Chamber, Duos, Violin & Piano Duos, Pärt (composer)
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J.S. Bach & Pärt: Works for Violin & Chamber Orchestra
Arabella Steinbacher (violin), Christoph Koncz (violin), Peter von Wienhardt (piano)
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Steinbacher weaves in and out of Bach’s contrapuntal textures, occasionally reducing her tone to a radiant pianissimo to allow the orchestral lines through...[In Fratres] she demonstrates the... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Concerto Choice
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Capuçon throws down the gauntlet with a searingly intense performance of Tabula rasa (1977). The playing is impeccably controlled yet fiercely expressive…Throughout the album, Capuçon reveals... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, Concerto Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Winner - Concerto
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Underpinning lovely playing, it’s the performers’ sensitivity to Part’s mathematically-inspired structures that lends real eloquence to his soundworld. The sense of proportion in tempo, phrase... — More…
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Orchestral
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Silence
Christoph Sietzen (marimba), Clemens Hagen (violoncello), Academy of Ancient Music, Bogdan Bacanu (marimba)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Assorted Program
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Arvo Pärt - Alina
RecommendedVladimir Spivakov (violin), Sergei Berzodny (piano), Alexander Malter (piano), Dietmar Schwalke (cello)
Vladimir Spivakov, particularly, is breathtaking in his two performances of Spiegel im Spiegel, his control of tone and carefully considered use of vibrato adding greatly to the poignancy of... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th February 2008
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Dalene and Hadland make an excellent duo – equal partners who bounce ideas off one another with oodles of vitality. — More…
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Special offer. The Best Of Arvo Pärt
Tasmin Little & Martin Roscoe
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra/Paavo Järvi, Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Richard Studt, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury, Vasari Singers/Jeremy Backhouse
An admirable and enterprising collection. In the two works for violin and piano, Tasmin Little holds the listener's attention by the intensity of her commitment and the powerful projection of... — More…
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Nicola Benedetti - Fantasie
Nicola Benedetti (violin), Alexei Grynyuk (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko, Andrew Litton, Daniel Harding
The Lark Ascending is beautifully played, with pure, unforced tone, and in the unmeasured passages Benedetti imaginatively suggests the bird's unfettered, unpredictable flight. By contrast,... — More…
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Arvo Pärt: Stabat Mater & Other Works
Morphing Chamber Orchestra, Aleksandra Kurzak, Andreas Scholl, Roberto Alagna
Whether in the simple lyricism of Vater Unser or the more angular Es sang vor langen Jahren, Scholl commands attention. Most remarkable are the quirky plodding of My Heart ’s in the Highlands... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year (Scholl)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Special offer. Arvo Pärt: Für Anna Maria & Complete Piano Music
Jeroen van Veen (piano), Sandra van Veen (piano) & Douw Fonda (cello)
Jeroen van Veen’s recording can stand alongside the best from any source, and this set is worthy of high praise in every regard. — More…
