Chamber, Sonatas, Bartók (composer)
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The finest performance here, by far, is of the Bartók sonata, one of the most demanding of his modernist works. The spontaneity which the performers speak about in their ‘conversation’ materialises... —
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Record Review, 28th January 2023, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2023, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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[The playing] can affectionately embrace the whimsical to the manner born, but equally bristles with spellbinding virtuosity, compelling insight and crests a lifeforce carrying all before it. —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, Recording of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Chamber Music
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Chamber
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RecommendedMusic for Violin & Piano by Bartók, Poulenc & Ravel
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Polina Leschenko (piano)
Playing of such consummate ease combined with involvement and attention to detail...Simply, this is one of the finest, most musically sensitive recordings to have come my way for some time,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2018, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th February 2018
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2018, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2018
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Chamber
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Béla Bartók: Sonatas Nos 1 & 2 For Violin & Piano; Karol Szymanowski: Mythes
RecommendedFrank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Dmytro Choni (piano)
In addition to his absolute technical mastery of these challenging scores, there's a purity to his performances of Bartók's music that comes, I think, from his ability to eschew extremes without... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2026, Winner - Solo Instrumental Recording
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Pietsch truly takes ownership of Bartók’s Solo Sonata. Her interpretation is prompted by the idea of his ‘explosive seriousness’, a notion that fans the flames of her performance…always spinning... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Solo Music
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Park is adept at guiding us through the complex solo line with lucidity, contouring phrases and providing a wide dynamic and timbral range to enthral. —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2025, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2025, Editor's Choice
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Penderecki: Metamorphosen, Konzert für Violine und Orchester Nr. 2, etc.
RecommendedAnne-Sophie Mutter & Lambert Orkis
London Symphony Orchestra
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Grammy Awards, 41st Awards (1998), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Grammy Awards, 41st Awards (1998), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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As a duo they're breathtaking, with Tetzlaff soaring sweetly over Bartok's gritty piano part in the Sonata No. 1, with his soft-grained sound and almost breathy phrasing bringing a vocal quality... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2004, Editor's Choice
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The reason you should care about this album isn’t because it’s got a great back story but because this is wonderful playing, supremely polished in technical terms and exuding maturity...In short,... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Enescu, Bartók & Szymanowski.: Works for Violin & Piano
Ida Haendel (violin), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
