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Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 RecommendedFrank Peter Zimmermann (violin)
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Alan Gilbert
[these recordings] stand out as formidable achievements. They match technical mastery at the highest level with profound insight. No less impressive is the compelling interaction between Zimmermann... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2017, Disc of the month
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Classical Instrumental Solo
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Record Review, 21st January 2017, Recording of the Week
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This disc is special. Whether it’s the frisson of live performance or the fact that Blomstedt came to these scores late in life and is radiating the joy of discovery, I can’t say. What I do... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, March 2019, Nouveauté
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Orchestral
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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whether gut strings and period bows are generally your bag or not, you need to add this to your listening pile forthwith. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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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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Christian Poltéra plays Frank Martin RecommendedChristian Poltéra (cello) & Kathryn Stott (piano)
Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen
Poltéra delivers an utterly compelling and committed performance, and the Malmö Symphony Orchestra under Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen provides both sensitive and dynamic support. Stott… gets a... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2008, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2008, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Grieg - Music for String Orchestra RecommendedBergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ole Kristian Ruud
…the engineering… is exemplary in every way, conveying the warm acoustics of Bergen's Grieg Hall with thrilling presence. …playing so enchantingly musical that occasionally one might have thought... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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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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Their underlying musicianship is so superb that you find yourself absorbed in the mesmerising mastery of these works without any issues of style getting in the way. The group’s collective tone... — More…
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Record Review, 12th November 2022, Record of the Week
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Khachaturian: The Concertante Works for Piano RecommendedIyad Sughayer (piano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Andrew Litton
Praise be to Jordanian-Palestinian pianist Iyad Sughayer, Andrew Litton conducting a BBC National Orchestra of Wales on top form and the conductor’s regular producer Andrew Keener for keeping... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Offer, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Instrumental theatre of affects - Hamburg Symphonies & Fantasias Arte dei Suonatori, Marcin Świątkiewicz
The lively small-scale forces help the pungency of the sound but don’t inhibit lyricism, and the jagged rhythms are never too brittle. — More…
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