WAGNER:
Wesendonck-Lieder and other works
Nina Stemme
Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Thomas Dausgaard
BIS - BIS2022
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Leading Wagnerian soprano Nina Stemme adds to her burgeoning catalogue with this outstanding performance of the Wesendonck-Lieder, complete with orchestral accompaniment.
Conductor Thomas Dausgaard directs the Swedish Chamber Orchestra in a well-chosen selection of orchestral works. The programme includes the fifth Wesendonck song, Traume, in its arrangement for violin and orchestra.
Superb sound and subtle playing.
STRAVINSKY:
Complete Music for Piano and Orchestra
Steven Osborne
Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov
Hyperion - CDA67870
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Steven Osborne follows up his acclaimed recordings of Britten, Ravel and Messiaen with another excellent collection.
Featuring all of Stravinsky's works for piano and orchestra, the disc also includes the neo-classical Concerto in D for Strings.
In the words of Geoffrey Norris of The Telegraph, it makes for a "superb disc".
