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Schumann - Piano Works & Chamber Music VII
Fur die Jugend…
Eric Le Sage, Frank Braley & Denis Pascal (pianos)
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The Elias Quartet, whose penetration of Beethoven’s works is second to none, take Schumann’s anxiety fully into account, without in any way trying to make these later works comparable. A pity... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2018, Editor's Choice
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If ever there were a piano sonata with a symphony lurking inside, it is the Brahms F minor. To Goerner’s immense credit, he doesn’t detonate the instrument in an effort to accommodate the occasionally... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Editor's Choice
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Messiaen comes at the center of the program, and what a tender, clear-headed, and ultimately rapturous performance this is, most sensitively colored by the pianist. For me, the biggest surprise... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Dance With Me
RecommendedLUDWIG Orchestra, Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Lucienne Rénaudin-Vary (trumpet), Berlage Saxophone Quartet
The tautness of the Ludwig Orchestra’s playing – augmented in four dances by the Berlage Saxophone Quartet – echoes that of the best bands of the big band era, and the arrangements are not only... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th March 2022
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Mozart: Requiem - Paisiello: Messe pour le sacre de Napoléon
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Chantal Santon Jeffery (soprano), Éléonore Pancrazi (mezzo), Mathias Vidal (tenor), Thomas Dolié (baritone), Le Concert de la Loge, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Julien Chauvin
Le Concert de la Loge treat it all with power and premiere energy, the Dies Irae driven along, never allowed to touch the ground, the ‘Rex Tremendae’ attentively articulated by orchestra and... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Choral
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The WDR Symphony Orchestra’s Chamber Players find the heart in this music, and I find their readings very moving. Add to that a beautiful recording from Alpha, and you have a winner. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2021
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Rossini: Figaro? Sì!
Florian Sempey (baritone), Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Marc Minkowski
The appealingly voiced Sempey has sung Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia in major opera houses throughout Europe and beyond, and his immersion in the role is abundantly clear in the witty, wellcharacterised... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music
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If, like me, you’re a fan of Naouri’s handsome, imposing portraits of operatic villains, the soft-focus delights of this beautifully intimate recital of French song might take you a little by... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2020
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This is genuinely revelatory stuff. Nigl is passionate about bucking the trend for performing Lieder in large venues, with modern concert-grands and quasi-operatic delivery, and for long stretches... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2023
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