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A Lionel Tertis Celebration RecommendedTimothy Ridout (viola), Frank Dupree (piano), James Baillieu (piano)
From imposing sonatas to salon bonbons, these recordings constitute a deft salute not just to Tertis the man and multifaceted musician, but also to an enduring legacy which lives on in distinguished... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th January 2024
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2024, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, Recording of the Month
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There’s a marble-statue nobility to his playing, a sense of his powerful technique being harnessed to expression, and a seriousness-of-purpose…To end, we hear three of Brahms’s Intermezzos: elegiac,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th March 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2023
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Gramophone Awards, 2023, Shortlisted - Piano
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Overall, what leaps out is the sheer quality, consistency and stylishness of Janine Jansen’s playing. She conjures up the mood of each piece with seemingly effortless and flawless technique...Pappano... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th September 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2021, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Chamber Music
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The way Levit has formed this programme is extraordinarily effective. The Brahms reworking for left hand of Bach’s D minor violin Chaconne is a probing, introverted affair, and how effectively... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2018
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th October 2018
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2019, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year (piano)
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Instrumental
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Instrumental
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The persistent ‘Baroque specialist’ label hardly sums up this distinguished French soprano. With her distinctively radiant, secure tone and cut-crystal upper range, her repertoire has always... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2018, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2018, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Mélodie
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Diapason d’Or, June 2018, Nouveauté
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The Zehetmair Quartet's coupling focuses the music's alternating wildness and fragility with altogether unique perception. Theirs is an agitated, combustible and loving view of Schumann, a credible... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2003, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2003, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2003, Winner - Chamber
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Building a Library, January 2019, Also Recommended
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Schumann: Violin Concerto & Brahms: Double Concerto Antje Weithaas (violin), Maximilian Hornung (cello)
NDR Radiophilharmonie, Andrew Manze
The Brahms receives a great performance from Weithaas, Hornung, and Manze, commanding and assertive without being overbearing. Musicianship is the key word here. Rather than take apart each movement,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2020, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Winner - Concerto
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Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50
RecommendedSally Matthews (Peri), Mark Padmore (narrator), Kate Royal (soprano), Bernarda Fink (alto), Andrew Staples (tenor), Florian Boesch (bass), Soloists from Guildhall School (Quartet)
London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle
Vivid detail and clear choral textures come over quite stunningly on both formats, but the Blu-ray has the edge...Sally Matthews doesn't quite catch the ethereal quality Gardiner's Barbara Bonney... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th October 2015
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2016, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2015
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Dvorak & Schumann: Piano Concertos
RecommendedStephen Hough (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Hough joins forces with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons for a robust, grand reading that nonetheless leaves room for lyricism and introspection…[but it's in the Dvorak]... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st April 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2016
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Schumann: Kinderszenen & Waldszenen & Janáček: On the overgrown path I
RecommendedMarc-André Hamelin (piano)
Hamelin has already made several fine recordings of Schumann's piano music, focusing on big virtuoso pieces. He proves to be equally adept at exploring the more intimate side of the composer's... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2014, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2014, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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