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Orchestral, Suk (composer)
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Special offer. Suk: Asrael Symphony, Op. 27
RecommendedCzech Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
Asrael encompasses formal experiment, superb orchestration, a magnificent grasp of scale and, above all, an unerring feel for catharsis...Charles Mackerras's performance encapsulates all of... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st March 2011
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Orchestral
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2011, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2011, Editor's Choice
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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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Still in his mid-twenties, Jakub Hrusa is a conductor to look out for. A pupil of Jiri Belohlavek, he has built up a
formidable career in Europe and America. Here he draws superb playing from... — More…Awards:
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Building a Library, January 2018, First Choice
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Belohlavek's pacing enhances Suk's abundant inspiration, often with intoxicating results. Throughout, the BBC Symphony Orchestra responds magnificently as an ensemble, bringing an almost operatic... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Orchestral Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2012, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Winner - Orchestral
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Hrůša is seen in many ways as a successor to Bělohlávek, but while he shares his teacher’s care for the detail of the score and a deep understanding of the Czech repertoire he is very much his... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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The symphony is attractively neat and satisfying, but Ripening is on a completely new emotional plane, with a Mahlerian juxtaposition of emotions, a scintillating emotional thrust and a virtuoso... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2010, Disc of the month
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If anything, Bělohlávek sounds even more fired-up [than on his previous recordings of these works]…His natural warmth and charm characteristically enchants the central scherzo’s prismatic textural... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2019, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Orchestral
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Ashkenazy stresses the lyricism as well as the anguish of Suk's score; this is a performance of great dignity and nobility, with fine attention to detail, especially in the often complex woodwind... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2009, Editor's Choice
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