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BBC Music Magazine Awards, Chopin (composer)
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Some extremely daring speeds guarantee excitement, pushing the technical limits in what are, of course, despite their generic title (Études , or Studies), so much more than technical exercises,... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th April 2024
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2024, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Winners, Piano
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024, Shortlisted - Debut Solo Album
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Sunday Times, 20 Best Classical Albums of 2024
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Recording of the Year and Instrumental Award
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Newcomer of the Year
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Kanneh-Mason never takes a musical idea and beats you around the head with it: if anything, it feels improvised and throwaway. It’s refreshing to have a young musician not deliver something... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Shortlisted - Newcomer
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One of the most individual things about this stunning debut by Benjamin Grosvenor is his pervasive sense of balance and his unerring blend of Classical restraint and Romantic ardour...He is... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th July 2011
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Instrumental Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2011, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2011, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Winner - Instrumental
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Even in a very crowded field there are new things to say. Even more to the point is the fact that this young French pianist says them with complete naturalness, for there is nothing contrived... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2017, Instrumental Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Jury Award - Newcomer
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This is a rich and illuminating find. From the outset you sense Janina Fialkowska's innate, developmental grasp of drama - of the connection between phrases and their dynamic character. Then... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2012, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Instrumental Award Winner
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…Planès himself works poetic magic, with wonderfully paced phrasing and a style of rubato replete with beautifully judged elasticity and grace; and he has explored Chopin's approach to improvised... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Instrumental Finalist
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The opening of the F minor Concerto sets the tone with transparency and lightness. Ever since winning the Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 1990, Kenner has stood out as an elegant Chopin player,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2020, Concerto Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Concerto
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