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Special offer. Boccherini: Cello Concerto, Quintettes & Sextet
Marco Ceccato (cello), Manuel Granatiero (flute), Francesco Romano (guitar)
Accademia Ottoboni
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2015, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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Special offer. Beethoven - Complete Symphonies
RecommendedAnna-Kristina Kaappola (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo), Markus Schäfer (tenor), Thomas E. Bauer (baritone)
Anima Eterna, Jos van Immerseel
Indeed, from the first bristling chords, Anima Eterna's playing held me on the edge of my seat. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th April 2008
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2008, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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They play with extraordinary strenuousness, very unlike the Alban Berg Quartet with whom they studied. The Belceas re-enact the creative torments of the composer to a degree where you feel their... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th November 2012
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Building a Library, October 2013, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Chamber
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Special offer. Schubert: Winterreise D911
RecommendedThomas Bauer (baritone) & Jos van Immerseel (pianoforte Walter)
This is a performance tingling with nervous energy, with Bauer's baritone a strong and heroic persona throughout its considerable range.. Bauer's quick vibrato, and the taut tension in every... —
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Building A Library, December 2023, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Parole e Querele d’Amore: Madrigali a due voci
Music by Monteverdi, Sances, Strozzi, Rognoni, Valentini, Carissimi
Agnès Mellon (soprano), Dominique Visse (countertenor), Eric Bellocq (theorbo), Marianne Muller (viol da gamba), Marco Horvat (lirone), Brice Sailly (harpsichord/organ)
Mellon and Visse here make a thrilling duo: her silky soprano the perfect complement to his plangent countertenor...producing performances that combine playfulness, passion, youthful spirit... —
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…This is altogether a beautiful recital by a master-pianist and while there's no shortage of fine recordings of these famous pieces, there has been none in my experience to equal Lubimov on... —
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Building A Library, October 2023, Period Instrument Choice - D935
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Special offer. Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6
transcribed for solo piano by Franz Liszt
Yury Martynov (Erard piano)
Listening to these stunning accounts by the Russian pianist Yury Martynov, it's difficult to believe at times that only two hands are playing...Martynov never fails to play with admirable warmth... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, Instrumental Choice
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Beyer's playing identifies the variety in national styles admirably. —
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The Shostakovich… is totally engrossing. …the Atriums sustain intensity throughout the epic structures of the first and third movements while managing to hold back sufficiently to make the... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th September 2008
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2008, Editor's Choice
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The chief characteristic of the Belcea Quartet's playing is, I would say, intensity...This is a major achievement, and though they will no doubt record these works again, it will always stand... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2013, Disc of the Month
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