Hyperion
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Fine performances, but I can’t imagine that anyone will want to listen to anything for sometime after this colossal Hammerklavier. —
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Ibragimova makes a strikingly distinctive contribution, albeit subtle and restrained…she introduces minute expressive emphases and nuances into her solo line, sustaining the hypnotic motoric... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd October 2015
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2015, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2015
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Building a Library, November 2023, Also recommended - BWV1041
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MacMillan: Symphony No. 4 & Viola Concerto
Lawrence Power (viola), BBC Philharmonic, Martyn Brabbins
MacMillan’s Fourth is notable for its curious use of colour and texture…In some ways, the Viola concerto is similar in character and style to the Fourth Symphony and the pairing works well here.... —
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All three works have individuality and substance; and it’s hard to imagine they can ever have been much better played. There are just a few moments – for instance the chords of the piano’s... —
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Their attention to detail produces constantly arresting textures and the recorded balance allows the all-important viola lines full prominence…Their performance of Dvořák’s last string quartet…is... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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York Bowen could have no more ardent or pianistically adroit advocate —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Shelley plays this music with consummate artistry, making light of its technical difficulties and investing it with all the Romantic charm and ardour it needs. It's captured in excellent quality... —
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Schumann - Dichterliebe & other Heine settings
RecommendedGerald Finley (baritone) & Julius Drake (piano)
Isserlis's mobile, feeling but never gushing legato lines… Hough's winged, crystalline partnership. —
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Building a Library, June 2010, Featured
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2008, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Solo Vocal
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The three works here demonstrate that Pixi’s neglect is somewhat unfair. [The Leonores] give an infectious account of the opening movement of the First Trio, which is infectious stuff…The Third... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, December 2017
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These singers are always nicely in tune and effectively blended, especially in the slower movements of the Mass where they strongly project the chordal colouring in the ‘Qui tollis’ and perfectly... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2020, Editor's Choice
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