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The Romantic Piano Concerto 70 - Beach, Chaminade & Howell
RecommendedBeach, Chaminade & Howell: Piano Concertos
Danny Driver (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rebecca Miller
Pick of the bunch is the Concerto by Amy Beach…Danny Driver is a highly accomplished soloist, if occasionally lacking in Romantic flexibility; the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Rebecca... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Concerto
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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Building A Library, January 2022, Featured Recording
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Tippett - Orchestral Music RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Colin Davis & Neville Marriner
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Building a Library, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Lieux retrouvés
RecommendedMusic for cello & piano
Steven Isserlis (cello), with Thomas Adès (piano)
Match [Ades's playing] with the mellow sound and manner of Steven Isserlis's cello, and you have something very special. Their choice of repertory here - devised as an extended upbeat to Ades's... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2013, First Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012, Disc of the Month
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The main interpretative obstacle in the First Quartet is how to gauge the progression of its first three movement so the finale is a culmination without obliterating that went before. The Belcea... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, May 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Building a Library, April 2023, Also Recommended
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Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony
RecommendedSteven Osborne (piano) & Cynthia Millar (ondes Martenot)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena
any performance must keep sight of the romantic, sometimes disturbing, core of the work. This is clearly understood in this performance from Juanjo Mena and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra...the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2012, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, February 2023, Also Recommended
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Musical Toys, above all, delights in the importance of being playful...the work that makes the CD essential is Unsuk Chin’s set of Six Piano Etudes: music that magnificently fuses contemporary... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2017, Recommended Recording
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Newcomer Award
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Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
RecommendedPepe Romero (guitar)
The Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
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Building a Library, February 2017, First Choice
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The Organ Works of Oliver Messiaen Volume 1
RecommendedGillian Weir (Organ of Århus Cathedral, Denmark)
Remastered, these outstanding recordings made in Århus Cathedral are a model of how to combine atmosphere and clarity in this music, and no other player seems quite to equal Weir's remarkable... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2008, First Choice
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Messiaen - Turangalîla Symphony
RecommendedMichel Beroff, Jeanne Loriod, Yvonne Loriod, Wolfgang Meyer, Christoph Poppen & Manuel Fischer-Dieskau
London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn
Newly reissued, Previn's 1977 account dragged Turangalîla to mainstream attention. Previn excels at combing through Messiaen's thick layers, and the LSO are on fine form - am exhilarating souvenir... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2023, Recommended recording - Turangalila
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Brahms & Ligeti: Horn Trios
RecommendedMarie-Luise Neunecker (horn), Antje Weithaas (violin) & Silke Avenhaus (piano)
Neunecker has a fascinating horn sound. She distinguished effectively between open and stopped timbres, but even her open sound is quite narrow and constrained...any new recording [of the Brahms]... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2021, Also Recommended
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