Avie
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Pienaar displays his collections thematically, connecting dances and variations, imitative and evocative works that suggest battles and birdsong, that paint portraits, tell stories and write... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2020, Editor's Choice
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György Kurtág: Kafka Fragments, Op. 24
RecommendedCurtis Macomber (violin), Susan Narucki (soprano)
[Narucki is] the latest in a line of distinguished singers taking on the challenge of these coiled little outbursts.The average length of these sections is just over a minute, and one of the... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2025, Choral Choice
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Grammy Awards, 68th Awards (2026), Nominated - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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The Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto 1690-1740
Volume One: The Dawn of the Virtuoso
Mhairi Lawson (soprano)
La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler (violin and director)
These mostly unfamiliar pieces make highly enjoyable listening, especially when played with the natural exuberance that La Serenissima bring to them. Legrenzi's dances are catchy, Navara's... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2006, Editor's Choice
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His avowed aim in playing Mozart is to avoid the elegance and gracefulness of traditional performance-practice, and to bring out instead the music's nervous energy. —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2011, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, February 2025, Recommended Recording (Piano Sonata No. 15)
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Evident in its graceful dance of separation and re-joining, care in a profound sense feels apropos the entire album, smartly performed by various combinations of the Cleveland Soloists and titled... —
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...the Prelude’s [Sixth Suite] opening unison ‘Cs’ certainly pack a punch and Schiffer excels in conveying the French-ouverture-style lacquered spikiness of the first section… Elsewhere across... —
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Passing By: Songs by Jake Heggie
Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Zheng Cao (mezzo-soprano), Frederica von Stade (soprano), Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) & Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Paul Groves (tenor), Keith Phares (baritone), Dawn Harms (violin), Carlamaria Rodrigues (viola), Emil Miland (cello) & Jake Heggie (piano),...
...the composer's own fluent piano-playing, an expert string group and a good if sometimes over-glossy recording provide support for some world-class singers...who are clearly revelling in the... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2010, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2010, Editor's Choice
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Anna Clyne: Mythologies
RecommendedIrene Buckley, Jennifer Koh (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, Sakari Oramo, Andrew Litton, André de Ridder
Wildly exuberant, [Masquerade] suited its celebratory purpose to a T – and its live recording does likewise in opening this album of showstopping orchestral works...the album title Mythologies... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3
Simon Trpčeski (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Simon Trpceski and Vasily Petrenko present a completely integrated conception of each work...[they] know exactly when to push the musical argument forward and where it requires a bit more poise... —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2010, Winner - Concerto
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If you think of Korngold, you’ll be in the right area: lush harmonies, soaring melodies and an expert compositional technique. The Briggs Trio responds to the style with enormous affection,... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2018, Editor's Choice
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