Deutsche Grammophon
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Gramophone Awards, 2001, Winner - Vocal
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The overriding impression is of a watertight musical partnership, one’s attention divided equally between cellist and pianist….[Soltani] has all the qualities needed to win consistent critical... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2018, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2018
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Schumann - Frauenliebe und Leben
RecommendedAnne Sofie Von Otter (mezzo soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano)
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Building a Library, March 2016, First Choice
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Echoes of Time
RecommendedLisa Batiashvili (violin), with Hélène Grimaud (piano)
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Esa-Pekka Salonen
[the Shostakovich] receives a deeply considered interpretation, its emotional narrative vividly etched by both soloist and conductor...Batiashvili begins the Cadenza in deep contemplation but... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st February 2011
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2011, Disc of the Month
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The Clarinotts
RecommendedThe Clarinotts: Ernst Ottensamer, Daniel Ottensamer and Andreas Ottensamer (clarinets), František Jánoška (piano)
Wiener Virtuosen Streichensemble
an engaging and joyous experience...As well as the natural rapport that comes from a lifetime of music-making together, the Ottensamers are also old hands at arranging and extemporising existing... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st January 2016
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Measha Brueggergosman - Surprise
Cabaret Songs
Measha Brueggergosman (soprano), William Bolcom (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson
William Bolcom's Cabaret Songs (there are 28 of them in all) were composed for his wife Joan Morris, who recorded them with the composer at the piano in the 1970s. For Measha Brueggergosman's... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2008, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2008
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He’s an exceptionally free, agile and fluent player, and youthful impetuosity powers the first and third movements, only occasionally marred by a rather hectic vibrato. There’s a sense of real... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2020
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2020, Concerto Choice
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Dvorak: Requiem & Biblical Songs
RecommendedMaria Stader (soprano), Sieglinde Wagner (contralto), Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Kim Borg (bass), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Jörg Demus (piano)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Karel Ancerl
an inspired performance of Dvorak's Requiem, which here emerges with fiery intensity...The passionate singing of the chorus is unforgettable and the German soloists not only make fine individual... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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…half the pleasure of this disc is the contribution of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, with Sir Charles Mackerras setting the perfect pace for Così's great terzettino… Best of all, perhaps,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2006, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2006, Editor's Choice
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Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn & Symphony No. 10 (Adagio)
Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano) & Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
The musical future is thrillingly present in this searing live performance...Gerhaher and Boulez together explore and recreate that fragile warmth of nostalgia. The lithe, toned muscle of both... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, Disc of the month
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Record Review, December 2010, Critics' Disc of the Year
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