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The Romantic Piano Concerto 8 - Medtner
Dmitri Alexeev (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, The New Budapest Quartet, Alexander Lazarev
For Dmitri Alexeev the First Concerto is Medtner's masterpiece, an argument he sustains in a performance of superb eloquence and discretion.
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9
RecommendedJanice Watson (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Stuart Skelton (tenor) & Detlef Roth (bass)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra & Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Sir Charles Mackerras
A decisive interpretation, reinforced by a near-flawless and totally committed performance, and driven by an energy and vitality that conductors half the age of the venerable octogenarian Mackerras... —
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Building a Library, March 2014, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Orchestral
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Beethoven: Cantatas
RecommendedJudith Howarth, Janice Watson, Jean Rigby, John Mark Ainsley, José Van Dam
Corydon Singers & Orchestra, Matthew Best
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Of the 'chamber-like' versions of this Mass, Polyphony trumps all others for beauty of tone. At the end of the Agnus, where the sopranos don't have bulk, they gleam. In the Benedictus, too,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2007, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, December 2017, Also Recommended
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Hamelin again achieves the almost physically impossible with seeming ease. Albéniz's multiple layers are finely balanced, and apparently awkward textures come to life in a lucid acoustic with... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2005, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2005, Editor's Choice
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[CPE Bach's] blend of tradition...and audacity...all captured with unfailing insight by Mahan Esfahani - is contintually beguiling...Esfahani's playing is always considered and often brilliant.... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2014, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Baroque Instrumental
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The Romantic Violin Concerto 17 - Bruch
Jack Liebeck (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Jack Liebeck and conductor Martyn Brabbins work hard to make the music come alive. Liebeck’s playing is consistently fresh and his phrasing always imaginative —
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His playing is stunningly beautiful with some wonderful varied timbres, particularly when the music modulates to distant keys…There are brilliant moments, too, in Hamelin’s performance of the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2018, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 12th May 2018, Recording of the Week
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The Songs of Robert Schumann - Volume 5
RecommendedDichterliebe and other Heine settings
Christopher Maltman (baritone) & Graham Johnson (piano)
With this superbly executed recital Maltman leaps in a single bound into the front rank of Lieder interpreters today. Seemingly inspired by the wonderful programme, he executes it with bitingly... —
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Building a Library, June 2010, Featured
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2001, Editor's Choice
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Every bit as intellectually lucid, technically secure and focussed, as her Bach … this exhilarating clarity of thought is matched by her clean incisive sound (well caught by the recording),... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2006, Editor's Choice
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