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Schumann - Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
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Played with such warmth and eloquence, the arrangements chosen here often feel as if they were tailor-made for the instrument, while the sensitive programming paints a loving portrait of the... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2024, Recording of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Chamber Music
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Winner - Chamber
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Es war einmal... (Once Upon a Time...)
Fairy Tales by Robert Schumann & Jörg Widmann
Jörg Widmann (clarinet), Tabea Zimmermann (viola) & Dénes Várjon (piano)
The first movement of Widmann’s piece has fragments in Schumannesque style floating in and out of focus…It’s an altogether impressive work, and Widmann is joined in this premiere recording by... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, December 2017
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Chamber Music Recording (19th-Century Music)
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Musique de chambre
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Winner - Chamber Music
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The Very Best of Jacqueline Du Pré
Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Gerald Moore, Roy Jesson, Osian Ellis, John Williams, Pinchas Zukerman & Daniel Barenboim, Daniel Barenboim
London Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli
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Special offer. Schumann: Cello Concerto & Chamber Works
Gautier Capuçon (cello), Martha Argerich (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Bernard Haitink
Capuçon provides the best of both worlds, creating a profound sense of a lone figure lost in his thoughts during the first two movements, before suggesting an emotional rejuvenation in the finale…Bernard... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Assorted Program
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Sol Gabetta - Schumann
Sol Gabetta (cello), Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini
She makes a remarkable case for her re-viewing of the Cello Concerto, which emerges as nervous, mercurial, more brilliantly lateral in its thinking than in any other recording I can remember.... —
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Diapason d’Or, May 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2019, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year (cello)
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Special offer. Antonio Meneses plays Schumann & Schubert
Antonio Meneses (cello) & Gérard Wyss (piano)
…this recording boasts some of the most beautiful cello playing I have heard in years. The highlight for me is their brilliant account of Märchenbilder, Schumann's 'fairy tale pictures' for... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2007, Disc of the Month
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Special offer. Schumann: Viola Works
Maxim Rysanov (viola), Julian Bliss (clarinet), Dasol Kim (piano)
Rysanov’s nuanced phrasing and excellent variety of tone colour would present a challenge for some actual singers to match, and Kim’s piano playing is a special joy...It’s wonderful to find... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2024, Chamber Choice
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The overriding impression is of a watertight musical partnership, one’s attention divided equally between cellist and pianist….[Soltani] has all the qualities needed to win consistent critical... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2018, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2018
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Clara & Robert Schumann: Music for Clarinet and Piano
Julian Bliss (clarinet), James Baillieu (piano)
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