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Schubert: String Quintet, Quartettsatz
Brodsky Quartet (string quartet), Laura van der Heijden (cello)
In this exceptional interpretation of Schubert’s C major Quintet, there are plenty of moments where the players individually or collectively make something happen – a tiny inflection in the... —
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Record Review, 1st October 2022
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Airat Ichmouratov: Piano Concerto, Viola Concerto No. 1
Jean-Philippe Sylvestre (piano), Elvira Misbakhova (viola), London Symphony Orchestra, Airat Ichmouratov
The soundworld of both works is tonal, with Rachmaninov-style moodiness evoked in the opening bars of the Piano Concerto...While the textures of the piano concerto create a rich tapestry, those... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2023, Concerto Choice
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Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony
RecommendedHoward Shelley (piano), Valérie Hartmann-Claverie (ondes-martenot)
BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier
a number of excellent accounts exist. For me, the balance tips in favour of Tortelier and the BBC Philharmonic for the light-hearted abandon that they bring to movements 5 and 10. —
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Building a Library, May 2002, First Choice
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Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedLydia Mordkovitch (violin)
Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
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Gramophone Awards, 1990, Winner - Concerto
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On Christmas Night
RecommendedCarols from St John’s College, Cambridge
John Challenger (organ)
The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha
The collective vocal heft of the ensemble's young choral scholars remains a potent weapon under Andrew Nethsinga's direction. He's a man of musical refinement, however, one ready and able to... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th December 2011
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These are two symphonies that show off the Polish composer at the height of her orchestral powers: in the early 1950s, when her writing was resolutely abstract, sombre at heart, serious in purpose... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Jennifer Pike plays French Violin Sonatas
RecommendedJennifer Pike (violin) & Martin Roscoe (piano)
Pike finds much to relish in [the three sonatas], not only in her beautiful singing tone, but also in moments of hushed mystery, all captured in an admirably clear recording that slightly over-favours... —
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Building a Library, June 2018, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Rachmaninoff: Aleko
RecommendedSergey Murzaev (Aleko), Evgeny Akimov (Young Gypsy), Gennady Bezzubenkov (Old Man), Svetla Vassileva (Zemfira)
BBC Philharmonic & Coro del Teatro Regio di Torino, Gianandrea Noseda
Gennady Bezzubenkov declaims powerfully as the Old Gypsy, and Evgeny Akimov is elegant in his short cavatina. The chorus, from Turin's Teatro Regio, supplies suitably languid tone. —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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