Browse: Challenge Classics (label)
This page lists all recordings from the label Challenge Classics.
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Schubert: The Complete Symphonies Vol. 3
Symphony No. 9
Residentie Orkest the Hague & Jan Willem de Vriend
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Lieske and Spindler's interpretations can be expansively orchestral in conception...or intimately lyrical and expressive...Albéniz apparently said his music appealed to him more when played on... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2010, Editor's Choice
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Arvo Pärt: Stabat Mater & Ivan Moody: Simeron
Goeyvaerts String Trio: Kristien Roels (violin), Kris Matthynssens (viola), Pieter Stas (cello), Zsuzsi Tóth (soprano), Barnabás Hegyi (countertenor), Olivier Berten (tenor)
The absolute control and pinpoint perfection required by pieces such as these is masterfully achieved: the result is incredibly, movingly, beautiful..There's nothing stark or white about this... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2014, Editor's Choice
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Horn Concertos: Christoph Forster, Carl Heinrich Graun, Johann Joachim Quantz
Frederick Franssen, Members of Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
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Wartime Consolations
Linus Roth (violin) & José Gallardo (piano)
Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn, Ruben Gazarian
[Weinberg's] delicate Concertino steals the show in Linus Roth's elegant and tender performance. The opening melody is a lyrical gift from God. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2015, Editor's Choice
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Schumann: Piano Trios Opp. 63 & 110
RecommendedVoces Intimae: Riccardo Cecchetti (piano), Luigi De Filippi (violin) & Sandro Meo (cello)
The Voces Intimae players provide admirable insight and character, making the most of both the music's drama and its lyrical warmth. On the debit side, Schumann's ritardandos cry out for more... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2011, Period Instrument Choice
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Christoph & Julian Prégardien - Father & Son
Christoph Prégardien, Julian Prégardien (tenor), Michael Gees (piano), Fabienne Waga, Patricia Messner (harmonica)
a real treasure...What makes this anthology so enriching is the skill of their arrangements...The two tenors of father and son - shared DNA, complementary tints and timbres - blend with grace... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Choral & Song Choice
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5
RecommendedHannes Minnaar (piano)
Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend
Characterful accounts of Beethoven's final two piano concertos from a young Dutch pianist already making an impressive mark. His lively grace is matched by the sensitive Netherlands musicians... — More…
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Building A Library, February 2019, Recommended Recording
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Throughout her very taxing programme, Gurdal plays with a romantic fullness and a lack of inhibition that makes you fall in love with Scriabin's early and glittering outpouring...Playing over... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2014, Editor's Choice
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