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New. Rodion Shchedrin: Music From the Lady With the Lapdog
Olli Mustonen (piano), Lawrence Power (viola), Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
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Shostakovich / Shchedrin - Piano Concertos
RecommendedMarc-André Hamelin (piano), Mark O’Keefe (trumpet)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton
Marc-André Hamelin is a superb advocate for all three pieces - the zip and zest of much of the writing presenting no difficulty to this extraordinary virtuoso. —
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Building A Library, May 2021, Also Recommended - Piano Concerto No. 2
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Special offer. Complices
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello, piano), Alexandre Tharaud (piano, cello), Raphaël Imbert (soloist), Stéphanie-Marie Degand, La Diane française
Queyras and Tharaud clearly enjoy the process as well as the freedom of interpretation and presentation that the encore gives. But there is a niggling feeling here of something missing, and... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Editor's Choice
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The individual variations, specially commissioned from contemporary composers and played here en suite, share an aroma of freshness due to their unfamiliarity. They also elicit from Buchbinder... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2020
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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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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Special offer. Le Violon Vagabond: Graf Mourja
Works for piano & violin by Bartok, Manuel Ponce, Tchaikovsky, Paganini, Chedrine, Kroll, de Sarasate…
Graf Mourja (violin) & Natalia Gous (piano)
Ukrainian violinist Graf Mourja follows up his fine disc of Stravinsky and Szymanowski for Harmonia Mundi with a foray into more eclectic territory. This selection brings together the wild and... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2014, Re-issue of the Month
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite & Shchedrin: Carmen Suite
Rachmaninoff International Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev
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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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Schtschedrin: Carmen-Suite & Respighi: Pini di Roma
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
Mariss Jansons leads live performances of Carmen-Suite and The Pines of Rome with electricity and pizzazz. Despite a slightly clumsy opening, it soon marches into strong and sturdy territory. —
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Record Review, 4th January 2020, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2002, Editor's Choice
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