Hyperion
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R. Strauss: Don Quixote & Till Eulenspiegel
with Alban Gerhardt (cello) & Lawrence Power (viola)
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Markus Stenz
Stenz gets the proportions exactly right. He plunges us into the delirium of the melancholy hero's addled brain with a clarity pointing forward to Schoenberg's First Chamber Symphony...Adventurous... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2013, Disc of the month
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Donald Swann: Songs
Christopher Glynn (piano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Kathryn Rudge (mezzo), John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
this is a continually fascinating and diverse selection...The real star of the show is Christopher Glynn, for whom the project has evidently been a labour of love. The detail and colour of his... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2017
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The performers manage to give these ‘dark meanderings’ some shape and purpose with contrasts of mood…vigorous interplay between the voices…and some surprising musica ficta harmonies…They are... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, December 2017
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One of the most breathtaking feats of virtuosity ever accomplished by any pianist, let alone with such poetry and beauty. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Winner - Instrumental
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Bloch/Bruch: Schelomo, Kol Nidrei & other works
Natalie Clein (cello)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov
As one might expect, Clein delivers a powerfully committed performance, but also manages to avoid over-indulgence, negotiating the peaks and troughs of the music's volatile emotional language... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2012, Editor's Choice
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Just occasionally one wonders whether the distinctive timbre and vibrato of Takacs leader Edward Dusinberre sounds too far apart from the other three players for ideal blend. But structure and... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th November 2011
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Erik Chisholm: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Danny Driver (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rory Macdonald
Chisholm was himself a formidable pianist, and both Concertos teem with the kind of brilliant bravura keyboard writing that is meat and drink to Driver. The orchestration is colourfully, but... —
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Hough stresses the Classical outlook of Chopin's Romanticism, even in a programme encompassing some of his most harmonically advanced music. The opening Barcarolle has rare clarity, and the... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th April 2010
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The Pacifica Quartet have more chance to show their mettle in the less extravagant Second String Quartet…both pieces are excellent examples of how far a composer can go on intuition, energy... —
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One senses how sensitive he is to Chopin's variety, in a corpus of music not generally recognised as being so various...He can charm and beguile, and be bold in his contrasts, but he gets on... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Finalist - Instrumental
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2011, Instrumental Choice
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