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Berlioz: Harold en Italie
RecommendedJames Ehnes (viola), James Ehnes (violin)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Davis and his production team have worked hard to keep James Ehnes's quite ravishingly beautiful playing in focus..It sounds as if Davis sees the work as more lyrical and Romantic...than as... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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As Simon Johnson admits, presenting two hours of music based on just four notes doesn’t sound a tantalising prospect, but this double album is full of revelations… Altogether, this is a remarkable... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2022, Editor's Choice
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Glinka: Spanish Overture No. 1 'Capriccio brillante on the Jota Aragonese', etc.
BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky
This is a more comprehensive survey than that available on ASV with the Armenian Philharmonic under Loris Tjeknavorian. Both conductors include the two 'Spanish Overtures', the Valse-fantaisie... —
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There is little doubt that he was an extremely fluent composer with a strong personal identity whose cause is brilliantly served here by outstandingly committed playing from the ARC Ensemble... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2025, Chamber Choice
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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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Special offer. Bortnyansky - Sacred Concertos Volume 4
Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Valeri Polyansky
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Edvard Grieg Kor sings Grieg
Audun Iversen (baritone)
Edvard Grieg Kor, Paul Robinson, Håkon Matti Skrede
Lang’s Last Spring is a beautiful, distilled and resonant work after Grieg and is nobly sung by the Bergen-based Edvard Grieg Choir here, as is the Norwegian composer’s own choral arrangement... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2019
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Icelandic Works for the Stage - Pall Isolfsson & Jorunn Vidar
Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba
The performances of these works by Rumon Gamba and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra are authoritative and impeccable. The wind and brass sections of the orchestra seem very accomplished, satisfying... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2023
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With exemplary control of orchestral balance, clarity of texture and a capacity to draw a fabulous array of colours from the music, these performances are guaranteed to keep the listener riveted... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, Recording of the Month
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Tchaikovsky - Complete String Quartets
RecommendedGenrikh Talalyan (second viola), Mstislav Rostropovich (second cello)
The Borodin Quartet
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Building a Library, March 2019, Recommended Recording
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