Alpha
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International Opera Awards, 2020, Nominated - Solo Recital Recording
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Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata & Piano Trio No. 2
Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello), Martin Helmchen (piano), with Antje Weithaas (violin)
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Diapason d’Or, December 2017, Nouveauté
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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... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Editor's Choice
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Debussy: La Damoiselle élue, Le martyre de Saint Sébastien & Nocturnes
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Maîtrise de Radio France, Chœur de Radio France, Mikko Franck
Fragments of Debussy’s incidental music for Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien, arranged by Caplet, are the moody centrepiece of this orchestral survey under Mikko Franck. It’s the thrillingly atmospheric... —
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Record Review, 9th April 2022, Record of the Week
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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. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2021
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Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra & Viola Concerto
Amihai Grosz (viola), Orchestre National de Lille, Alexandre Bloch
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Spunicunifait (their name taken from a nonsense word used by Mozart) perform these six quintets with flexibility and easy athleticism —
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Romaniuk puts his multi-keyboard classical and improvising skills to the test, alternating between concert grand, harpsichord, fortepiano and the once ubiquitous Fender Rhodes electric piano...A... —
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The Queen's Delight
English Songs and Country Dances of the 17th and 18th Centuries
Fiona McGown, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien (early music ensemble), Enea Sorini, Nick Scott, François Lazarevitch
There is something refreshing and inviting about this recording. The program is engrossing, moving seamlessly through a diverse slate of songs, dances, and other varia. The constantly changing... —
