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Beethoven Révolution Vol. II
RecommendedSymphonies 6 to 9
Sara Gouzy (soprano), Salome Fischer (alto), Mingjie Lei (tenor), Manuel Walser (baritone), Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Nacional de Catalunya, Jordi Savall
the performances were evolved over a series of ‘academies’ interrogating every aspect of the score. His interpretive decisions nonetheless feel organic rather than didactic…the finale of the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2022, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Orchestral
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Building a Library, December 2022, Also Recommended - Beethoven 9
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 6; Steven Stucky: Silent Spring
RecommendedPittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
The energy in the Peasants’ Merrymaking and Storm is fiercely controlled, and the final Thanksgiving, if also on the fast side, moves steadily towards its conclusion, with colourful sonorities... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2022, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Nominee - Best Engineered Album, Classical
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Johann Wilhelm Wilms: The Piano Concertos, Vol. 1
RecommendedRonald Brautigam, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens
Brautigam and Willens plainly believe in this music: they collaborated on the editions used, and create performances of lightness and transparency, matched by the recording’s clarity. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st July 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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Schoenberg: Transfigured Night & Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedAlisa Weilerstein (cello)
Trondheim Soloists
In performances of such freshness, verve and chamber transparency, the concept works...You’d go far to find performances of the Haydn concertos that match Alisa Weilerstein’s mix of stylistic... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th August 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2018, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Johann Wilhelm Wilms: The Piano Concertos, Vol. 2
Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens
The Cologne-based period instrument ensemble responds to Michael Alexander Willens’s insightful direction with affectionate warmth and incisive attentiveness. Roland Brautigam, meanwhile, deploys... — More…
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Record Review, 17th December 2022, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Concerto
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There’s real musicality here at the service of imaginative phrasing, with just enough added force to keep everything animated. A “Great” Symphony without longueurs is rare but this is one. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2022, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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The performance is notably warmer and more personal [than his earlier accounts], it glows with affection for this life-enhancing music...[the Adagio of No. 99] unfolds with a sublime serenity... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th June 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2014
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Mozart: Wind Concertos Timothy Jones (horn), Olivier Stankiewicz (oboe), Andrew Marriner (clarinet), London Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martín
You would expect the principal woodwind players of a team in the London Symphony Orchestra’s league to perform at stellar technical level. Even more striking, and highly appealing besides, is... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, Concerto Choice
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The Kölner Akademie is in period instrument guise, and the sound is often suitably thrilling and zippy. — More…
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9
RecommendedTwyla Robinson (soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo soprano), John Mac Master (tenor) & Gerald Finley (bass), Gordan Nikolitch (violin), Tim Hugh (cello) & Lars Vogt (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Bernard Haitink
a blazing performance of the Seventh Symphony that reaches a superbly disciplined and frenzied conclusion — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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