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He’s done it again…it is clear from the outset that this is no lazy selection of favourites…His playing never feels self-indulgent of inappropriate…There is never any doubt that this is Ólafsson’s... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th March 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, Recording of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, May 2020, Nouveauté
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Solo Instrumental Recital (Piano)
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Shibe applies the musical and interpretative qualities that characterise its predecessors – energy, reflection, eclecticism, integration and emotional candour – to remind us that Bach might have... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd May 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Winner - Instrumental
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The ensemble brings an extraordinary range and depth of sound to Beach’s closely-worked score…Ohlsson and the Takács Quartet are vividly alert to the [Elgar]’s sense of story…This is a performance... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, Chamber Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2020
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Winner - Chamber
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Adès Conducts Adès
RecommendedMark Stone (baritone), Kirill Gerstein (piano), Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Adès
[The Piano Concerto] is immediately compelling, conducted here by the composer with pianist Kirill Gerstein, who inspired it, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, who then commissioned it, raucous... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th March 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2020, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or, May 2020, Nouveauté
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Winner - Contemporary
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2020
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Classical Compendium
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Classical Composition
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Rossini: Amici e Rivali
RecommendedMichael Spyres (tenor), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), I Virtuosi Italiani, Corrado Rovaris
Lawrence Brownlee takes the higher parts. Airy and buoyant in his top register, he can negotiate all the notes with ease. Michael Spyres is equally stylish, though there are a couple of moments... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th November 2020
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Opera, January 2021, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2020
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Record Review, 12th December 2020, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021, Récital lyrique
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He’s done it again…it is clear from the outset that this is no lazy selection of favourites…His playing never feels self-indulgent of inappropriate…There is never any doubt that this is Ólafsson’s... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th March 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, Recording of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, May 2020, Nouveauté
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Solo Instrumental Recital (Piano)
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Simpson: Geysir and Mozart: Gran Partita
RecommendedMark Simpson, Fraser Langton (clarinet), Nicholas Daniel, Emma Fielding (oboe), Amy Harman, Dom Tyler (bassoon), Oliver Pashley, Ausias Garrigos Morant (basset horns), Ben Goldscheider, Angela Barnes, James Pillai, Fabian van de Geest (horn), David Stark (double bass)
In a teeming catalogue, this new Gran Partita more than holds its own. But the clinching factor for many will be Mark Simpson’s companion piece: a tour de force of wind colour and carefully controlled... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th December 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Chamber
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In the end, this repertoire has rarely sounded so rich and so substantial—and even so, it has rarely sounded so exciting. The quality of the performances is supported by typically first-rate... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th August 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Piano
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The Hermes Experiment’s calm exterior often hides a powerful force that darts about energetically beneath...[Its] main strength lies in its ability to adapt to the particular needs, demands and... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2020
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It is hard to recall a more relentlessly driven performance of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony than this newcomer...especially in the outer movements. It is not that it sets any new land-speed records,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th September 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2020
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