Chamber, Duos, Violin & Piano Duos, Prokofiev (composer)
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Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas & Five Melodies
RecommendedAlina Ibragimova (violin), Steven Osborne (piano)
From the austere opening bars...it's clear that this violin-and-piano duo is capable of the subtlest interplay. Steven Osborne is the lion, or the demon, that needs taming by Alina Ibragimova's... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th July 2014
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2014, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Prokofiev
Nemanja Radulović (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Laure Favre-Kahn (piano), Johan Dalene (violin)
There’s a daredevil freshness about Nemanja Radulović’s playing that makes this generously filled disc of Prokofiev particularly rewarding...The concerto receives a subtle, supportive reading... —
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Prokofiev: Complete Works for Violin
RecommendedJames Ehnes (violin), with Amy Schwartz Moretti (violin), with Andrew Armstrong (piano)
BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda
I have not heard such a beautiful performance of the First Violin Concerto since Itzhak Perlman's 1982 EMI recording, and Ehnes enjoys the advantage of a more natural balance with the orchestra...Ehnes... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2013, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, January 2023, Recommended Recording - Violin Concerto No. 2
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a sign of real interpretive strength from the duo… Pärt’s work requires a sort of engagement through detachment at the very least; it gets that here… It’s the sisters’ mode of playing… that... —
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Special offer. Mendelssohn, Brahms, Dvořák & Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Collection
Joseph Swensen (violin & conductor)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
There’s an impressive level of excellence throughout, though Swensen is adaptable to moods between and within concertos…I love his natural way with slow movements, especially Mendelssohn’s and... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, Orchestral Choice
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Special offer. Russian Cello Sonatas
RecommendedTruls Mørk (cello) & Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Lars Vogt (piano)
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Building a Library, April 2017, First Choice
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As album titles go, Reflection is pretty bland. But there is nothing timid about the playing of that feisty violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen and her excellent piano partner Huw Watkins. The music... —
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Sergei Prokofiev: Two Violin Sonatas; Five Melodies
Bruno Monteiro (violin), Joao Paulo Santos (piano)
Monteiro is a master of the bow. Needless to say, he’s also a master of left-hand fingering technique, which enables him to navigate the double-stopping and virtuosic passages with ease. In... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nomination
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