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The Romantic Piano Concerto 27 - Saint-Saëns
RecommendedStephen Hough (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
If Saint-Saëns's idiom once answered – and maybe still does – to qualities fundamental to the French musical character, it must be said straight away that Hough sounds the complete insider. He... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2002, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2002, Winner - Concerto
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2001, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Gold Disc
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Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 BWV1046-1051 RecommendedEuropean Brandenburg Ensemble, Trevor Pinnock (director)
Like Pinnock's earlier set with the English Concert, the newcomer… displays Pinnock's seemingly unassailable ability to choose an effective, just tempo for each movement, and his infectious rhythmic... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2008, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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Building a Library, December 2017, Also Recommended
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Elgar: Violin Concerto & Serenade for Strings RecommendedJames Ehnes (violin)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
James Ehnes has a lovely ripe vibrato and an expressive openness that touches the heart from his first entry. It's when it comes to the balancing of confessional intimacy with symphonic purposefulness... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th September 2008
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2008, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - Concerto
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Susanne Heinrich rises ably to the challenge of understanding this 18th-century Jekyll-and-Hyde figure, heightening to fine effect the music's light and shade, energy and indolence. Her readings... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Baroque Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2008, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Editor's Choice
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As on his 2005 Ives collection, the Canadian baritone Gerald Finley is golden in tone, persuasive in phrasing, and unfailingly responsive to the sound and sense of the words. Julius Drake once... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2007, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2008, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - Solo Vocal
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With an almost ideal balance between piano and strings, the variety of articulation in their playing brings a marvellous textural variety to the full-blooded writing in the outer movements of... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2008, First Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2007, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - Chamber
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Building a Library, April 2021, Also Recommended - Schumann Quintet
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 & Dona nobis pacem RecommendedRenee Flynn and Roy Henderson
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vaughan Williams
…the fervour, radiant warmth and sense of the symphony as a great journey - a 'passionate pilgrimage' - make this a uniquely compelling experience. …Dona Nobis Pacem ('Grant us peace'), It's... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th September 2008
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Record Review, December 2007, Critics Disc of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - Historic Archive
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…appropriately enough this final volume ends with the last sonata triptych of Opp. 109-111. Lewis plays all three works with characteristic warmth and beauty of tone, and you're not likely to... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th April 2008
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2008, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - Instrumental
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
RecommendedErwin Schrott (Figaro), Miah Persson (Susanna), Gerald Finley (Count), Dorothea Röschmann (Countess), Rinat Shaham (Cherubino), Graciela Araya (Marcellina), Jonathan Veira (Bartolo), Philip Langridge (Basilio)
Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & David McVicar (stage director)
…so accomplished a cast, in which Gerald Finley's Count, Miah Persson's Susanna and Rinat Shaham's Cherubino stand out as ideal. — More…
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Building a Library, May 2014, DVD/Blu-ray Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2008, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - DVD/Blu-ray
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Maria RecommendedStandard CD jewel version
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Maxim Vengerov (violin)
Orchestra La Scintilla & International Chamber Soloists, Ádám Fischer
Bartoli…sings everything with vivid personality. The accompaniments are well handled under Adam Fischer. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th November 2007
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2007, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - Recital
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