Chamber, Sextets
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Special offer. Brahms: String Sextets
RecommendedBelcea Quartet, Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)
The two works have attracted numerous fine recordings, but here a luxury cast of the Belcea Quartet, Tabea Zimmermann and Jean-Guihen Queyras bring us a really special one – full-toned, warm-hearted... — More…
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Record Review, 12th March 2022, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Chamber
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Gramophone Awards, 2022 Finalists
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Chamber Music
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Nominated - Chamber
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It's good to hear his music brilliantly performed by musicians of the Nash Ensemble...The Grand Sextet is a splendidly heroic work, with its virtuoso pianism enthusiastically delivered here... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, Chamber Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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The Nash Ensemble’s high voltage interpretation [of the Third Quartet] serves the music well, having tremendous physical impact and bringing an unusual, urgent intensity… The Nash Ensemble triumphantly... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2018, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Korngold: Violin Concerto & String Sextet
RecommendedAndrew Haveron (violin), RTÉ Concert Orchestra, John Wilson, Sinfonia of London Chamber Ensemble
There’s a telepathy between them. And they have a very clear take on a piece born of Korngold’s own intention that it be ‘more Caruso than Paganini’. It sings...I love that there’s a modesty... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd April 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2020, Editor's Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Special offer. 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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Pavans and Fantasies from the Age of Dowland
RecommendedJohn Holloway (violin, viola), Monika Baer (violin, Renate Steinmann (violin), Susanna Hefti (viola), Martin Zeller (bass violin)
Dowland himself was prepared to countenance performances with violin consort. This is the less familiar route Holloway and his colleagues have chosen, deploying four violas atop a bass violin...The... — More…
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Building a Library, October 2017, Also Recommended
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International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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Reich: Clapping Music & other works
RecommendedRecorded live, in DSD 128fs, at LSO St Luke’s, London 30th October 2015
Neil Percy
LSO Percussion Ensemble
The LSO Percussion Ensemble’s riveting recording [of Music for Pieces of Wood] has the bonus of being live. Moreover, they take it very fast indeed…and accomplish it brilliantly. I’ve found... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Phantasm here offers the same flawless playing that has earned its members consistent, well-deserved accolades. Despite the brooding nature of the music, their sound is luminous and tempos are... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2016, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Early Music
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Building a Library, October 2017, First Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2017, Winner - Musique Ancienne
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The performances exquisitely capture the shifting nuances and moods of a programme with a French bias, yet decidedly international in spirit…There is no doubt here that Stéphany’s is a highly... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2018
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Special offer. Les Vents Français: Winds & Piano
RecommendedLes Vents Français, Eric le Sage (piano)
The playing sparkles. None of these pieces will challenge the intellect, but each in turn tickles the senses. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2015, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, June 2021, Also Recommended - K452
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