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In this warmly recorded release, John Wilson appears to get the balance just right. There’s plenty of heft as well as requisite warmth in the big orchestral climaxes, for instance near the end... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th April 2023
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Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3, Vocalise & The Isle of the Dead
RecommendedSinfonia of London, John Wilson
Wilson’s way with the music seems to owe more to the x-ray clarity of Toscanini and Szell...sprung like a sports car, tightly resilient on its bushings. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Their playing is consummate, fearless in its bravura, deeply impassioned and dazzlingly flighted (try the Allegro scherzando variation of the D minor’s second movement). Eyes seeking within,... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Engineered Album (Classical)
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the Rachmaninov of Latvia's outstanding professional choir presents a golden mean between the uniquely open-throated but not always pitch-perfect Glinka Choir of the hallowed St Petersburg tradition,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2013, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Choral
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Paganini Rhapsody
Lang Lang (piano)
Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev
Lang Lang is a marvel, his ease of virtuosity astonishing, his stage presence magnetic. — More…
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Rachmaninoff: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 31 Raul Mikson (tenor), Olari Viikholm (bass), Maria Valdmaa (soprano)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Kaspars Putniņš
In this recording, the excellent Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir sings not only with exemplary tuning and purity of tone – with just a touch of vibrato in the sopranos – but with a degree... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Choral Music
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an outstanding young artist at work...the early Tchaikovsky Scherzo brims over with panache and relish; and Islamey rivals even Berezovsky for the title of cleanest and most exhilarating account.... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th June 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Rachmaninov - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini & Piano Concerto 3
DSD recording, Mariinsky Concert Hall, February 2009
Denis Matsuev (piano)
Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
Here, for once, is the level of artistry that the work needs...for all his seemingly endless reserves of technical power [Matsuev] never makes an ugly sound...Gergiev and his Marinsky Orchestra,... — More…
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 Yevgeny Sudbin (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
The evergreen Second Concerto is gorgeously rich, with just the right amount of gooeyness. Sudbin captures the sheer weight of emotion in this work…Throughout, Sudbin creates a beautifully rounded... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2018
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No doubt about it, these are two very fine professional choirs, unique in an unparalleled lower-register smokiness and resonance. The basses can reach the famous bottom notes: the C at the end... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 58th Awards (2015), Best Choral Performance
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