Harmonia Mundi
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Grieg & Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos
Vadym Kholodenko (piano)
The Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya
There's steely-fingered technique aplenty but the 2013 Van Cliburn Gold winner brings a heaviness, dulling Grieg's ethereal Adagio and Saint-Saëns fly-away moments. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2015, Editor's Choice
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Dvorak: Cello Concerto & 'Dumky' Trio
RecommendedJean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Isabelle Faust (violin) & Alexander Melnikov (piano)
The Prague Philharmonia, Jirí Belohlávek
The accompanying performance of the Dumky Trio is completely captivating; indeed their rendition of the four middle movements is among the finest available — More…
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Building a Library, October 2019, Recommended Recording
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Falla: Noches en los jardines de Espana
Recorded at the Barbican, January 2011
Javier Perianes (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Josep Pons
In the Nights in the Gardens of Spain...both pianist and orchestra revel in its colouristic opportunities. Perianes employs the subtlest of rubatos here, teasing us with little delays and hurry-ups... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2012, Editor's Choice
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Beethoven: Violin Concerto & Kreutzer Sonata
RecommendedIsabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (piano)
Prague Philharmonia, Jirí Belohlávek
Beethoven described his Kreutzer Sonata as being written 'in a very concertante style, more like that of a concerto', so it makes an apt companion-piece for his actual Violin Concerto. Isabelle... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2011, First Choice
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Le Violon Vagabond: Graf Mourja
Works for piano & violin by Bartok, Manuel Ponce, Tchaikovsky, Paganini, Chedrine, Kroll, de Sarasate…
Graf Mourja (violin) & Natalia Gous (piano)
Ukrainian violinist Graf Mourja follows up his fine disc of Stravinsky and Szymanowski for Harmonia Mundi with a foray into more eclectic territory. This selection brings together the wild and... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2014, Re-issue of the Month
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Mozart in Paris, 1778
RecommendedSuzanne Kaiser (flute), Anne-Katrin Brüggemann (oboe), Javier Zafra (bassoon), Erwin Wieringa (horn) & Mara Galassi (harp)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz
…Mozart created a sensation with his new symphony… and I don’t know of any recording that catches its proud swagger and sonorous richness as vividly as this new one. The outer movements have... — More…
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Building a Library, October 2022, Recommended Recording
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Bach - Harpsichord Concertos
RecommendedRichard Egarr (harpsichord), Rachel Brown (flute)
The Academy of Ancient Music, Andrew Manze
While Manze draws spirited playing from his ensemble, it's Egarr's intimately dramatic approach that really makes these discs special — More…
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Building a Library, October 2018, Also recommended
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Steger's virtuosity is, from a listener's viewpoint and indeed from his own, breathtaking, and he loses no opportunity in demonstrating it. For my taste, though, there is too much gimmickry... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2014, Editor's Choice
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À Portuguesa
Iberian Concertos & Sonatas
Orquestra Barocca Casa Casa Da Música Porto, Andreas Staier
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Beyer’s accomplished performances are greatly helped by the alert playing of the orchestral strings. Indeed, the sense of sheer enjoyment in music-making is palpable throughout this disc. — More…
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