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CD, Williams, John (composer)
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John Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Selected Film Themes
RecommendedAnne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Boston Symphony Orchestra, John Williams
It’s a hugely expressive, deeply atmospheric four-movement work and, like all his concertos, quite far removed from the thematic narrative music we’re all so familiar with. That’s not to say... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd June 2022
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Spatial Audio
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Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Nominee - Best Engineered Album, Classical
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Insturmentalist of the Year
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Pitch-perfect harmonies, in dreamily sumptuous sonics. —
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Throughout, the quartet play with beautifully delineated voices and unanimity of purpose. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th February 2026
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Anne-Sophie Mutter & Mutter’s Virtuosi
RecommendedElias David Moncado (violin), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Mohamed Hiber (violin), Lionel Martin (cello), Samuel Nebyu (violin), Matthew Lipman (viola), Margarita Balanas (cello), Dominik Wagner (double bass), Hwayoon Lee (viola), Mutter's Virtuosi
Virtuosity is certainly the order of the day in Vivaldi’s F major Triple Concerto, which sets off at a furious lick, with Mutter and two of her protégés attacking the music with unanimity and... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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There’s every chance this will be the last film score John Williams writes for director Steven Spielberg...If that is to be taken as read, then The Fabelmans is a slight, yet emotional, ending... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2023, Stage & Screen Choice
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John Williams: Violin Concerto No. 1 & Bernstein: Serenade
RecommendedJames Ehnes (violin), Saint Louis Symphony, Stéphane Denève
I’ve always admired the modesty and truthfulness of James Ehnes as a player – and you can hear that modesty at work in Phaedrus’s opening address from the Bernstein Serenade. There’s an unfussy... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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New. The Sound of Adventure: Film Music
City Light Symphony Orchestra, London Voices, Kevin Griffith
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The range of repertoire enables her to explore a wide breadth of moods and atmospheres. Dancelike pieces… contain by-now trademark Gillam-isms – lively characterisation combined with technical... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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John Williams: Star Wars & Close Encounters of the Third Kind
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Gerhardt
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Special offer. Genius Of Film Music, Vol. 2
Hollywood blockbusters 1980s to 2000s
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Dirk Brossé
