CD, Franck, C (composer)
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This is simply superb in every way…Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien are typically outstanding throughout, playing with exceptional control without ever forsaking spontaneity…Make no mistake,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st March 2019
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Record Review, 9th March 2019, Disc of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Chamber
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Chamber
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Winner - Chamber Music
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Gens is in fine voice – indeed, she seems to be in her prime. Her diction is as always immaculate and she produces a stream of elegant tone…and the required vocal heft to ride Massenet’s orchestra... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th June 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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International Opera Awards, 2018, Winner - Solo Recital
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Finalist - Recital
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International Classical Music Awards, 2018, Winner - Vocal Recital
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Special offer. Franck: Violin Sonata & Chausson: Concert
RecommendedIsabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (piano)
Salagon Quartet
gut strings and an Erard piano from around 1885 help to create the welcome impression that we are in a Parisian salon, listening up close. The Erard has a rich, woody depth of tone; play no... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th May 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Record Review, 2nd September 2017, Recording of the Week
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Special offer. Franck & Strauss: Violin Sonatas
RecommendedJames Ehnes (violin) & Andrew Armstrong (piano)
conjures up this utterly serene state of bliss — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th April 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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this celebration of song is infused with heartfelt joy. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Song
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Both play [the Franck] with poetry and warmth but can turn solid where coolly patrician tone is needed, and the air only really clears in time for the floating, sweet lyricism of the finale.... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year (Capuçon)
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What’s fascinating is the way these two musicians create performances of such charismatic individuality without seeming to do very much – other than play magnificently, of course. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2022, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 10th December 2022, Record of the Week
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Special offer. César Franck: Violin Sonata, Piano Trio No.1 & Piano Quintet & Vierne: Piano Quintet
Trio Wanderer, Catherine Montier, Christophe Gaugué
Vierne’s extraordinary Piano Quintet...is an apposite choice here, not just for its affinity to Franck, readily apparent in this searing performance, but as a programmatic black armband in this... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Special offer. Franck: Piano Quintet & Debussy: String Quartet
RecommendedMarc-André Hamelin (piano)
Takács Quartet
An exemplary performance — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Special offer. Aux étoiles - French Symphonic Poems
Orchestre National de Lyon, Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
The French Romantic sensibility is clearly audible across this beautifully played selection: texture and atmosphere are everything, tension ebbs and flows. — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Symphonic Recording of the Year
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