Harmonia Mundi
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Mariusz Kwiecien: Slavic Heroes
RecommendedMariusz Kwiecien (baritone)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz
[His signature roles] suggest a certain dashing Italianate quality that's refelcted in his voice: lighter, less rich and chocolatey than some Slavic rivals, for example Dmitri Hvorostovsky.... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th January 2012
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Opera, February 2012, Recording of the Month
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Schumann: Cello Concerto & Piano Concerto
RecommendedChristophe Coin (cello), Andreas Staier (piano)
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Philippe Herreweghe
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Building a Library, June 2010, First Choice
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Building a Library, April 2019, Also Recommended
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His mature affinity for Scriabin comes through in the way he contours phrases, sentences and paragraphs, and in his sensitive layering of complex textures…Where Kholodenko is least persuasive... — More…
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Piano
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2018, Nouveauté
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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Ballades Op. 10
RecommendedPaul Lewis (piano)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding
[Lewis and Harding] encapsulate the contrasting moods of defiance and lyricism without indulging in unwarranted touches of rubato or having to negotiate awkward gear changes…Lewis brings all... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th April 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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The Schumann Trilogy. Complete Concertos & Piano Trios
Isabelle Faust (violin), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano), Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado
3 CDs + Blu-Ray Video
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Playing [the Rachmaninov] on a modern Steinway, Melnikov’s masterful fluency in the tumultuous piano writing is beautifully balanced in relation to the cello part; and Queyras’s delivery of... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Hasselhorn’s ductile baritone, with its dark middle register and free-ringing top, is a fine, wholesome instrument; and he uses it with imagination and an unexaggerated relish for the German... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2020
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He brings a thoughtfulness to the dramatic opening of the B flat minor Second Sonata and palpably enjoys the lyricism of the second theme. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Tragic Overture
Alexander Melnikov (piano), Sinfonieorchester Basel, Ivor Bolton
The final track is an unexpected joy: the overture to Éliza by Cherubini, a composer Brahms greatly admired. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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D’Oustrac’s artistry is compelling throughout but the Wagner owes something of its impact to the fact that her voice is at its freshest…[her] smoky tone, careful dynamic shading and wonderful... — More…
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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