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Dvořák - Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81
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Dvorak: Quintets Op. 81 & 97
RecommendedBoris Giltburg (piano), Pavel Nikl (viola)
Pavel Haas Quartet
Throughout the slow movement, the playing of the solo lines is captivating…The Haas Quartet with Boris Giltburg provide both relaxation and a strong sense of purposeful energy…Excellently recorded,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2017, Recording of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th October 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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Building a Library, April 2018, Recommended Recording
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Winner - Chamber
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Building A Library, February 2026, Top Choice (Op. 97)
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Their performance of Dvořák’s magical Second Piano Quintet is magnificent. The verve and sheer beauty of the string playing is immediately apparent in the glorious cello solo at the opening,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2025, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2025, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Dvorak: Violin Concerto & Piano Quintet
Sarah Chang (violin), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Alexander Kerr (violin), Wolfram Christ (viola), Georg Faust (cello)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
What an excellent idea for the brilliant young violinist Sarah Chang to couple her warm and powerful reading of the Dvorák Violin Concerto not with another concerto but with one of Dvorák's... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2003, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, April 2018, Also recommended
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highly assured performances of these two marvellous chamber works...this warmly recorded performance is most compelling when Schumann explores the extrovert side of his musical personality...While... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2012, Editor's Choice
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Dvorák: Love Songs, Op. 83, Cypresses & Piano Quintet
Adriana Kucerova (soprano) & Christoph Eschenbach (piano), Christoph Eschenbach (piano)
Thymos Quartet
The playing in the quartet arrangements and the Quintet is very fine, but not everyone will respond to an interpretation which, in search of an expressive edge, often adopts abrupt changes of... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2012, Editor's Choice
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The Schubert Ensemble are not only adept at delivering the melodic side without an ounce of sentimentality, they show a strong appreciation of the inherent drama that energies these works, particularly... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2012, Chamber Choice
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Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 & Dvorák: Piano Quintet No. 2
RecommendedJascha Heifetz (violin), Sanford Schonbach (viola), Gregor Piatigorsky (cello), Jacob Lateiner (piano), Israel Baker (violin), Joseph de Pasquale (viola)
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Building a Library, April 2018, Also recommended
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Verbier Festival: 25 Years of Excellence
Malena Ernman (mezzo), Yuja Wang (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Daniil Trifonov (piano), Ilya Gringolts (violin), Truls Mørk (cello), Evgeny Kissin (piano), Vadim Repin (violin I), Laurent Korcia (violin II), Yuri Bashmet (viola), Alexander Kniazev (cello), Bryn Terfel...
Every performance is a gem: the line-up could scarcely be starrier, but what makes it special is the fact that everything is more than the sum of its considerable parts. Highlights include a... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2018
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