Chamber, Duos, Violin & Piano Duos, Schnittke (composer)
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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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Fantasie: Seven Composers, Seven Keyboards
RecommendedAlexander Melnikov (harpsichord/fortepiano/tangent piano/piano)
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th April 2023
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2023, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Over 20 years after his death, Schnittke’s musical games are as potent and jolting as they ever were, and Hope and Botvinov take up their challenges with wonderful verve and conviction. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Chamber Music
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[In the Cello Sonata] Elschenbroich and Limonov plot a daringly extreme course, their first movement more tautly conceived, the central scherzo a positive whirlwind. The finale goes to the other... —
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Il Cannone - Francesca Dego plays Paganini's violin
Francesca Dego (violin), Francesca Leonardi (piano)
Dego has an expressive touch, skittering over the strings, yet finding plenty of attack in Szymanowski’s Trois Caprices. Corigliano’s Red Violin Caprices are at times spellbinding, descending... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2021
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Through the Lens of Time
Francisco Fullana (violin), David Fung (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Carlos Izcaray
By turns terse and explosive, Fullana’s compelling performance counters any criticisms that his playing sometimes lacks weight and muscularity. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2018
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Soviet Chamber Music
David Geringas (cello), Tatjana Schatz, Edgar Krapp, Markus Stekeler, William Zien, Bernd Osten, Werner Hagen, Walter Hilgers
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