Erich Wolfgang Korngold Percy Grainger Jean Sibelius

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All Artists: Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Percy Grainger, Jean Sibelius, Leopold Godowsky, Joseph Jongen, Xavier Montsalvatge, Ernesto Halffter, E.J. Moeran, Fritz Kreisler, Alexander Scriabin, Bohuslav Martinu, Paul Tortelier, Jacob Adolf Hagg, Lennox Berkeley, Mats Lidstrom, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Francois Lucas Tille, Jacques Offenbach, Gabriel Faure, Wilhelm Stenhammar
Title: Smörgåsbord
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Hyperion UK
Release Date: 10/9/2001
Album Type: Import
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Special Interest, Soundtracks, Classical
Styles: Holiday & Wedding, Opera & Classical Vocal, Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Classical (c.1770-1830), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Instruments, Strings
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 034571171845

CD Reviews

A varied collection

G.D. | Norway | 12/15/2008

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Lighter fare indeed, but take them all in one go and it won't sit well with you. Lidström and Forsberg play them all with the zest and elegance that behoove them - though with a certain lack of subtlety. Yet I am not entirely convinced; how much better, for instance, doesn't Fauré's Papillon sit as an interlude in a program of Fauré cello sonatas?

There are some unknown gems in here (the Hägg or Stenhammar), juxtaposited with more familiar works (said Fauré, for instance - which is in fact one of the pieces that works least well i.e. where the lack of subtlety makes it a little four-square), but the transcriptions are consistently less appealing. Sound is a little dry, but perfectly fine. So, while this is a varied programme and a generally well-played one, I'll give it a cautious recommendation"

	Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Percy Grainger, Jean Sibelius Smörgåsbord Genres: Dance & Electronic, Special Interest, Soundtracks, Classical
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