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Dear Mademoiselle - A Tribute to Nadia Boulanger
Nathanaël Gouin (piano), Astrig Siranossian (cello), Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Astrig Siranossian and Nathanaël Gouin begin their tribute to Boulanger with a thrillingly passionate performance of Piazzolla’s Le Grand Tango...The prize here, in many respects, is Elliott... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Chamber Music
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With consistently alert, finely nuanced playing from the period forces (including superb wind principals), this latest addition to Antonini’s Haydn odyssey is self-recommending. —
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Coming soon. Heavenly Lights
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Olli Mustonen (piano)
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lean-toned, fiery, ever responsive to Mendelssohn’s distinctive brand of restlessness and agitation, yet never short-changing the pools of mystery and tenderness in, say, the outer movements... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Throughout the album, her care for words is exemplary. An additional pleasure is a handful of orchestral pieces, none more charming than the Menuet from Rameau's Acanthe et Céphise. —
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Plainly this is an absolute must for anybody at all interested in music of the years around 1400. —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2021, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d'Or, September 2021, Nouveauté
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Early Music
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Regamey: Quintet & Schoenberg: String Trio
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Ilya Gringolts (violin), Lawrence Power (viola), Reto Bieri (clarinet), Bram van Sambeek (bassoon), Alexander Lonquich (piano)
The Schoenberg is tortured and dramatic, yet cohesive and purposeful – while the virtuosic Regamey has a gripping, rhythmic drive. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Strauss: Four Last Songs
Asmik Grigorian (soprano), Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Mikko Franck, Markus Hinterhauser (piano)
However much time Hinterhäuser gives her, Grigorian finds plenty to say and there is an individual personality at work that is missed with orchestra. The piano version is not recorded often,... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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