SACD, Haydn (composer)
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The Chiaroscuros return, armed with a perfect sound balance and rich, vibrant textures from each player. — More…
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Record Review, 6th February 2021, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Chamber Music
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The Chiaroscuro Quartet revel in the composer's play of ideas...It was the interpretation of No. 5 that blind-sided me on a first listening...This is a deeply absorbing reading, and can make... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2017, Disc of the month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Building a Library, February 2018, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Schoenberg: Transfigured Night & Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedAlisa Weilerstein (cello)
Trondheim Soloists
In performances of such freshness, verve and chamber transparency, the concept works...You’d go far to find performances of the Haydn concertos that match Alisa Weilerstein’s mix of stylistic... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th August 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2018, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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It’s that combination of crisp, earthy clarity and lively, virtuoso sparkle that marks these readings out – in drink terms, think tannin-rich reds against fine, biscuity champagne – along with... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Record Review, 17th June 2023, Record of the Week
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Ibragimova’s gleaming sound bathes the top of the ensemble in sunlight but she’s never more than first among equals...the understated poise and intelligence of the playing deepen with repeated... — More…
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Record Review, 16th May 2020, Record of the Week
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The Chiaroscuro Quartet, led by Alina Ibragimova, play on gut strings with little vibrato and incline to fastish tempos. Where they surpass those earlier ‘period’ performances is in the radiant... — More…
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Poltéra is a joy in the Haydn concertos, the warmth of his elegant, lightly vibratoed solo line exposing ever so slightly the sometimes-tinny ‘period’ sound of an otherwise f lawless Munich... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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Haydn: The Seasons, Hob.XXI:3
(sung in German)
Miah Persson (soprano), Jeremy Ovenden (tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass-baritone)
London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Sir Colin Davis's live account is founded on purposive modern-instrument playing and the conductor's own irrepressible dynamism; in this early eighties, he continues to show a sharp-eared appreciation... — More…
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Before Mozart
RecommendedEarly Horn Concertos
Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
This is an outstanding collection, in which Frank-Gemmill’s stratospheric virtuosity, on three different instruments, is elegantly counterpointed by Nicholas McGegan’s buoyantly sympathetic... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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New. Haydn - Die Schöpfung
Christine Karg (soprano), Benjamin Bruns (tenor), Tareq Nazmi (bass), MDR Leipzig Radio Choir, Desdner Philharmonie, Marek Janowski
Marek Janowski offers a fairly traditional view of Haydn’s great oratorio, but it’s one that benefits from a fine line-up of soloists, and from the enthusiasm and energy of the Dresdner Philharmonie’s... — More…
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