Challenge Classics
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5
RecommendedHannes Minnaar (piano)
Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend
Characterful accounts of Beethoven's final two piano concertos from a young Dutch pianist already making an impressive mark. His lively grace is matched by the sensitive Netherlands musicians... — More…
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Building A Library, February 2019, Recommended Recording
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Lieske and Spindler's interpretations can be expansively orchestral in conception...or intimately lyrical and expressive...Albéniz apparently said his music appealed to him more when played on... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2010, Editor's Choice
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Christoph & Julian Prégardien - Father & Son
Christoph Prégardien, Julian Prégardien (tenor), Michael Gees (piano), Fabienne Waga, Patricia Messner (harmonica)
a real treasure...What makes this anthology so enriching is the skill of their arrangements...The two tenors of father and son - shared DNA, complementary tints and timbres - blend with grace... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Choral & Song Choice
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Throughout her very taxing programme, Gurdal plays with a romantic fullness and a lack of inhibition that makes you fall in love with Scriabin's early and glittering outpouring...Playing over... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2014, Editor's Choice
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Ritratto
Martin Mkhize, Frederik Bergman, Paride Cataldo, Dominic Kraemer, Lucas van Lierop, Cameron Shahbazi
Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Geoffrey Paterson
Jeths’s story about the meaning and purpose of art is a powerful and accomplished piece of music theatre. His own post-modernist style helps...It’s invidious to single out individuals from the... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, Opera Choice
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The Brodsky are the Britten team for the new century, and at full price they take advantage of the super-refined Snape Maltings acoustic to offer performances of great intelligence and expressive... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2003, Editor's Choice
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Handel: Concerti grossi Op. 3 Nos. 1-6, HWV312-317
RecommendedCombattimento Consort Amsterdam, Jan Willem de Vriend
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Building a Library, October 2017, Also Recommended
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Willem Jeths: Requiem
Andreas Wolf, Kelly God
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Choir, James Gaffigan
This is a powerful performance, with the orchestra and organ at full force and well balanced with the choir. Bass baritone Andreas Wolf is excellent—his intonation is spot-on and his tone focused,... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Contemporary
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