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Many of the qualities which make this an album to conjure with are revealed within the first minute: Orliński’s evident relish of the Polish language (particularly the expressive possibilities... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th May 2022
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Overall, what leaps out is the sheer quality, consistency and stylishness of Janine Jansen’s playing. She conjures up the mood of each piece with seemingly effortless and flawless technique...Pappano... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th September 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2021, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 & Concert Overture
Louis Lortie (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
These performances prove ideal, finding luminosity at the opening, and delivering a taut, energetic fugal finale...In the oberek dance rhythms of the orgiastic finale, Gardner shows how he has... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Orchestral Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2013, Editor's Choice
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Pike’s exceptional sensitivity to tonal inflection and temporal flexibility works wonders in Szymanowski’s Mythes…She invests [the Karłowicz] with such open-air freshness and gentle affection... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, Chamber Choice
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Il Cannone - Francesca Dego plays Paganini's violin
Francesca Dego (violin), Francesca Leonardi (piano)
Dego has an expressive touch, skittering over the strings, yet finding plenty of attack in Szymanowski’s Trois Caprices. Corigliano’s Red Violin Caprices are at times spellbinding, descending... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2021
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Szymanowski and Zemlinsky
RecommendedElina Vähälä (violin), Johanna Winkel (soprano) & Michael Nagy (baritone)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Liebreich
This is a very attractive pairing of two early 20th-century works distinguished by the opulence of their orchestral textures…a very recommendable offering. — More…
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Building A Library, April 2022, Also Recommended
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The Polish Violin Vol 2
Szymanowski, Wieniawska & Bacewicz
Jennifer Pike (violin), Petr Limonov (piano)
As in her first volume, Jennifer Pike (herself half-Polish) has chosen to anchor her survey to a substantial helping of Szymanowski, and she and pianist Petr Limonov open with a sweeping performance... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2021
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Dvorák & Szymanowski - Violin Concertos
RecommendedArabella Steinbacher (violin)
Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Marek Janowski
…in a haunting performance of Szymanowski's Violin Concerto No. 1 the solo part seems to float in over a lush orchestra. Steinbacher's tone is sweet, her playing poised - in satisfying contrast... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2013, Recommended
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2010, Editor's Choice
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The reason you should care about this album isn’t because it’s got a great back story but because this is wonderful playing, supremely polished in technical terms and exuding maturity...In short,... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Roland Pöntinen's generously filled and beautifully engineered recital features three of Szymanowski's most exotic and harmonically daring middle-period works together with a handful of Mazurkas... — More…
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