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Marginally less juicy of tone and idiosyncratic of phrasing than Rostropovich, Mørk brings a classical poise and eloquence to his phrasing and a marvellous sensitivity to detail, while Gimse... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Sehnsucht: Berg - Mahler
Live in Rotterdam
Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Raoul Steffani (baritone), Camerata RCO, Rolf Verbeek
[Mahler] I couldn’t wait to hear Hannigan in the finale, and she is superb, conveying the childlike wonder of the vocal part with such musicality and dramatic conviction that it will be hard... — More…
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14
Asmik Grigorian (soprano), Matthias Goerne (baritone), Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Mikko Franck
Goerne’s background in Lieder serves him well, but Grigorian makes the whole performance. This takes nothing away from the perfectly satisfying conducting of Mikko Franck and the excellent playing... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Symphonic
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Mozart y Mambo: La Bella Cubana
Sarah Willis (horn), Jonathan Kelly (oboe), Wenzel Fuchs (clarinet), Stefan Schweigert (bassoon), Harold Madrigal Frías (soloist)
Havana Lyceum Orchestra, The Sarahbanda, José Antonio Méndez Padrón
Willis plays Mozart’s Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat, K495, demonstrating her gift for characterful and radiant solo performance. The Havana Lyceum’s orchestral playing matches hers with their... — More…
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This new arrangement by Simone Menezes – here conducting the Philharmonia Zürich – preserves the epic scale of Vi l l a-Lobos ’s revised work, renosing it into a more practical 45-minute symphonic... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Intégrales proves an energetic opener for this survey of the city from the eminent, Paris-based Ensemble Intercontemporain, lucidly conducted by their music director, Matthias Pintscher. Likewise... — More…
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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Lesser-known French Romantic repertoire is brought to shimmering light thanks to Behr’s honeyed vocals and the luxuriant accompaniment. — More…
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff, Denissov: Cello Sonatas
Victor Julien-Laferrière (cello), Jonas Vitaud (piano)
The disc opens with a performance of Shostakovich’s Cello Sonata which, if neither the weightiest nor the most brilliant on disc, yields to no one in pure musicality. Julien-Laferrière has a... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Chamber Music
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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Het Collectief (chamber ensemble), Yves Saelens, Lucile Richardot (mezzo-soprano), Reinbert de Leeuw
It’s hard to believe that only fifteen instruments are involved in the more dramatic passages, though the reduced forces also allow the lighter-than-usual voices of the two soloists (both excellent)... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2020
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