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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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Panache is Kantorow’s strength throughout the program, but it is combined with probing emotional maturity, which is rare. I doubt that any prediction will come true for him other than the prediction... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th October 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2020, Editor's Choice
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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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If not the last word, Zimmermann’s interpretations are the most impressive I have heard in recent years. The tone is magnificently focused, occasionally throaty but without excessive vibrato.... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2022, Instrumental Choice
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Masaaki Suzuki plays Bach Organ Works, Vol. 3 on the Great Silbermann Organ of Freiberg Cathedral
Masaaki Suzuki (organ)
Suzuki’s performances are at times quite measured, even understated, although that makes the moments when flair shines through all the more exciting. Overall it is the magisterial sense of the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Instrumental
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hugely impressive in that you simply can't tell Sudbin's playing apart from that of his 12-year-old daughter Bella...I’d have been happy for a complete sequence of original Tchaikovsky pianism,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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JS Bach: Organ Works, Vol. 1 Masaaki Suzuki (Schnitger/Hinz organ in the Martinikerk, Groningen)
One of the most versatile of all Bachians, Masaaki Suzuki still manages to spring a surprise with this outstanding recital...From its woody chuff to bright rasp, the instrument is superbly captured... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2016, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2015, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Baroque Instrumental
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Imaginative, sensitive programming has been a constant feature of Ruby Hughes’s collaborations; and this latest with the perennially adventurous Manchester Collective is no exception...A disc... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, Choral & Song Choice
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The sound of Jakob Lindberg's lute, made by Sixtus Rauwolf in the last decade of the 16th century, is unusually warm...It a meticulously voiced recital that moves between court, theatre and... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2014, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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an outstanding young artist at work...the early Tchaikovsky Scherzo brims over with panache and relish; and Islamey rivals even Berezovsky for the title of cleanest and most exhilarating account.... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th June 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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