Kancheli
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Kancheli: Ex contrario, Middelheim & Tsutisopeli
Svetlana Makarova, Pavel Vernikov, Jing Zhao, Davit Gvelesiani, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Rustavi Ensemble, Lera Auerbach
The title translates as 'this transient life' - perhaps a fitting metaphor for a composer whose ability to transform brief ideas into profound statements was one of his greatest achievements. —
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Special offer. Schnittke & Kancheli: Light Over Darkness
Erato Alakiozidou (piano)
Lutoslawski Quartet
[Alakiozidou] captures perfectly [the Quintet’s] feeling of vulnerability with her beautifully veiled control of timbre and intelligent manipulation of silence…[in the Piano Quartet after Mahler]... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2018, Editor's Choice
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Beethoven: The Symphonies
and reflections
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
Jansons adopts...an approach which takes into consideration the historically informed approach of the last 30 years, but is still aware of what performances were like in the great German tradition...If... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2013, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Echoes of Time
RecommendedLisa Batiashvili (violin), with Hélène Grimaud (piano)
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Esa-Pekka Salonen
[the Shostakovich] receives a deeply considered interpretation, its emotional narrative vividly etched by both soloist and conductor...Batiashvili begins the Cadenza in deep contemplation but... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st February 2011
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2011, Disc of the Month
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Bookended by Bach arrangements, this album of solo piano works explores musical connections through history. The overwhelming echo in the recording creates a shimmering effect, overriding some... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Solo Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Ustvolskaya, Silvestrov, Kancheli: Works for Piano & Orchestra
Elisaveta Blumina (piano)
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Sanderling
Blumina and conductor Thomas Sanderling deliver a convincing account of a somewhat loosely structured work. —
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The four movements [of Glass's American Four Seasons] are interspersed with a prelude and three short 'songs' for solo violin, which bring further textural variety to the party, thrown with... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Behind the flowers, butterflies and soulful photos there lies some very classy piano-playing...Buniatishvili's playing is eloquent indeed: her voicing is expertly balanced in the opening Bach... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2014, Instrumental Choice
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Kancheli: Styx & Tavener: The Myrrh-Bearer
Maxim Rysanov (viola) & Rihards Zalupe (percussion)
Men of the State Choir Latvija, Liepaja Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 'Kamer…', Maris Sirmais
Rysanov yields little to Bashmet in terms of intensity of expression and the capacity to sustain an atmospheric melodic line. —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2007, Editor's Choice
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