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Scriabin: Symphony No. 2 & Piano Concerto
RecommendedKirill Gerstein (piano)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Petrenko is the ideal interpreter for this ripe overheated music…The Oslo Philharmonic responds with brilliantly incisive ensemble…Gerstein makes the most of Scriabin’s poetic writing with some... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th December 2017
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Delius: A Mass of Life
RecommendedRoderick Williams (baritone), Bergen Philharmonic, Sir Mark Elder
Williams brings a degree less heroic grit than some rivals, but compensates richly by his intelligent pointing of Nietzsche’s headily symbolic text, and his generously lyrical tone...But it’s... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th November 2023
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Politics aside, the repertoire is of ten tremendous fun, balancing lyricism and drama, humour, dance, the old (early Romantic) and the new, as well as the ‘serious’ and ‘folk ’. The sequencing... — More…
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Scriabin: Symphony No. 1 & Prometheus
RecommendedKirill Gerstein (piano)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Choir, Vasily Petrenko
Never discursive or splashy, Petrenko’s forensic view of the composer may not please those brought up on Soviet-era music-making but I found it very persuasive. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st September 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Scheherazade & Russian Easter Festival Overture
RecommendedOslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
What results from these insights is a Scheherazade that makes even some famous rivals seem lazy and careless. Here we get finesse and detailed music-making that brings delight back to a score... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th June 2020
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Jean Sibelius: Orchestral Songs
Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo-soprano), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Petr Popelka
Like the contemporaneous First and Second Symphonies, a Romantic warmth pulsates from these rich, lyrical works. Mezzo Kielland balances purity and ardour perfectly. — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year, Conductor of the Year & Solo Vocal
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I have no idea if Helseth and Nordstoga are regular recital partners but on this evidence, musically at least, they sound as though they are joined at the hip. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2021, Editor's Choice
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[Petrenko] shows an excellent grasp of each symphony's dramatic trajectory, and a broader than usual awareness of the creative legacy within which Scriabin worked — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Into the pot go Norwegian folk music, Wagnerian echoes, a squeeze of Massenet, a sliver of Sibelius – a conservative mixture on the whole, poured over librettos largely drawn from national legends... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2021
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