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Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring
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Ballet
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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Recommended& other works for two pianos four hands
Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
The two-piano transcription is arguably as exhilarating as the full orchestration [of The Rite], and Andsnes and Hamelin offer a reading that is in turns thrilling, unsettling and beautiful…... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2018, Record of the Month
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Record Review, 10th February 2018, Recording of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Finalist - Instrumental
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2018
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Instrumental
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[Firebird] It would be hard to deny Mäkelä his place in the top tier. He creates a vibrant mood in every episode, even the ones that fill in while pantomime takes place onstage in Fokine’s fairy-tale... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Conductor of the Year
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there are wonders to behold here and you can sense and feel the magic descending in the stealthy opening measures of The Firebird. —
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Record Review, 16th April 2022, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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The Introduction is entrancing...It’s pulsating, yet rhythmically crisp...Tam-tams in ‘The Dance of the Earth’ almost leap out from the speakers. It’s not all about power and speed...But when... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2016, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2015, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, July 2019, Also Recommended
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Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps & Eötvös: Alhambra Concerto
RecommendedIsabelle Faust (violin), Orchestre de Paris, Pablo Heras-Casado
Heras-Casado’s interpretation of The Rite is more sensual and clearly-etched than shatteringly powerful, despite the force of the bass in a recording which judiciously spotlights woodwind, coming... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th April 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Special offer. Transcriptions for Two Pianists
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) & François-Frédéric Guy (piano)
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and François-Frédéric Guy get every subtle detail in place. —
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2015, Editor's Choice
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Fischer and his Budapest forces possess the right ingredients: the orchestra is well drilled in an interpretation that's as straight as a Roman road; its strings are searing, and brass and wooodwind... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Finalist - Orchestral
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Special offer. Jurowski Conducts Stravinsky, Vol. 1
Angharad Lyddon, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski
Detail is strong in The Firebird, though muted horn and offstage trumpet can’t easily be heard (brass recession can be a problem). The Rite of Spring is assured from the start, woodwind timbres... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2022, Editor's Choice
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Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim: Piano Duos
RecommendedMozart, Schubert & Stravinsky
Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim (piano duo)
Stravinsky's Rite of Spring prompts several adjectives: brutal, revolutionary, relentless, terrifying...But elegant? Urbane, seductive, sensuous? This astonishing performance is all that and... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th October 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2014
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Even after almost 50 years, Igor Markevitch and the Philharmonic orchestra hit the spot, burning from the inside and sounding genuinely live. The downside, though is the recorded sound which... —
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Building a Library, June 2004, Historic Choice
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