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Zimmermann & Gerstein: Sonatas for Viola & Piano Vol. 1
RecommendedTabea Zimmermann (viola) & Kirill Gerstein (piano)
Tabea Zimmermann achieves these whirling arabesques effortlessly, and she and Kirill Gerstein transform the atmosphere with deft economy as Debussy’s ghost materialises in a mournful second... —
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Building a Library, October 2015, First Choice
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He’s far from the first to do so, but Roth makes the once-heretical case, through judicious observance of the score and an acute ear for sonority, that Schumann knew what he was doing… The slimmer... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2020, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2020, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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these players bring an astonishing variety of vibrato, nuance and colour. These are, indeed, distinctly Romanic readings that could have more doctrinaire authenticists tut-tutting. —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2016, Chamber Choice
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amazing keyboard dexterity … ultra-clear articulation —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Editor's Choice
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Adès: In Seven Days
Kirill Gerstein (piano), Thomas Adès (piano/conductor), Tanglewood Music Centre Orchestra
For Gerstein this music, like Beethoven and Bach’s has become part of his DNA, the difference being that with this living composer he can discuss details of performance…This recording makes... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2020
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2020, Instrumental Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Roth chooses the Fourth’s lessperformed original version. Missing in action is the famous ‘hunting horn’ Scherzo: its predecessor is less cohesive and exciting. The first movement trades the... —
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Record Review, 15th April 2023, Record of the Week
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Hindemith: Complete Viola Works Volume 1
Tabea Zimmermann (viola)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Hans Graf
Zimmermann's first volume of a complete survey immediately takes its place among the very best, not least for the warmer, woodier tone that she produces and puts to such musically penetrating... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Concerto Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2013, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2013, Editor's Choice
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you sense, right from the opening Promenade of Pictures, that Gerstein has considered everything: textures are rethought, phrasing pondered, while tempi are fluid and oft-changing...I can't... —
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Schubertiade: Julian Prégardien
Julian Prégardien (tenor & recitation), Marc Hantaï (transverse flute), Philippe Pierlot (baryton) & Xavier Diaz-Latorre (guitar)
a captivating and most artfully programmed recital in which Pregardien’s tenor is lightly suspended over a guitar’s gentle strumming —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2017, Winner - Vocal Recital
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