Building a Library, Early 20th Century (era)
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Dynamic ranges are wide, with Ravel's crescendos not underplayed in any mistaken attempt at classicism, and rubatos are applied with tactful expressivity. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th October 2009
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Building a Library, March 2009, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2008, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Chamber
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Newcomer of the Year
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Building a Library, January 2019, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, March 2020, Recommended Recording
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Debussy: Sonatas & Trios
RecommendedEmmanuel Pahud (flute), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Edgar Moreau (cello), Gerard Caussé (viola), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp)
A sense of joy in collegial music-making pervades these performances. Unlike many, violinist Renaud Capuçon and pianist Bertrand Chamayou and their colleagues do not avoid the vein of sensual... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Winner - Chamber
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also recommended
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Record Review, 2nd December 2017, Recording of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Winner - Chamber
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They make interpretive decisions that are unexpected but none the less to me felt deeply initiative and this passage showcases the gorgeous cello line that has extraordinary shaping in how you... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st November 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Building a Library, January 2023, Recommended Recording
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Judging by their passionate performances, this British team clearly feel utterly at home in this repertoire...The hit, undoubtedly, is the premiere recording of Price’s structurally lopsided... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th May 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Building A Library, January 2022, Featured Recording
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Her Voice: Piano Trios by Amy Beach, Louise Farrenc and Rebecca Clarke RecommendedPiano Trios
Neave Trio
Collectors may prefer all-Beach or all-Farrenc couplings but the Neave’s programme makes a splendid introduction to these three pioneering female composers. — More…
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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Building A Library, January 2022, Featured Recording
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…what is immediately striking about the present performance is its boldness and originality in terms of tempo contrasts, rhythmic emphasis and textural variety. Not only the playing beyond... — More…
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Building a Library, September 2012, First Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2006, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Winner - Chamber
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, Best Newcomer
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Poulenc: Piano Concerto & Concert champêtre
RecommendedMark Bebbington (piano), Jan Latham-Koenig, John Roberts (oboe), Jonathan Davies (bassoon)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
[Oboe Sonata] their expressive yet understated performance is the highlight of an attractive, well played, and beautifully recorded disc. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2020, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Building a Library, June 2023, Also Recommended (Piano Concerto in C sharp minor)
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Tasmin Little plays Clara Schumann, Dame Ethel Smyth & Amy Beach RecommendedTasmin Little (violin) & John Lenehan (piano)
This delightful, beautifully performed album makes an emphatic, seemingly effortless case for these composers’ music. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2019, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2019, Chamber Choice
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Building A Library, January 2022, Featured Recording
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Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes, Jeux & Rhapsody for clarinet
RecommendedFranklin Cohen (clarinet)
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus & The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Awards:
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Building a Library, November 2003, First Choice
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Grammy Awards, 38th Awards (1995), Best Orchestral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 38th Awards (1995), Classical Album of the Year
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Debussy - Orchestral Music
RecommendedGeorge Pieterson (clarinet), Vera Badings (harp)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
If you only buy one album of Debussy orchestral music, this is a very good bet! Comprising his best-known works at an excellent price, it's a great starting-point around which to build a library... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Building a Library, November 2003, Budget Choice
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Building a Library, November 2008, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
2 CDs
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