Kristian Bezuidenhout
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C.P.E. Bach: Sonatas For Keyboard & Violin RecommendedRachel Podger (violin), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
Their music-making is infectiously spontaneous yet tellingly ‘considered’ – seamless rapport and impeccably-judged articulation delighting in a stream of illuminating felicities. CPE Bach’s... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023
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JS Bach: Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord
RecommendedIsabelle Faust (violin) & Kristian Bezuidenhout (harpsichord)
The music should always wear its deft counterpoint lightly, wide-eyed as a spring day. In their new recording Isabelle Faust and Kristian Bezuidenhout understand this perfectly…However uplifting... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2018, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 13th January 2018, Recording of the Week
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Chamber
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Some listeners may regard it as a chance to confront their prejudices against the fortepiano. Those listeners may relax: the instrument which this South African player has chosen is an unusually... — More…
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Record Review, 23rd February 2019, Disc of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Solo Music
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Daniel Hope plays Vivaldi
RecommendedDaniel Hope (violin), Kristian Bezuidenhout (harpsichord and organ), Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo, lute, Baroque guitar), Siobhan Armstrong (Baroque harp) & Erin Headley (lirone), Lorenza Borrani (solo violin), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Lorenza Borrani (solo violin) & William Conway...
In these concertos Daniel Hope reveals himself as an ardent Vivaldian. …with dynamic playing that pays more than lip-service to the example provided by historically informed performances. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th October 2008
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2008, Editor's Choice
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Beethoven - Violin Sonatas Nos. 3 & 9
RecommendedViktoria Mullova (violin) & Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
[Mullova] shows a profoundly un-diva-ish appreciation of the way the relationship between the violin and piano changes in these two sonatas...In the earlier sonata it's Kristian Bezuidenhout's... — More…
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Building a Library, October 2010, Also Recommended
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Building A Library, July 2021, Also Recommended
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Mozart: Keyboard Music Volume 3
Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano: Paul McNulty, Divisov, Czech Republic, 2009, after Anton Walter & Sohn, Vienna, 1805. From the collection of Alexander Skeaping Unequal temperament, A=430)
Bezuidenhout offers a performance that brings out all [the Fantasia's] intensity and passion...his refreshingly imaginative performances are marred only by a liking for exaggerated pauses between... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2012, Instrumental Choice
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Mozart's Bassoon
Works for Solo Bassoon
Peter Whelan (bassoon), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
Ensemble Marsyas
This genial and amiable disc is a joy to listen to. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2022
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Mozart - Sonatas for Fortepiano & Violin
Petra Müllejans (violin) & Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
Müllejans and Bezuidenhout capture the improvisatory air of the programme in a vibrant, highly expressive performance. Their interpretation has a sense of volatility to it that engenders a marvellous... — More…
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In all, here's a striking demonstration of the sheer variety and invention of Baroque violin composers… Although by no means 'period' performances… they are admirably stylish. Hope uses vibrato... — More…
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Daniel Hope: Complete Warner Recordings
Daniel Hope (violin), with Marieke Blankestjin (violin), Sebastian Knauer (piano), with Sebastian Knauer (piano)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Camerata Salzburg, BBC Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Roger Norrington, Paul Watkins, Sakari Oramo, Maxim Shostakovich,...
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