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Nielsen & Sibelius: Violin Concertos
RecommendedJohan Dalene (violin)
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
Dalene has a strong command of long evolving lines – crucial in both composers – but he balances that with a fine feeling for ‘speaking’ phrasing and articulation...The expression can certainly... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st April 2022
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Concerto
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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The orchestra's sound under Vänskä has a kind of sharp-focus richness that's never cloying. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th July 2016
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2016, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2016, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Orchestral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2016
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Building a Library, May 2023, Recommended Recording
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Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Alexandre Kantorow (piano)
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow
The virtuosity is breathtaking, yet nothing is hard-pressed, for the younger Kantorow has that hallmark of the greatest performers of always appearing to have plenty of time...In short, this... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, Concerto Choice
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Schallplattenkritik Quarterly Critics Choice, Autumn 2022, Orchestral Music & Concertos
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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Gramophone Awards, 2023, Shortlisted - Concerto
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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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Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta
RecommendedHelsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki
Mälkki and her Helsinki Philharmonic offer performances that are at once satisfying, dazzling and individual. There’s a poise, indeed an elegance, to the basic good posture of these interpretations,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2021, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, January 2022, Also Recommended
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Tchaikovsky & Barber: Violin Concertos
RecommendedJohan Dalene (violin)
Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Blendulf
Dalene’s freshness, vitality and interpretative charisma [in the Tchaikovsky] swept me along…If anything, the Barber is finer still, perhaps the closest anyone has yet come (at least on disc)... — More…
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Record Review, 25th January 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2020, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2020, Concerto Choice
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Diapason d’Or, April 2020, Découverte
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Mahler: Symphony No. 10
Recommendedperforming version by Deryck Cooke
Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä
Vänskä sees to it that his ever-waxing Minnesota Orchestra is ideally engaged with the various heights and depths...Limpid and lurid woodwind playing shines out, from the ghoulish clarinets in... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th March 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2021, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2021
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Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 & other works for solo instrument and orchestra
Jean-Jacques Kantorow (violin) & Heini Kärkkäinen (piano)
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow & Kees Bakels
Right from the opening appassionato phrase on the G string, Jean-Jacques Kantorow goes for broke… Kantorow can be delicate too, while his brisk speeds… ensure that nothing sags - the second... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Orchestral Finalist
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Concerto
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2007, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2007, Editor's Choice
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Rhythmically very taut, clean and just a little unusual…The conductor holds focus in what can sometimes be a turgid sequel to the opening funeral march; the scherzo flies…And the finale is just... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st July 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Orchestral Performance
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Respighi: Vetrate di chiesa, Il tramonto & Trittico botticelliano
RecommendedAnna Caterina Antonacci (soprano)
John Neschling
What a glorious work, and what a find! Anyone inured to Respighi’s gaudy colours and thumping rhythms will be astonished by the musical and emotional range of this economical score. Neschling,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd February 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Diapason d’Or, March 2018, Nouveauté
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