Basel Chamber Orchestra present a sound that is a touch sweeter than Il Giardino Armonico’s, although that familiar period-instrument ‘spit’ is still never absent...That sweetness suits... — More…
Awards:
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2018, Editor's Choice
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Joseph Martin Kraus: Voix Des Lumieres
Marie Perbost (soprano), Generation Mozart, Pejman Memarzadeh
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Special offer. Joseph Martin Kraus: Viola Concertos
World Première Recordings
David Aaron Carpenter (viola), with Riitta Pesola (cello)
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Janne Nisonen
Their Haydnesque scale and formal clarity suggest they're all early works. There's a passionately Strum und Drang quality to the bleak opening unisons, but Kraus was clearly a fine melodist;... — More…
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Costantino Mastroprimiano plays the works with great technical assurance, a lovely singing tone, pristine legato, and a keen appreciation of the composer’s humorous side. The recording is excellent,... — More…
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The performances by Theresia, a Classical-period training orchestra along the lines of the European Union Baroque Orchestra, may fall a little short in clarity, attack and core strength but... — More…
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Special offer. Kraus, J M: Aeneas in Carthage (Overture, Ballet Music and Marches)
Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä, Patrick Gallois
...there is some splendid and stirring music here, above all in the two Overtures and the magnificent extended closing Chaconne...Gallois evidently relishes the music's colour and charm, and... — More…
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These gutsy and supercharged recordings of this little-known music from the Sturm und Drang era are wonderfully illuminated by Naxos' clear and bright aural perspective — More…
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