Erato
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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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The performances on this new release are as accomplished as we would expect from players of this calibre. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2023, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Building A Library, January 2024, Recommended Recording (String Quintet No. 3)
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Winners, Winner - Chamber
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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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the concert-aria and operatic readings themselves are gems, each one thrown off with a splendid combination of technical brilliance, musicianly assurance and tonal sweetness, and impeccably... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th November 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Winner - Recital
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[The Dutilleux] is played here with breathtaking brilliance...the performance of Verklärte Nacht is worth waiting for, its extraordinary attention to detail and clarity never achieved at the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Winner - Chamber
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the Quatuor Ebène matches and in some respects exceeds [its] rivals in the commitment and physical impact of its playing...[and] employs the widest possible range of timbres and articulations... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th January 2013
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2013, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2013, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Chamber Award Winner
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Elgar: Violin Concerto & Violin Sonata
Renaud Capuçon (violin), Stephen Hough (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
Accuracy matters, and violinist Renaud Capuçon has it in abundance..He is, though, much more than a technical sharp-shooter...Taken whole, this generous, richly enjoyable disc is an easy recommendation... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice
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Record Review, 6th March 2021, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2021
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Handel: Italian cantatas
RecommendedSabine Devieilhe (soprano), Léa Desandre (mezzo)
Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm (harpsichord, organ and conductor)
This production is a delight throughout…Haïm retains control by preparing both the scores and the sopranos’ ornaments, her vision giving this carefully wrought performance a fiery intensity,... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2018, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, Choral & Song Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Vocal
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One of Tharaud’s aims is to reveal repertoire which has been largely lost, and in this respect he is resoundingly successful...Everything here has charm, and radiates what should always be the... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th May 2024
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2024, Instrumental Choice
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Capuçon throws down the gauntlet with a searingly intense performance of Tabula rasa (1977). The playing is impeccably controlled yet fiercely expressive…Throughout the album, Capuçon reveals... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, Concerto Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Winner - Concerto
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