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If the programme sounds familiar, the reality is anything but. The first movement of Beethoven’s Sonata Op. 2 No. 3 emerges spacious and unhurried…The Op. 119 Bagatelles are an even greater revelation,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th May 2020
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2020, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
2 CDs + DVD Video
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Leonard Bernstein - Reflections
RecommendedA film by Peter Rosen
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Orchestre National de France, Leonard Bernstein
…we see Bernstein reflecting on his life and music, shot in Carnegie Hall (scene of his legendary 1943 debut) and his studio overlooking New York's Central Park. What a charismatic talker he... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Winner - DVD Documentary
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This disc is of sublime music, gloriously played, and it is one of those occasions when it seems superfluous to say much more…What Sunwook Kim brings to [the last three sonatas], as he also does... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
RecommendedGundula Janowitz (Leonore), Rene Kollo (Florestan), Manfred Jungwirth (Rocco), Hans Sotin (Pizarro), Lucia Popp (Marzelline), Adolf Dallapozza (Jaquino), Hans Helm (Fernando), Karl Terkal (First Prisoner), Alfred Sramek (Second Prisoner)
Wiener Staatsoper, Leonard Bernstein
Bernstein had a special rapport with Beethoven's opera and indeed with Vienna, where Otto Schenk's 1989 production is given further conviction by a top-quality cast led by Gundula Janowitz's... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Nelson Goerner live at Verbier Festival
Recorded at Verbier Festival, July 2009
Nelson Goerner (piano)
Goerner is a master. Though a stunning virtuoso, he never shows off; the prevailing character of his artistry is lyrical. His grasp of structure is innately dramatic, but melodrama is not his... — More…
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Barenboim plays Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol.4
Live recording from Palais Kinsky and Schloss Hetzendorf, Vienna, 1983-84
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Barenboim brings to these a freshness of approach, and sensitivity. His expressive powers are wondrous and he captures the full range of emotions that these works have to offer. You get the feeling... — More…
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25 Years German Reunification
Venceslava Hruba-Freiberger (soprano), Doris Soffel (mezzo-soprano), James Wagner (tenor) & Gwynne Howell (bass)
Gewandhaus Choir and Orchestra
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Barenboim plays Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol. 1
Live recording from Palais Lobkowitz, Palais Rasumowsky, Palais Kinsky and Schloss Hetzendorf, Vienna, 1983-84
