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Dynamic ranges are wide, with Ravel's crescendos not underplayed in any mistaken attempt at classicism, and rubatos are applied with tactful expressivity. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th October 2009
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Building a Library, March 2009, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2008, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Chamber
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Newcomer of the Year
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Building a Library, January 2019, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, March 2020, Recommended Recording
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Debussy: Sonatas & Trios
RecommendedEmmanuel Pahud (flute), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Edgar Moreau (cello), Gerard Caussé (viola), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp)
A sense of joy in collegial music-making pervades these performances. Unlike many, violinist Renaud Capuçon and pianist Bertrand Chamayou and their colleagues do not avoid the vein of sensual... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Winner - Chamber
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also recommended
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Record Review, 2nd December 2017, Recording of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Winner - Chamber
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Debussy - Orchestral Music
RecommendedGeorge Pieterson (clarinet), Vera Badings (harp)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
If you only buy one album of Debussy orchestral music, this is a very good bet! Comprising his best-known works at an excellent price, it's a great starting-point around which to build a library... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Building a Library, November 2003, Budget Choice
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Building a Library, November 2008, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Steven Osborne's pedigree in French repertoire is such that it has been almost inevitable that he would record Debussy's Préludes at some point. He has much in his favour, notably a marvellous... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2006, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building a Library, March 2018, Also Recommended
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Régine Crespin: Shéhérazade RecommendedRégine Crespin (soprano)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet
Sumptuous of tone, supremely sensitive, Crespin was born to illuminate the art of French song. Whether floating the seductive allure of Ravel or revelling in the wit of Poulenc these recordings... — More…
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Building a Library, September 2007, First Choice
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes, Jeux & Rhapsody for clarinet
RecommendedFranklin Cohen (clarinet)
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus & The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
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Building a Library, November 2003, First Choice
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Grammy Awards, 38th Awards (1995), Best Orchestral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 38th Awards (1995), Classical Album of the Year
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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet has a wonderfully light touch, imbuing 'Les collines d'Anacapri' with a skittish exuberance, or creating delicate wisps of mist in 'Brouillards' evoking Debussy's advice... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th May 2007
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Building a Library, March 2008, First Choice
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Building a Library, March 2018, Also Recommended
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Anyone who doubts Bavouzet's abilities should sample the playful romp through the third of the Images, the quasi-Etude 'Mouvement', or his beautifully atmospheric 'Et la lune descend sur le temple... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2008, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Instrumental
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Building a Library, March 2021, Recommended Recording
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This CD is the work of a highly talented, exceptionally well-integrated ensemble. Their excellent balance is highlighted by crystal-clear recording. This is quartet-playing of great musicality,... — More…
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Building a Library, November 2004, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2001, Winner - Chamber
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Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from Lugano 2016
RecommendedMartha Argerich (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Sergey Babayan (piano), Sergio Tiempo (piano), Karin Lechner (piano), Nicholas Angelich (piano)
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David Guerrier, horn
violino, Tedi Papavrami (violin)
piano, Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana,...
This is the last of Warner’s annual gleanings from the Lugano Festival at which Martha Argerich presides - and definitely the most exciting. She may be 76, but her playing has lost none of its... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Concerto Choice
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended Recording
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