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Martinů: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin)
Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hruša
Zimmermann has fully absorbed the slightly eclectic style of [the First Concerto] and produces a performance of conviction, not to mention dazzling virtuosity. Hrůša accompanies with understanding... — More…
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Record Review, 5th December 2020, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2021, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, Concerto Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Concerto
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Concerto
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A charm of lullabies, or an excess? If anyone could convince you that mostly slow and soft can work as an album sequence, it would be sonic magician Bertrand Chamayou...Within the narrow compass... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th October 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Igor Stravinsky, Bartók & Martinů
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša
With Jakub Hrůša and his super-attentive Bamberg orchestra, Frank Peter Zimmermann trumps the self-confident projection of his younger self...Stravinsky’s framing movements seem defter now, particularly... — More…
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There is much here to surprise and delight in this well-recorded issue. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2021, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Winner - Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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The recording provides a fine balance between the instruments and as a whole these performances bring together affection and brilliance in persuasive readings that stand high in a strong field. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2023, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Martinů: The Epic of Gilgamesh
Lucy Crowe (soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Derek Welton (bass-baritone), Jan Martiník (bass), Simon Callow (narrator)
Czech Philharmonic Prague, Philharmonic Choir Vasilek, Manfred Honeck
All life is here in compressed mastery. Idiomatically conducted by Manfred Honeck and vividly recorded live in Prague’s Rudolfinum, this is the definitive performance of a 20th-century choral... — More…
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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Record Review, 4th November 2017, Recording of the Week
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Belohlavek and the orchestra are superb in the first three symphonies. He captures Martinu's shimmering, luminous orchestral textures and invests the pervasive 'sprung' rhythms of the faster... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2011, Disc of the Month
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Building a Library, May 2016, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Winner - Orchestral
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Building a Library, September 2019, Recommended
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There is no higher praise possible than to say that the spirit of Rudolf Firkušný hovers over this new release…Kahánek’s new versions are worthy of standing in this company, and his account of... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Concerto
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2019, Recording of the Month
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Record Review, 30th November 2019, Record of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Winner - Concerto
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Martinů, Krása & Kalabis: Harpsichord Concertos
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord), Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Liebreich
these excellent and committed performances get to the heart of these fascinating works. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2023, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Concerto
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Gramophone Awards, 2023, Finalist - Concerto
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This sounds throughout, even in the numinous calling of the Lord which conjures up the composer’s familiar spooky vein, like Martinů lite…There’s a performance of the First Symphony, Bělohlávek’s... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th October 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Diapason d’Or, January 2019, Découverte
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