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Hi Res Download, Schubert (composer)
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The album radically recontextualises Op 109 to dazzling, mind-expanding effect. Suddenly you’re hearing music history, a lineage, rather than a snapshot, the effect of which is not dissimilar... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st November 2025
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Zimerman takes us into a place of deep introspection, finding vast universes within. The recorded sound, by Rainer Maillard, is beautifully judged, combining gentleness with absolute clarity…This... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th September 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2017, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Finalist - Instrumental
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International Classical Music Awards, 2018, Winner - Solo Instrument
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[They] consistently transcend matters of ensemble synchronicity and textural balances, going directly to the music's heart and soul...An instant classic. — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2026, Recording of the Month
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Special offer. Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 8 'Unfinished' & 9 'The Great'
Gewandhausorchester, Herbert Blomstedt
These two discs hardly need reviewing: they contain perfect performances of two of the greatest symphonies ever written, recorded with extra directness and detail...I’d put these performances... — More…
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Record Review, 9th July 2022, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2022, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2022, Orchestral Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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With his resplendent mezzo-soprano-ish tone quality and ease of vocal production, the much-awarded Hugh Cutting represents a new level in the evolution of the countertenor voice in this debut... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2025, Editor's Choice
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The New York Times, Best Classical Music Albums of 2025
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Schubert: Works for Piano Trio & Arpeggione Sonata
RecommendedChristian Tetzlaff (violin), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Lars Vogt (piano)
In all, a deeply personal survey of this wonderful music and a beautiful way to remember a great pianist. — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Chamber Music
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Winner - Chamber Music
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Schubert: Complete works for violin and piano
RecommendedAlina Ibragimova (violin) & Cédric Tiberghien (piano)
Here we get all of Schubert's works written for violin and piano, in performances which it is hard to imagine ever being bettered...Alina Ibragimova and Cedric Tiberghien don't attempt to make... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th August 2013
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted
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Building a Library, January 2017, Also Recommended
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Chopin: Cello Sonata & Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata
RecommendedSteven Isserlis (cello) & Dénes Várjon (piano)
The solemn Arpeggione is prefigured here by Isserlis’s arrangement of Chopin’s achingly beautiful ‘Nie ma czego trzeba’. Again in this Sonata, the duo offer graceful transparency, lithe refinement... — More…
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Record Review, 29th September 2018, Recording of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2018, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st December 2018
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Chamber
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Special offer. Four Pieces - Four Pianos
RecommendedSchubert, Chopin, Liszt, Stravinsky
Alexander Melnikov (pianos)
They are all works requiring formidable technical ability, and pianist Alexander Melnikov brings clarity of touch and virtuoso flair to them all, transferring as if effortlessly from instrument... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th January 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2018, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2018
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Winner - Instrumental
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Bevan is at her most persuasive in the lesser-known songs she chooses. She and Middleton excel in Ralph Vaughan Williams' late song "Tired' and it would be impossible to imagine a more satisfying... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2025, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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