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The Gringolts Quartet play both works with absolute mastery, and it would be difficult to imagine more convincing performances. Lingering particularly in the memory is the middle section of... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Chamber
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Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande Suite & Schoenberg: Pelléas & Mélisande
RecommendedOrchestre de La Suisse Romande, Jonathan Nott
Nott’s orchestral suite arranged from Debussy’s opera is both substantial and imaginatively devised... it is played here with a consistent loveliness that absorbs and appeals in its own right. — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th November 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Infinite Voyage
RecommendedBarbara Hannigan (soprano), Bertrand Chamayou (piano)
Emerson String Quartet
Much the finest experience comes in Schoenberg’s quartet, where the Emerson Quartet ’s playing masterfully combines forensic technical precision and expressive warmth. And Hannigan’s identif... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th September 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2023, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Chamber
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[The Dutilleux] is played here with breathtaking brilliance...the performance of Verklärte Nacht is worth waiting for, its extraordinary attention to detail and clarity never achieved at the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Winner - Chamber
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I am happy to report that it more than fulfils the highest expectations...This very distinguished recording should not be missed by anyone interested in fine piano-playing and heartfelt poetic... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2023, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Special offer. Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht & Variations for Orchestra
RecommendedBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
The strings of the Berlin Philharmonic treat us to their most ravishingly expressive sound in this 1974 recording of Verklärte Nacht, heard here in Schoenberg's own version for string orchestra,... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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What makes this performance especially persuasive is Järvi’s ability to control the constantly fluctuating tempo changes in Schoenberg’s score without losing sight of the music’s structural... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2024, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2024, Orchestral Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Schoenberg & Sibelius: Violin Concertos
RecommendedHilary Hahn (violin)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen
The Schoenberg is simply astonishing. Hahn and Esa-Pekka Salonen shows how much beauty and brilliance there is in this work. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th May 2009
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Grammy Awards, 51st Awards (2008), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Schoenberg: Violin Concerto & Verklärte Nacht
RecommendedIsabelle Faust (violin), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding
The secret of her success lies in her ability to bring an immense amount of poetry and fantasy to the immensely complex solo part…As a result, the listener gets drawn into the drama of the musical... — More…
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Record Review, 29th February 2020, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
RecommendedSiegfried Jerusalem, Susan Dunn, Brigitte Fassbaender, Hermann Becht, Peter Haage, Hans Hotter
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Städtischer Musikverein Düsseldorf, Riccardo Chailly
This vast cantata, a direct descendant of Wagnerian music-drama, was for the turn-of-the- century musical scene the ultimate gorgeous sunset. Schoenberg's forces are, to put it mildly, extravagant.... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2005, First Choice
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Building a Library, March 2017, Also Recommended
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