City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
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Tchaikovsky: Souvenir Russe
RecommendedBaiba Skride (violin)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Baiba Skride is arguable the most exciting violin talent to have emerged since Elisabeth Batiashvilli a few years back… she weaves her way through the Tchaikovsky as though she is unfolding... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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150th Anniversary Box - Mahler Complete Works
RecommendedCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, New Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Carlo Maria Giulini, Otto Klemperer, Paavo Järvi,...
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th July 2010
16 CDs
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The Second Viennese School
RecommendedSchoenberg, Berg & Webern
Karita Mattila (Tove), Anne Sofie von Otter (Waldtaube), Thomas Moser (Waldemar), Philip Langridge (Klaus-Narr), Thomas Quasthoff (Bauer/Sprecher), Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano), Gidon Kremer (violin), Franz Mazura (narrator)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig,...
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Orchestral
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Building a Library, March 2017, First Choice
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Rachmaninov: The Four Piano Concertos, Piano Works, Three Symphonies and Orchestral Works
RecommendedNikolai Lugansky (piano), Nikolai Lugansky (piano) & Alexander Kniazev (cello), Sheila Armstrong • Robert Tear • John Shirley-Quirk
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Sakari Oramo, André Previn
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Grammy Awards, 19th Awards (1976), Best Choral Performance
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Weber - Complete Clarinet Works
Janet Hilton (clarinet) & Keith Swallow (piano)
Lindsay String Quartet & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Janet Hilton plays with considerable authority and spirit… — More…
2 CDs
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Szymanowski - Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedThomas Zehetmair (violin) & Silke Avenhaus (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle
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Gramophone Awards, 1997, Winner - Concerto
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Schoenberg - Orchestral Works
English Chamber Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Simon Rattle
Barenboim's youthful passion in Verklärte Nacht is trumped by Barbirolli's ripe reading of Pelleas. Rattle is more clear-eyed, especially in the Brahms orchestration. Collectible non-scary... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Orchestral
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Adès: America A Prophecy
RecommendedSongs & Choral Works
Robin Blaze, Christopher Maltman & Susan Bickley
Polyphony & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Layton & Thomas Ades
Adès’s take on a Madness song about a stressed businessman is a hoot. Although Adès apparently did it from memory, it’s fairly accurate, right down to the piano’s cluster chords. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2004, Winner - Contemporary
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Through the Lens of Time Francisco Fullana (violin), David Fung (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Carlos Izcaray
By turns terse and explosive, Fullana’s compelling performance counters any criticisms that his playing sometimes lacks weight and muscularity. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2018
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Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99, etc.
Leila Josefowicz (violin) & John Novacek (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
This warmly engineered live performance positively bristles with atmosphere and conviction. Leila Josefowicz projects a sense of narrative in the solo part, nowhere more convincingly realised... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2006, Orchestral Choice
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