Chamber, Rachmaninoff (composer)
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Trust Steven Osborne to cast candlelight on the distant voices and supernatural happenings others often miss in Rachmaninov. —
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Record Review, 14th May 2022, Record of the Week
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2022
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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... —
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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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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,... —
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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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We’ve been treated to an original and exhilarating new reading of this wonderful repertoire – a kind of keyboard Regietheater – and even those who aren’t ultimately convinced will agree that... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2024, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Special offer. Four Hands
RecommendedAlexandre Tharaud (piano), Bruce Liu (piano), David Fray (piano), Beatrice Rana (piano), Nicholas Angelich (piano), Alexander Melnikov (piano), Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Gautier Capuçon (piano), Juliette (piano), Michel Dalberto (piano), Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Momo Kodama (piano), Mariam Batsashvili...
One of Tharaud’s aims is to reveal repertoire which has been largely lost, and in this respect he is resoundingly successful...Everything here has charm, and radiates what should always be the... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th May 2024
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2024, Instrumental Choice
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Special offer. Tharaud plays Rachmaninov
RecommendedAlexandre Tharaud (piano), Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Aleksandar Madžar (piano) & Alexander Melnikov (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Vedernikov
After the famous introductory bars – following the score rather than the composer’s recording – the sweeping first subject enters faster, thankfully, than Richter’s celebrated account but with... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Concerto
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[Gerhardt] matches [Rostropovich] note-for-note, with a degree of eye-watering finesse that would have surely made his hero smile. The same can be said for the mercurial moto perpetuo of Christian... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2017, Editor's Choice
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Schwartz’s warm, silky playing matches Fedorova’s rounded piano touch. The top of the bass range lacks the penetrating quality of its smaller relatives, but Schwartz compensates with gravitas... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2021
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Études-Tableaux, Op. 33
Boris Giltburg (piano)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Carlos Miguel Prieto
Giltburg paces the concerto’s solo opening crescendo beautifully…In terms of sheer pianism, the ensuing saga is frequently breathtaking. It’s not only the fleetness of the fingerwork, utter... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2017, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Solo Recording - piano (20th/21st-century music)
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Arensky: Piano Trios
Leonore Piano Trio: Tim Horton (piano), Benjamin Nabarro (violin) & Gemma Rosefield (cello)
here is music for all those who weary of grappling with the complexities of contemporary works to rejoice in an all-Russian fountain of melodic charm...The Leonores play with truly glorious... —
