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Ferguson, Bliss & Holloway: Octets & Clarinet Quintet
Isabelle van Keulen, Sini Simonen, Scott Dickinson, Kristina Blaumane, Tim Gibbs, Michael Collins, Robin O’Neill, Alberto Menéndez Escribano, Rachel Roberts, Tim Gill, Diego Incertis Sánchez
Wigmore Soloists
With violinist Isabelle van Keulen and clarinettist Michael Collins spearheading the players, it ’s unsurprising that the performance [of the Ferguson Octet] as a whole is something of a revelation. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, Chamber Choice
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[The Duet for Eight Strings] has been extended since its first performance in 2019 and now spans almost twenty minutes, during which everything and nothing happens. The piece is brightly coloured,... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2022
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Kaija Saariaho: Circle Map, Graal théâtre, Vers toi qui es si loin & Neiges
RecommendedPeter Herresthal (violin), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Clément Mao-Takacs
The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra are on fine form as they embrace Kaija Saariaho’s unique soundscape in this collection of works spanning the last 25 years…In both [Vers toi qui es si loin] and... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, Concerto Choice
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Chamber
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Contemporary Music
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Classical Compendium
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Youthful passion occasionally pushes him to stylistic excess...but for most of the time he’s beauty incarnate and in perfect step with his composers’ various voices. He’s also blessed with a... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Missy Mazzoli: Dark with Excessive Bright
RecommendedPeter Herresthal (violin), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, James Gaffigan, Arctic Philharmonic, Tim Weiss
The orchestras here hail from Norway, where their own experience of dark light perhaps enables their instinctive response to Mazzoli’s arresting blend of apparent opposites. — More…
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Grammy Awards, 66th Awards (2024), Nominee - Best Classical Compendium
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Grammy Awards, 66th Awards (2024), Nominee - Best Contemporary Classical Composition (Dark With Excessive Bright)
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Premiere
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Fagerlund & Aho: Bassoon Concertos
RecommendedBram van Sambeek (bassoon)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Okko Kamu, Dima Slobodeniouk
A truly captivating disc…Bram van Sambeek takes everything in his evidently extensive stride. The agility, conviction, impish humour and searing seriousness all stem from a remarkably rounded... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Winner - Concerto
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Djuro Živković: Citadel of Love
Sara Hammarstrom, Robert Ek, Daniel Saur, Marten Landstrom, Cecilia Zilliacus, Marco Fusi, Nikolay Shugaev, Riikka Repo, Mats Olofsson
Norrbotten NEO, Fredrik Burstedt
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Israeli violinist Nurit Stark brings together works by four composers of the same pedagogical lineage. Her violin tone is pure, but never pale, admirably capturing the otherworldly eeriness of... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2023, Winner - Instrumental
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Dalene and Hadland make an excellent duo – equal partners who bounce ideas off one another with oodles of vitality. — More…
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Musica Viva 22
RecommendedPierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, George Benjamin
This is special. Three utterly captivating, ear-tickling pieces by composers from successive generations in superlative performances…the centrepiece of the disc is the world premiere performance... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Contemporary
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