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Crisp and clean tempi make for very pleasant listening throughout. The slow movements are also well paced but never rushed and are played with feeling. Unfortunately the piano player is not credited on Concerto No. 5. I was fearful of hearing Concerto No. 6 with these forces but my fears were quickly allayed with a lovely rendition with clear lines; there was nothing ponderous about it at all.
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There are three very appealing and beguiling works on this album namely the Sonata for Flute and Piano (1945), the Sonata for Flute, Violin and Piano (1936) and Promenades for Flute, Violin and Harpsichord (1940). The quality of the Supraphon recording (1968) is not up to today’s digital standards (still fine though) but both the music and music making do compensate for that.
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These were great performances with a wonderful dynamic range. Mars was particularly wonderful!
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I found this to be an enthralling performance!
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Missa De Beata Virgine....lovely music and singing!
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Messe pour les Paroisses
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This is a really lovely album. The music is played and sung with great feeling in both works. I have long been an admirer of Negri doing Vivaldi. I also like the voice of contralto Marga Hoffgen whom I also have singing some JSB Cantatas.
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I thought that this was a wonderful recording and I really enjoyed it but I am quite partial to the rather unique “voice” of Charpentier.
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Franz Schubert
String Quartet in D, D810 'Death and the Maiden'
Amadeus Quartet
[Rec 1953 in Abbey Road Studios]

This is a very enjoyable performance of Schubert's masterpeice, as one might expect the first movement gets off to a rousing start, the perfrmance does falter in the Andante though, particularly in the violin and cello solo sections and is not helped by the poor quality of the recording in the ensemble playing either but the performance is redeemed in the Scherzo and Presto, I like it.
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