Harmonia Mundi
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 & 2 Overtures
Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano), Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado
I have never heard this concerto sound so interesting and surprising. It is, of course, known as Beethoven’s most introspective. Here it fascinates anew for the sheer sounds it makes and for... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2020, Editor's Choice
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Beethoven: Complete Variations For Piano, Vol. 2
Sweelinck - Bach - Cage - Feldman - Crumb
Cédric Tiberghien (piano)
This is the rewarding second volume, weaving between Beethoven’s music and illuminating interjections by others. His playing is characterful and lively, relishing the inventive ways in which... — More…
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The song-variations at the heart of the Fantaisie put on a good show of polite drawing-room charm, but the strange tremolando introduction strays close to a very late-Schubertian emotional cliff-edge.... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2017, First Choice
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…an absolute triumph. Miraculously honed intonation and perfect ensemble is matched throughout by an innate understanding of Haydn's mercurial and immensely varied musical language. Recorded... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2010, Chamber Award Winner
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2009
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Che puro ciel
The Rise of Classical Opera
Bejun Mehta (counter-tenor)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs
Jacobs and Bejun Mehta unleash the primal energies buried in magnificent yet largely forgotten operas...Jacobs's abrupt tempo twists, the instrumentalists' boldness and the chorus's power make... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2014, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Finalist - Recital
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 / CPE Bach: Symphonies Wq 175 & 183/4
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck (Konzertmeister)
If you’re not bothered by the sometimes meagre string sound, there’s much to savour here. The outer movements have tremendous energy...I can’t remember ever hearing the Trio of the First Symphony’s... — More…
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Record Review, 11th July 2020, Record of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Some listeners may regard it as a chance to confront their prejudices against the fortepiano. Those listeners may relax: the instrument which this South African player has chosen is an unusually... — More…
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Record Review, 23rd February 2019, Disc of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Solo Music
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Tempos [in K157] are admirably judged and the interaction between each individual line sounds totally natural...The Jerusalem Quartet's approach, balancing full-blooded tone with exemplary contrapuntal... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2011, Chamber Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Chamber Award Winner
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It is hard to recall a more relentlessly driven performance of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony than this newcomer...especially in the outer movements. It is not that it sets any new land-speed records,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th September 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2020
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CPE Bach: The Keyboard Concertos Wq 43, Nos. 1-6
RecommendedAndreas Staier
Freiburger Barockorchester, Petra Müllejans
This is a hot CD, one of those releases where everything seems to have arrived together at the right time. Here is the world’s finest Baroque orchestra eagerly joining with one of the world’s... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2011, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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