Deutsche Grammophon
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Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 and Ballades
RecommendedSeong-Jin Cho (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda
…his playing is unfailingly cultivated and his sound beautifully focused and poised.[Concerto in E minor]…Cho commands the work, and he leads the dance in the finale — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th November 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Lisa Batiashvili plays Brahms & C. Schumann
Lisa Batiashvili (violin), with Alice Sara Ott (piano)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
Even before Lisa Batiashvili makes her entrance, we can sense this will be an outstanding performance of the Brahms. Finely balanced, spacious recording, with woodwind and horns well placed,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2013, Editor's Choice
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Here, on this richly filled CD, is a positive cornucopia of musical genius.
Martha Argerich's 1961 disc remains among the most spectacular of all recorded débuts, an impression reinforced by... — More…Awards:
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Building a Library, July 2005, Mid-Price Choice
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Building A Library, July 2021, Recommended Recording
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Nutcracker Suite
RecommendedMartha Argerich (piano), Nicolas Economou (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
Tchaikovsky's First Concerto has already appeared twice on disc from Martha Argerich in complementary performances: live and helterskelter on Philips with Kondrashin (reviewed under Rachmaninov),... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2014, First Choice
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Building a Library, November 2022, Recommended Recording
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Everything about this disc draws you in. Von Otter’s words have such intention and her sound is so fresh and direct – so finely shaded, so refined, yet somehow so close to speech — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1993, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 1993, Winner - Solo vocal
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What’s fascinating is the way these two musicians create performances of such charismatic individuality without seeming to do very much – other than play magnificently, of course. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2022, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 10th December 2022, Record of the Week
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[Kleiber's] classic 1981 recording with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra has polish and fire in equal measure, displaying that characteristic Kleiber blend of intellectual rigour, passion and... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Building a Library, July 2006, Mid-Price Choice
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Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3
RecommendedGaston Litaize (organ)
Orchestre de Paris, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim
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Building a Library, February 2015, First Choice
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Mravinsky's legendary stereo London recordings now remastered, at half the price they used to be. Great performances makes this essential for every library. — More…
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Building a Library, April 2007, First Choice
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
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Building a Library, January 2017, Also Recommended
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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op. 61
RecommendedKathleen Battle, Frederica von Stade, Judi Dench, Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd November 2009
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Building a Library, June 2005, First Choice
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