Hyperion
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For connoisseurs of choral music this is an essential buy. Outstanding performances of two rarely heard 20th-century masterpieces. —
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Building a Library, March 2005, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Awards, 1998, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 1998, Winner - Choral
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Steven Osborne's pedigree in French repertoire is such that it has been almost inevitable that he would record Debussy's Préludes at some point. He has much in his favour, notably a marvellous... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2006, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building a Library, March 2018, Also Recommended
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Elgar & Walton: Cello Concertos
RecommendedSteven Isserlis (cello), Philharmonia Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
This mesmerising meditation couldn't be in better hands. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th February 2016
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2016, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2016, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Vinyl Record
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There’s no point in tackling these dense, intricate works at all if you’re not a virtuoso in the profoundest sense, as Vlaeva is and Vladigerov clearly was. The Lisztian tradition is floridly... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2021, Editor's Choice
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The Mendelssohn Variations come over as truly 'sérieuses', on a par with anything by his friend Schumann, thanks to Hough's vivid characterisation and dramatic flair. And if the 'Arietta' of... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2009, Disc of the Month
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Any monotony in repeats is avoided by Gugnin’s hypersensitive touch...A well-placed collection of multifacted jewels. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Finalists, Piano
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Volkov shapes all these pieces with what seems perfect understanding of their different shades of gloom or grief, and the playing of the BBC Scottish, helped by Hyperion's first-rate recording,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2011, Orchestral Choice
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Stocked with female voices rather than boy trebles, the Trinity choir attack this repertoire with a brisk attack and mature aplomb under Stephen Layton’s sensitive direction. There is so much... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2017, Editor's Choice
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Saint-Saens: The Complete Works For Piano and Orchestra
RecommendedStephen Hough (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo
If Saint-Saëns's idiom once answered – and maybe still does – to qualities fundamental to the French musical character, it must be said straight away that Hough sounds the complete insider.... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2002, Recording of the Year and Winner (Concerto)
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Gold Disc
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2001, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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3 Vinyl Records
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 82 - Elmas: Piano Concertos
RecommendedHoward Shelley (piano), Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
It would be hard to find a more highly committed advocate a more highly committed advocate for this music than Howard Shelley for this music than Howard Shelley who masters all the considerable... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th January 2021
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