Oliver Knussen
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Oliver Knussen: Autumnal
Alexandra Wood (violin), Huw Watkins (piano), Claire Booth (soprano), Ryan Wigglesworth (piano), Leila Josefowicz (violin); BBC Symphony Orchestra, BCMG, Oliver Knussen
this CD should do more than any live performance to tell the world what a treasure he is. The Walton-esque Violin Concerto, Knussen’s masterpiece, is played with dazzling artistry by Josefowicz...[the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Contemporary
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Colin Matthews: Violin Concerto
RecommendedLeila Josefowicz (violin), Anssi Karttunen (cello)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Oliver Knussen, Riccardo Chailly, Rumon Gamba
[Leila Josefowicz has] unlocked a sensuous outpouring from Matthews, a concerto of lithe purpose and natural flow…the fearless Josefowicz brings her unique improvisatory energy, finding exuberant... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Music of Elliott Carter - Vol 8
Martin Owen (horn), Leigh Melrose (baritone), Rolf Schulte (violin) & Fred Sherry (cello), William Purvis (horn), Peter Kolkay (bassoon), Jon Nelson (trumpet), Donald Palma (contrabass), Hsin-Yun Huang (viola), Simon Boyar (marimba), Charles Neidich (clarinet), Lucy Shelton (soprano) & Charles...
Textures are pared down to their essence, a quality exemplified in the abundance of perfectly turned little miniatures for one or two instruments...All these things, whether tiny and serene... — More…
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Contemporary
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Elliott Carter: Clarinet Concerto & Symphonia: Sum Fluxae Pretium Spei
RecommendedMichael Collins (clarinet)
London Sinfonietta, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen
Michael Collins dazzles in this fizzing 1996 concerto with Oliver Knussen. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Winner - Contemporary
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Carter, E: Clarinet Concerto, etc.
RecommendedMichael Collins (clarinet)
London Sinfonietta & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen
Michael Collins dazzles in this fizzing 1996 concerto with Oliver Knussen. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Winner - Contemporary
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NMC at 35 Onyx Brass (brass ensemble), Sandrine Piau (soprano), Jane Manning (soprano), Roger Smalley, Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian, Ziazan, Mark Padmore (tenor), Richard Watkins (horn), Huw Watkins (piano), Thomas Hewitt Jones, Ruby Philogene, Lawrence Zazzo, Timothy Dawkins, Philip Sheffield, Jeremy Huw Williams...
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New Music Collections Vol. 3 - Orchestral
Roy Carter (oboe), Wim Timmermans (horn), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Robin Michael (cello)
Hallé Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Asko Ensemble, BBC Symphony Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Concert Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicholas...
This is a very superior “sampler”...Outstanding, I kept finding, was the first-movement extract from Wood’s Symphony (BBC SO under Andrew Davis): brooding, post-Schoenbergian vehemence with... — More…
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Lieberson: Raising The Gaze
Asko Ensemble, London Sinfonietta, The Cleveland Orchestra, Oliver Knussen
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Pastures New - Sampler
William Howard (piano), Alexander Baillie (cello), Andrew Ball (piano), Mary Wiegold (soprano), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Noriko Kawai (piano), Jane Manning (soprano), Peter Serkin (piano), Martin Robertson (saxophone), Christopher van Kampen (cello), Peter Pears (tenor)
BBC Symphony Orchestra,...
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Goehr: Piano Concerto
Peter Serkin (piano)
London Sinfonietta, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen, Richard Bernas
So well performed and recorded. This is one of the most substantial and rewarding of NMC's recent releases — More…
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