Warner Classics
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Prokofiev - Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3
RecommendedEvgeny Kissin (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
When…Evgeny Kissin recorded his first Prokofiev concertos, he shied away from the insane challenges of the Second. Here… he surmounts these very much on his own terms… revealing the strong... —
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Grammy Awards, 51st Awards (2008), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Vital and colourful recordings from the 1980s, when Simon Rattle was at the height of his powers with the CBSO. —
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Building a Library, November 2014, Recommendation available on double CD set
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[Philippe Hersant’s Dreamtime supplies] some of the most instantly beguiling and exciting bars of music I’ve heard open a disc in some time. —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2021, Editor's Choice
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Motherland
Works by Dvořák, Bartók, Shor, Walton
David Aaron Carpenter (viola), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazushi Ono, Vladimir Jurowski and David Parry
Carpenter is very much a Primrose man, which is just as well considering the heroic projection required for the Dvořák. Even with the cello original ringing in one’s ears, such is the charismatic... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2018
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Villa-Lobos - Instrumental and Orchestral Works
Cristina Ortiz, John Harle & Angel Romero
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Neville Marriner & Jésus López-Cobos
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Choir of Kings College Cambridge
RecommendedChoir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Philip Ledger
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Building a Library, December 2004, First Choice
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut
RecommendedMaria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Giulio Fioraventi, Dino Formachini
La Scala Milan Chorus & Orchestra, Tullio Serafin
This performance is unique, with Act 4 for once a culmination in Callas's supreme account of the death scene. She may present a rather formidable portrait of a young girl in Act 1, but here... —
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Building a Library, April 2006, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2002, Disc of the Month
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Janáček: The Diary of One Who Disappeared, etc.
Ian Bostridge (tenor), Ruby Philogene (mezzo soprano), Thomas Adès (piano)
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2002, Editor's Choice
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