Stenhammar
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This disc is special. Whether it’s the frisson of live performance or the fact that Blomstedt came to these scores late in life and is radiating the joy of discovery, I can’t say. What I do... —
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Diapason d’Or, March 2019, Nouveauté
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Orchestral
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Youthful passion occasionally pushes him to stylistic excess...but for most of the time he’s beauty incarnate and in perfect step with his composers’ various voices. He’s also blessed with a... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Like to the Lark
Jennifer Pike (violin), Maria Forsström (mezzo-soprano)
The Swedish Chamber Choir, Simon Phipps
Listening to Simon Philipps’s immaculately accomplished Swedish Chamber Choir is rather like sinking gently into a warm bath bubbling over with your favourite scented lotions…This album combin[es]... —
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Record Review, 16th November 2019, Disc of the Week
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Diamonds in the Snow
RecommendedScandinavian Songs by Grieg and Sibelius
Barbara Bonney & Antonio Pappano
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Winner - Vocal
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 49 – Stenhammar
Seta Tanyel (piano)
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze
Manze was a shrewd choice of conductor, as was Seta Tanyel as soloist, a pianist whose lyrical grace is matched by a no-holds-barred bravura… —
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Although Stenhammar's orchestral and concertante works are now quite well known, the music he wrote for the piano has, until recently, been unfamiliar. As a recitalist he seemed to value the... —
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Stenhammar: Tirfing
Romantic Opera in Sweden, Vol. 11
Martina Dike, Daniel Hällström, Bengt Krantz, Ulrika Mjorndal, Nils Olsson, Dardan Bakraqi, Per Fernesten, Patrik Forsman, Jakob Högström, Malmö Opera, Malmö Opera Choir, Arnold Östman
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Stenhammar: Serenade in F Major
Karl-Magnus Fredriksson (baritone)
Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Koivula
The performances, with Hannu Koivula conducting the Gävle Symphony, make up in atmosphere for what they occasionally lack in refinement, and the ballads are sensationally sung by Karl-Magnus... —
