Building a Library, Early 20th Century (era)
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Maurice Ravel: Orchestral Works RecommendedMa Mère L’oye, Boléro, Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales, Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte, Alborada Del Gracioso & La Valse
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
this superbly played and sumptuously recorded disc from the Sinfonia of London and John Wilson amply demonstrates the profound benefits of trusting Ravel. Has Ma mère l’Oye ever sounded more... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th January 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2022, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Winner - Spatial Audio
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2022
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Building A Library, February 2024, Recommended Recording - Ma mère l'Oye
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Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony Recommendedoriginal 1913 version
London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
Hickox and the London Symphony Orchestra have come up with a recording that you can cheerfully measure against most others in the catalogue, before you consider its unique extra charms! — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st December 2008
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Gramophone Awards, 2001, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2001, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, November 2016, Also Recommended
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Walton: Symphony No. 1 & Violin Concerto RecommendedTasmin Little (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Little's way with the virtuoso passages is a notch less headlong than [on her earlier recording], allowing the ear to savour her phenomenal accuracy, yet with no loss of fire...Gardner and the... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st April 2014
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2014, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2014, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2014
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Building A Library, July 2022, Also Recommended
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Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta RecommendedHelsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki
Mälkki and her Helsinki Philharmonic offer performances that are at once satisfying, dazzling and individual. There’s a poise, indeed an elegance, to the basic good posture of these interpretations,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2021, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, January 2022, Also Recommended
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…Fischer's feeling of the Symphony's supple architecture, his ability to caress a phrase or point out a delicious colour without losing the sense of the larger flow, make this one of the most... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2010, Featured
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2010, Orchestral Finalist
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Orchestral
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2009, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, April 2019, Recommended Recording
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2009
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One notoriously tricky passage after another…is brought off with top-flight panache and accuracy…Brilliant precision in the Scherzo, successful avoidance of over-emotive juice-extraction in... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Building A Library, July 2022, Also Recommended
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Mahler: The Complete Symphonies
RecommendedArleen Augér (soprano - Symphony No. 2), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo -Symphony No. 2), Birgit Remmert (contralto - Symphony No. 3), Amanda Roocroft (soprano - Symphony No. 4), Christine Brewer (soprano), Soile Isokoski (soprano), Juliane Banse (mezzo-soprano), Birgit Remmert (mezzo-soprano), Jane Henschel...
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Gramophone Awards, 1988, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 1988, Winner - Engineering
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Gramophone Awards, 1988, Winner - Orchestral
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Recording of the Year
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Grammy Awards, 43rd Awards (2000), Best Orchestral Performance
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Building A Library, April 2022, Recommended Recording
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Few can rival Valery Gergiev's pedigree in Prokofiev's music, and he is palpably aware of how this score works in the theatre. His pacing of events is masterly, with plenty of verve and passion…... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th January 2010
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Building a Library, February 2010, Modern Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2010, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Disc of the Year & Orchestral Award Winner
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Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra RecommendedPaul Watkins (cello), Robert Murray (tenor)
BBC Philharmonic, Edward Gardner
Three elements stand out: firstly, the dramatic intensity of purpose he finds in all pieces; secondly, the sizzling soloistic detail he draws from the BBC Philharmonic and, thirdly, the depth... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2011, Disc of the month
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Building A Library, June 2022, Recommended Recording
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Destination Rachmaninov - Arrival
RecommendedDaniil Trifonov (piano)
Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
In the First, he steers the music’s dramatic ebb and flow with total conviction, while also bringing tremendous clarity of fingerwork to its elaborate piano writing. Yannick Nézet-Séguin and... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Concerto
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2019, Concerto Choice
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Building a Library, January 2021
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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