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Hannigan’s luminous voice perfectly suits this music. She conveys the uneasy, almost unhinged feel of the fin de siècle not only in her lyric singing, but also in her crooning, swopping, sliding,... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2018
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All the pieces on this final instalment of the ‘Prism’ series stand on a threshold, and in this Op 135 Beethoven does so with the vitality and humour of the Diabelli Variations. — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Ensemble of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music Recording of the Year
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a fine demonstration of Leonskaja’s commitment to music whose fascination – and provocation – remains endless. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th September 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Schoenberg: Pierrot lunaire
RecommendedPatricia Kopatchinskaja (violin/sprechgesang), Meesun Hong (violin), Julia Gallego (flute), Reto Bieri (clarinet), Thomas Kaufmann (cello), Joonas Ahonen (piano), Marko Milenkovic (viola)
Kopatchinskaja’s approach – sharp-focus, hyper-detailed and searching out over-the-top extremes of vocal delivery – is remarkable in its way...The upside is the superlatively precise and stylish... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata & other works for cello and piano
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) & Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
a masterstroke of programme planning — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2006, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2006, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46 & Webern: Orchestral Works
Männerchor der Konzertvereinigung, Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
A suitably bleak performance of this harrowing piece for narrator, male-voice choir, and orchestra. Claudio Abbado conducts the Vienna Philharmonic, and Gottfried Hornik narrates. It took me... — More…
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Berg: String Quartet – Webern: Langsamer Satz – Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 2
RecommendedHeath Quartet, Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
The Heath Quartet convey the [Schoenberg’s] often intimate intensity with great sensitivity, and Carolyn Sampson’s warm lyricism is ideal both in the forward-looking finale, and in the slow... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th July 2022
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Special offer. Boulez conducts Webern
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Françoise Pollet (soprano), Christiane Oelze (soprano)
Ensemble Intercontemporain, BBC Singers, Pierre Boulez
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On this occasion the limelight is stolen from Schoenberg by Zemlinsky...This music requires little excuse to become overheated, and it is much to the Arod’s credit that they resist the temptation... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2019, Editor's Choice
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Everything is beautifully played, and there is expressiveness in Webern’s Variations, op. 27, where Tiberghien finds hidden feelings I didn’t expect—the music needn’t send up red flags. He captures... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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