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The Ehnes Quartet favour rhythmic buoyancy, athletic grace and crisp, clear lines for Schubert’s Death and the Maiden Quartet. Speeds are lithe, but not especially fast, and while it may be... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Sensational. Unique. In a realm all their own. Now words are really apt here...The most obvious feature of the playing here is the artist's unfettered imagination - a currently unfashionable... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2014, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2014, Editor's Choice
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Shostakovich & Rachmaninov: Cello Sonatas
RecommendedLeonard Elschenbroich (cello) & Alexei Grynyuk (piano)
His striking reading of Daniil Shafran’s adaptation announces [Leonard Elschenbroich] a major new talent… This is one of the most articulate and highly characterised accounts I’ve heard on the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2013, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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In general these are honest, respectful performances. In Dukas’s ballet music La Péri, the complex details are never allowed to swamp the logical argument, and the same goes for the second suite... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022, Debut Recording
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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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…a riveting solo debut recital from the young Dutch mezzo Christianne Stotijn… A gust of wind blows this recital in, and blows it out: Stotijn and her robustly proactive accompanist Joseph... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2006, Choral & Song Choice
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Record Review, December 2006, Critics Disc of the Year
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James Ehnes - Homage
RecommendedCD/DVD tribute to 12 of the world’s finest instruments
James Ehnes (violin and viola) & Eduard Laurel (piano)
The icing on the cake is provided by the DVD, which shows how Ehnes achieves miracles at close hand, including his unconventional left-hand thumb extension and relatively firm bow-hold. Beautifully... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd February 2009
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2009, DVD of the Month
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Stimme der Sehnsucht
Lieder by Pfitzner, Strauss & Mahler
Christianne Stotijn (mezzo soprano) & Joseph Breinl (piano)
Stotijn's latest well-earned recital disc takes the imaginative high ground right at the start...In the booklet-notes, Stotijn eloquently explains why they travelled to Schiermonnikoog (or 'Grey... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2012, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2012, Editor's Choice
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Ehnes is brilliant and incisive in the faster music, but his consistently intense vibrato seems at odds with Copland's moments of plain-speaking simplicity; pianist Orion Weiss is a model of... — More…
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