Concertos, Debussy (composer)
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Orchestral players will travel long distances to make music with [Wilson] and this recording shows why…It’s far from being all noise, the woodwind in particular being exquisitely agile…All the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2020, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Special offer. Jean-Efflam Bavouzet plays Ravel, Debussy & Massenet
RecommendedJean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier
[Bavouzet] turns in a performance of the Fantaisie that illuminates this uneven yet magical work like no other. As to the Ravel concertos, I have no hesitation in saying these are the greatest... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Winner - Concerto
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Orchestral Award Winner
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Debussy: Fantaisie, Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata, La Mer
RecommendedDaniel Barenboim (piano), Michael Barenboim (violin), Kian Soltani (cello), Martha Argerich (piano), Staatskapelle Berlin
Michael Barenboim and Kian Soltani are the concertmaster and principal cellist of the Barenboim-founded West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, so the stellar quality of their playing is no more a surprise... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th June 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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The sound quality throughout is amazingly good...there are several valuable additions to this great pianist’s discography. Not least among them is a superb live performance of the Emperor Concerto,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2019, Archive/Reissue of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, October 2019, Collectionneur
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Historic Recording
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Special offer. Debussy: Quatuor – Trio – Danses
RecommendedFrancette Bartholomée & Daniel Blumenthal
Quatuor Danel
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Building a Library, January 2019, Also Recommended
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Secret Love Letters
Franck - Szymanowski - Chausson - Debussy
Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Giorgi Gigashvili (piano),Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
The Poème is the most successful, benefitting from the violinist’s sweet tone and understanding of the work’s structure. — More…
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Record Review, 20th August 2022, Record of the Week
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2022, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Special offer. Debussy - Orchestral Music
RecommendedGeorge Pieterson (clarinet), Vera Badings (harp)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
If you only buy one album of Debussy orchestral music, this is a very good bet! Comprising his best-known works at an excellent price, it's a great starting-point around which to build a library... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Building a Library, November 2003, Budget Choice
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Building a Library, November 2008, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from Lugano 2016
RecommendedMartha Argerich (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Sergey Babayan (piano), Sergio Tiempo (piano), Karin Lechner (piano), Nicholas Angelich (piano)
violin
David Guerrier, horn
violino, Tedi Papavrami (violin)
piano, Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana,...
This is the last of Warner’s annual gleanings from the Lugano Festival at which Martha Argerich presides - and definitely the most exciting. She may be 76, but her playing has lost none of... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Concerto Choice
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended Recording
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Gerhardt has a honeyed, liquid tone all his own. He has created a well-contrasted programme that clearly took a long time to research and hone...This is cello playing of exquisite sophistication... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2011, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2011, Editor's Choice
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A Tribute to Ysaÿe
Yossif Ivanov, Nikita Boriso-Glebsky, Tedi Papavrami (violin), Maria Milstein, Christian Arming, Lorenzo Gatto, Brussels Philharmonic, Renaud Capuçon (violin), Quatuor Hermès, Gary Hoffman
Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, Jean-Jacques Kantorow, François-Xavier Roth, Stéphane Denève
An impressive five-disc Tribute which includes numerous works by Ysaÿe himself – most interestingly two substantial and virtually unknown concerto movements played by Jean-Jacques Kantorow –... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, February 2020, Nouveauté
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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