CD, Messiaen (composer)
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Messiaen: Oiseaux Exotiques, Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, Schoenberg: Piano Concerto
RecommendedFrancesco Piemontesi, Orchestre de La Suisse Romande, Jonathan Nott
You have to envy the citizens of Geneva...Add a pianist in Francesco Piemontesi’s class, and here are stellar interpretations of three very different concerto-type works, ordered into a journey... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th July 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, Concerto Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022
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Few are better acquainted [with the Catalogue] than Pierre-Laurent Aimard, and this set is clearly a long-pondered act of love…Needless to say, Aimard possesses the necessary dazzling virtuosity,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2018, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Finalist - Instrumental
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2018
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Instrumental
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The album brings together ten, seemingly disparate composers between whom Shibe traces a journey that’s as unsettling as it is exquisite and profoundly searching, steeped in a kind of weightless... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Solo Instrumental
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Gramophone Awards, 2023, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Few, if any, duos are better equipped to take on this mantle than Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich.Aimard’s exceptionally close association with Messiaen and Loriod goes back to... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony
RecommendedSteven Osborne (piano) & Cynthia Millar (ondes Martenot)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena
Any performance must keep sight of the romantic, sometimes disturbing, core of the work. This is clearly understood in this performance from Juanjo Mena and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra...the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2012, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, February 2023, Also Recommended
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this latest account impressively combines accuracy with atmosphere in sound of clarity and lustre. Informatively annotated by Paul Griffiths, it can be warmly recommended to those new to and... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2023, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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This debut solo album brilliantly played by the rising young organist Anna Lapwood should certainly engage organ aficionados, especially fans of the grand Harrison & Harrison instrument in Ely... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Spatial Audio
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Chamayou certainly possesses the scintillating technique and broad palette of tonal colour required for Messiaen’s extraordinary music. As is clear from the thunderous explosions under the bells... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Solo Instrumental
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Gramophone Awards, 2023, Shortlisted - Piano
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Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Martin Fröst (clarinet), Lucas Debargue (piano), Janine Jansen (violin), Torlief Thedeen (cello)
Far from an ad hoc starry ensemble, this interpretation has had time to mature, while retaining freshness in execution. The increased hush found partway through Jansen and Thedéen’s extended... — More…
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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Alison Balsom: Paris
RecommendedAlison Balsom (trumpet), with Miloš Karadaglić (guitar)
The Guy Barker Orchestra, Guy Barker
This potpourri of a recital is...very much of its own time, eclectically flavoured in its collaborative elements and juxtaposition of music languages [sic], and deftly underpinned by Balsom's... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th September 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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