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Zehetmair is among the most characterful of living violinists, a forceful personality whose ego is employed at the service of whatever music he happens to be playing…It's not exactly a comfortable... —
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Solo Instrumental Recital (Violin)
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Heinz Holliger: Lunea
Christian Gerhaher (Lenau), Juliane Banse (Sophie), Ivan Ludlow (Anton Schurz), Sarah Maria Sun (Marie/Karoline), Annette Schönmüller (Therese)
Philharmonia Zurich, Basler Madrigalisten, Heinz Holliger
Gerhaher is astonishing in the virtuoso principal role...traversing the gamut of language and expression from song to speech. Yet this is an ensemble piece, in which past and present lovers... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Winner - Contemporary Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Composer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - World Premiere Recording
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Silvestrov presents compositional tour de force in this intriguing programme…this musical concoction somehow casts a magical spell, drawing you into the intimacy of Silvestrov’s musical language... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Chamber Symphonies & Piano Quintet
Gidon Kremer (violin/director), Yulianna Avdeeva (piano), Mate Bekavec (clarinet)
Kremerata Baltica, Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla
Kremer's commitment is clear in this compellingly performed release of the four chamber symphonies Weinberg composed during the last decade of his life...The overriding atmosphere in all these... —
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Record Review, 11th February 2017, Recording of the Week
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a sign of real interpretive strength from the duo… Pärt’s work requires a sort of engagement through detachment at the very least; it gets that here… It’s the sisters’ mode of playing… that... —
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Officium
A hauntingly beautiful combination of medieval unaccompanied choral music and jazz saxophone.
Jan Garbarek (saxophone)
Hilliard Ensemble
no matter how one views so-called crossover...or the relative unwisdom of sticking to rigid musical boundaries, the evidence remains conclusive: ''Officium'' successfully transcends any limitations... —
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Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa
Gidon Kremer (violin), Tatjana Grindenko (violin), Alfred Schnitte (prepared piano), Keith Jarrett (piano), 12 cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Saulus Sondeskis, Dennis Russell Davis
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By tailoring his solo sonatas to fit the styles of six very different violinists Eugène Ysaÿe may have been acting as the ultimate critic, describing his subjects with musical illustrations... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2005, Finalist - Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2005, Editor's Choice
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Mansurian: Requiem, for soprano, baritone, mixed chorus and string orchestra
RecommendedAnja Petersen (soprano), Andrew Redmond (bass)
RIAS Chamber Choir Berlin, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Alexander Liebreich
Mansurian’s sound-world is notably clean: time and again he juxtaposes orchestral unisons and stark instrumental effects with plainchant, yet burnished splendour is the result. Throughout the... —
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Choral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Contemporary Classical Composition
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International Classical Music Awards, 2018, Winner - Contemporary
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