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Nielsen & Sibelius: Violin Concertos
RecommendedJohan Dalene (violin)
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
Dalene has a strong command of long evolving lines – crucial in both composers – but he balances that with a fine feeling for ‘speaking’ phrasing and articulation...The expression can certainly... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st April 2022
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Concerto
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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Youthful passion occasionally pushes him to stylistic excess...but for most of the time he’s beauty incarnate and in perfect step with his composers’ various voices. He’s also blessed with a... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Chamber
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It's a joy to find so much intelligent care and attention expended on Nielsen's First Symphony...You can feel the exuberance, the intellectual control, and also the sense of danger...But there's... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Orchestral Winner
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Sir Colin Davis’s set with the London Symphony Orchestra is very fine as you might expect… There are plenty of excellent sounds to be experienced here. — More…
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Nielsen: Concertos
RecommendedRobert Langevin (flute), Anthony McGill (clarinet), Nikolaj Znaider (violin)
New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert
In the Violin Concerto Nikolaj Znaider, sweet and slender in tone, is equal to all the work's ferocious technical demands. He treats the first movement's Bach-inspired cadenzas with convincing... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th June 2015
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Gilbert succeeds in suggesting the force underlying its progress through changing landscapes towards the thrilling conclusion with two battling timpanists. The New York Philharmonic players respond... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Orchestral Choice
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Nielsen: Violin Concerto & Symphony No. 4 James Ehnes (violin)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
It couldn’t have a better advocate than James Ehnes: strong in his lyricism when he needs to be, alert to all dynamics and a sense of fantasy which is outstanding in the two cadenzas. — More…
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Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3
Lucy Hall (soprano), Marcus Farnsworth (baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Davis approaches both works with driving energy...this recording is an exhilarating display of the life-force at full blast in both composer and conductor. — More…
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Nielsen: The Mother
RecommendedPalle Knudsen (baritone), Lovisa Wennesz (harp), Rune Most, Christine Nonbo Andersen (voice), Rasmus Gravers Nielsen (voice), Steffen Bruun (voice), Rikke Lender (voice), Malene Nordtorp (voice), Rafaell Altino (viola), Adam Riis, Ole Bartholin Kiilerich (piano), Eugen Tichindeleanu (violin), Jovana...
tenor Adam Riis has the most tuneful numbers, but baritone Palle Knudsen steals the show as the Fool, with his cynical songs. The Odense Symphony Orchestra, “one of Denmark’s five regional orchestras”... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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