Presto Recordings of the Year, Schubert (composer)
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Zimerman takes us into a place of deep introspection, finding vast universes within. The recorded sound, by Rainer Maillard, is beautifully judged, combining gentleness with absolute clarity…This... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th September 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2017, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Finalist - Instrumental
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International Classical Music Awards, 2018, Winner - Solo Instrument
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Special offer. Schubert: Works for Piano Trio & Arpeggione Sonata
RecommendedChristian Tetzlaff (violin), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Lars Vogt (piano)
In all, a deeply personal survey of this wonderful music and a beautiful way to remember a great pianist. — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Chamber Music
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Winner - Chamber Music
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Chamber
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There are moments when the music seems to call for a grandeur which this instrument can't produce, but with this recording Schubert's pianistic world is fundamentally transformed. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th April 2019
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Record Review, 20th April 2019, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2019, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Recording of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Solo Music
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2019
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Chopin: Cello Sonata & Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata
RecommendedSteven Isserlis (cello) & Dénes Várjon (piano)
The solemn Arpeggione is prefigured here by Isserlis’s arrangement of Chopin’s achingly beautiful ‘Nie ma czego trzeba’. Again in this Sonata, the duo offer graceful transparency, lithe refinement... — More…
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Record Review, 29th September 2018, Recording of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2018, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st December 2018
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Chamber
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Kaufmann has come to this music at the right time...Each of these 24 songs is stamped with integrity and seriousness of purpose...The most striking qualities are its artless simplicity, its... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Winner - Solo Vocal
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[Schiff] shows how [the fortepiano's] muted, delicate sound can transform Schubert for modern listeners. Two of the piano sonatas, the G Major, D894, and the late B Flat, D960, speak to us as... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Instrumental Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2015, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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International Classical Music Awards, 2016, Winner - Instrumental
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An enchanting, engrossing and impeccably recorded album. With it, Krimmel takes another big step towards quietly establishing himself as one of the most compelling lieder interpreters performing... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2024, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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Even Bostridge’s sometimes jarring crescendos sound as bleak cries from the hollowed soul. There is a terrifying icy detachment in Adès’s evocative touch. Above it, Bostridge’s weary wanderer... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd August 2019
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Vocal
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Winner - Vocal
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year
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Aimard finds something special every time and all are played with utmost tenderness. The sound of the piano, a mid-1950s Steinway that once did service at Rudolfinum in Prague, adds its own... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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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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Williams sings intelligently, thoughtfully and beautifully, and both he and Burnside give the impression of having rethought and re-examined every song; they are also unusually faithful to Schubert’s... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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