Gidon Kremer: The Berlin Recital
Updated: 2010-04-29 07:39:31
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“Violinist Gidon Kremer and pianist Martha Argerich are two of the greatest living virtuosos on their instruments and, though they are wholly individualistic players, they get along extremely well together.” –All Music Guide

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“Dmitri Hvorostovsky has enjoyed an A-list career since he emerged in the early 1990s. His brilliant, yet deceptively dark-hued voice is the embodiment of chiaroscuro, and the combination of vocal polish and emotion that he brings to his performances has made him an audience favorite.”–All Music Guide
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“This recording, taken from a live 2008 Vienna performance, delivers fully on the promise of the era of bel canto: beautiful singing. Anna Netrebko is a radiant Juliet. She soars over the orchestra and other singers with agility and grace, and her tone is unfailingly focused, fresh, and pure. Elína Garanca is vocally [...]
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“The quartet (plus guests) wheel freely through it all…they’ve developed into a superb, tight unit, but one which so obviously enjoys the music. They do what they do, and they do it very well.” –All Music Guide
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“A singer/songwriter famed for his rich, expressive baritone, New Jersey native John Gorka was one of the leading lights of the new folk movement.”–All Music Guide
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“The self-titled 2005 debut of Australia’s hard-rawking Wolfmother played like the soundtrack to a feature-length car commercial. On this album, Wolfmother becomes a band worth paying attention to…Of course, these songs could still sell a car, but it’d have to be something as sensible as it is grandiose, like a Prius with wings.”–The [...]
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“…A musical wanderer’s dusty, train-hopping tour through folk, blues, and country. His voice, as beautifully cracked and worn as old leather, belies the meticulousness of the production —it takes a lot of work, no doubt, to sound this effortless.”–Entertainment Weekly
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“This album doesn’t have the lingering country and reggae flavors that seasoned 2006’s Take the Weather with You, with all of the songs riding a cool, mellow country-rock wave, the kind that has been his stock-in-trade since the ‘70s…one of Jimmy’s strongest albums in recent memory.”–All Music Guide
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“This is Nirvana’s purest blast of rock & roll: there’s a boundless, invigorating energy here and, just as importantly, there’s a sense of joy to the performances…a complete document of Nirvana in full flight and one of the greatest live rock & roll albums ever.”–All Music Guide