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Name:
   John Broggio
Details:
   Amateur classical musician who's found better sound at home! I play violin in a couple of semi-pro orchestras. Away from this I play in a number of informal chamber ensembles on both piano and violin.

A review of a recent concert I played in:
www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/music-in-birmingham/2013/04/12/review-sinfonia-of-birmingham-at-sutton-coldfield-town-hall-65233-33149514/

My interests are wide and deep when it comes to classical music and I also take more than a passing interest in world music, largely due to the experiences I've had whilst holidaying worldwide.

If anyone has inside information about recordings listed here, particularly those I've reviewed, please feel free to share them with me. Perhaps you'd like to agree or disagree with something I've said - either way, that is fine by me. I always welcome comments (publicly or privately) and aim to respond speedily.

My user name comes from a corruption of a type of mathematical function (I am currently a statistician/analyst for NHS cancer services by day...) and I don't go around in drag in real life (except for the odd fancy dress party).

The labels that have provided me with review copies include:
2L, Accent, ARTS Music, ATMA, Audite, Avanti, Avie, Capriccio, Carus, Channel Classics, CSO Resound, Cybele, Deutsche Grammophon, Etcetera, Exton, Hannsler, Linn, MDG, Oehms Classics, Neos, Pentatone, Querstand, Tacet, Talent, Tudor
Location:
   Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, UK
HiFi:
   Symphony Hall, Birmingham!
Email:
   jbroggio@sa-cd.net
Web:
   http://sites.google.com/site/johnbroggio/home
Posts:
   2128
 
 
Reviews
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  May 18, 2013

An extraordinary recital of transcriptions. As Severin von Eckardstein explains in his detailed, comprehensive notes, he has purposefully eschewed the transcriptions of Liszt in favour of those that are less familiar. On most of the evidence presented here, I'd say that these should arguably ... more
  May 11, 2013

Fine though other releases in Janowski's Wagner cycle have been, this is arguably the most valuable release so far and bodes very well for the completion of his wider cycle and the Ring in particular. Like and , this set derives from concert performances. Where this set scores in particular in ... more
  May 6, 2013

A valedictory release of considerable stature from the Tokyo String Quartet. For such a stalwart of the quartet repertoire, it is almost unimaginable that this disc features the first made-for-SACD recording of the American quartet in its normal guise. That it comes on the Tokyo String Quartets ... more
  May 5, 2013

As in http://sa-cd.net/showtitle/7926, Robin Ticciati showed that he fully has the measure of Berlioz, that a small orchestra adopting HIP manners (such as antiphonal violins, vibrato as an expressive device not a coat of aural paint etc) can sound thrilling in this repertoire and he repeats this ... more
  April 30, 2013

As with , this is another "premium" release from RCO Live yet is not quite as musically succesful as both that and . Inevitable comparisons will be made with and, even though there is no coupling here, this disc sounds to be far better value for money than their Russian competitors. The first ... more
 
 
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