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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Recommended& other works for two pianos four hands
Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
The two-piano transcription is arguably as exhilarating as the full orchestration [of The Rite], and Andsnes and Hamelin offer a reading that is in turns thrilling, unsettling and beautiful…... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2018, Record of the Month
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Record Review, 10th February 2018, Recording of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Finalist - Instrumental
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2018
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Instrumental
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it's a superlative performance [of Alborada del gracioso] by any standards, including repeated notes that turn me green with envy. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd September 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012, Editor's Choice
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Childhood memories are summoned, plus people and places…Indeed, there’s so much playfulness and charm here that the listener might well pant for some extra ballast from meatier things. It comes... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2018
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2018, Nouveauté
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You can easily imagine the audience’s indulgent end-ofrecital smiles over Das Butterbrot (Litolff possibly, probably not Mozart). — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2023, Editor's Choice
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Stravinsky - The Fairy’s Kiss & Scènes de ballet
RecommendedBBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov
What a joy...to hear a conductor with the right instinct for tempo co-ordination and continuity...If only there were more truly sympathetic conductors out there such as Volkov to observe Stravinsky's... — More…
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Building a Library, July 2010, First Choice
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Constant Lambert: Piano Concerto
Jonathan Plowright (piano)
English Northern Philharmonia, David Lloyd-Jones
A sparkling centenary showcase for the youthful genius of Constant Lambert. Jonathan Plowright cuts a dash with his scintillating technique, opalescent tone and beguiling range of colour, and... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2005, Editor's Choice
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the E flat Sonata opens with arresting gestures designed to let the performers show off, which Tanja Becker-Bender and Peter Nagy seize with relish. They give generally spacious readings of... — More…
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[Gerhardt] matches [Rostropovich] note-for-note, with a degree of eye-watering finesse that would have surely made his hero smile. The same can be said for the mercurial moto perpetuo of Christian... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2017, Editor's Choice
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Milhaud was an inveterate traveller who absorbed influences from many national styles.
The music here exudes infectious dance impulses, languid geniality, knockabout humour and joie de vivre.... — More…Downloads
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This excellent Hyperion issue brings together a wide-ranging group of Walton's chamber works, from his earliest major work, the Piano Quartet, originally written when he was 16, to his last... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2002, Editor's Choice
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