SACD, Brahms (composer)
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Brahms: Clarinet Quintet
RecommendedMartin Fröst (clarinet), with Janine Jansen (violin), Boris Brovtsyn (violin), Maxim Rysanov (viola), Torleif Thedéen (cello), with Roland Pöntinen (piano), with Torleif Thedéen (cello) & Roland Pöntinen (piano)
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Fröst revels in the deep-plush velvet of his chalumeau regions - and, indeed, sustains this timbre throughout the instrument's register...the ensemble creates cutting-edge rhythmic urgency,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Chamber
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Panache is Kantorow’s strength throughout the program, but it is combined with probing emotional maturity, which is rare. I doubt that any prediction will come true for him other than the prediction... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th October 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2020, Editor's Choice
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Brahms - Clarinet Sonatas & Trio
Martin Fröst (clarinet), Roland Pöntinen (piano), Torleif Thedéen (cello)
…the young Swede Martin Fröst plays with elegant phrasing and beautiful, even produced tone… In the two sonatas, he's perfectly matched by his compatriot Roland Pöntinen in performances which... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2006, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2006, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Soirée
RecommendedMagdalena Kožená (mezzo), Sir Simon Rattle (piano), Rahel Rilling (violin), Wolfram Brandl (violin), Yulia Deyneka (viola), David Adorjan (cello), Andrew Marriner (clarinet)
There is some lovely singing from Kožená, whose fawn-tinted mezzo retains its attractive quality from her earliest discs…She sings the two Brahms collections well, especially the Ophelia Songs,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th September 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Assorted Program
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Brahms: Symphony No.4 & MacMillan: Larghetto for Orchestra
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
In this outstanding performance of Brahms’s Fourth Symphony, Manfred Honeck draws a wonderfully rich, almost Central European string sound from the Pittsburgh Symphony, matched by equally mellifluous... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Brahms: Violin Concerto & Violin Sonata No. 1
Vadim Gluzman (violin), Angela Yoffe (piano)
Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, James Gaffigan
Gluzman [plays with] heartfelt eloquence and unbridled passion [in the Violin Concerto]…Gaffigan’s unfailingly attentive Lucerne players sound almost chamber-like in their textural detailing…in... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2017, Editor's Choice
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[Sonata] The moods of the three inner movements are beautifully expressed. I would easily call this my new favorite performance of Piano Sonata No. 3—every aspect of youthful genius is thrown... — More…
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Brahms: Cello Sonatas & Schumann: Fünf Stücke im Volkston
Christian Poltéra (cello), Ronald Brautigam (piano)
The duo fill their phrasing, rhythm and sense of momentum with bracing fresh air, bringing maximum exhilaration to a work that too often can seem to lack it. Poltéra’s tone leaps and glows –... — More…
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With the eminent Brahms interpreter Stephen Hough, Collins brings special musical insights to these two late works. Notably, they triumphantly solve the interpretative conundrums posed by some... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2022, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2022
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Çakmur is fearless in revealing his personal voice, opting for a thoroughly romantic take on the music, without traducing the Schubertian spirit. His pianism is imbued with a natural instinct... — More…
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