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Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Trio Op. 11
Anne Gastinel (cello) & Nicholas Angelich (piano), Gil Shaham (violin), Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
Of the soloists, it’s the cello that has the lion’s share, and Anne Gastinel makes the most of the part on this new recording. Her playing has a warmth and eloquence that made me think back... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2018
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They certainly play with precision and verve, with a nod towards period practice in their approach to Mozart, but also with an implication that ‘Mozart’s music must be completely alive and continue... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Presto Editor's Choice, December 2018
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Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 77 No. 1 in G major, etc.
RecommendedQuatuor Mosaïques (on period instruments)
Anyone who thinks that period-instrument performance means austerity and coolness should listen to this disc. Here's playing full of expressive warmth and vigour. The opening of Op 77 No 1 is... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2016, First Choice
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The Mosaïques, at a rather slower tempo than usual, find in the themeand- variation finale of the G major Quartet, No 5, an unsuspected reflective tenderness.
The theme itself is played with... — More…Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 1996, Winner - Chamber
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Piau negotiates with true French panache both the vocal and emotional highs and lows. Her voice is as sensual as Piaf, poetic as Greco, and with a chameleon-like sensitivity to the dramatic... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2012, Editor's Choice
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Opera, October 2012, Recording of the Month
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Building a Library, October 2001, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Ne me refuse pas: French Opera Arias
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto)
Orchestre National de France, Fabien Gabel
This procession of femmes fatales, schemers and innocents has a point to make, and it's not just the singer's ability to get under their skin...it shows them as part of a larger movement: the... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Recital
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Opera, June 2011, Recording of the Month
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Beethoven - Violin Concerto, Romances & Fragment Concerto
RecommendedPatricia Kopatchinskaja (violin)
Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Philippe Herreweghe
Patricia Kopatchinskaja's warmly recorded account of the Beethoven Violin Concerto must be one of the most stimulating and provocative that has ever been committed to disc. She opts… to interpret... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2010, Orchestral Award Winner
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Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 93 - 104 (the London Symphonies)
RecommendedLes Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble, Marc Minkowski
Marc Minkowski and his period-instrument band may be thought of as early music specialists, yet their approach is the reverse of doctrinaire...Those who feel they have heard some of these works... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2016, First Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2010, Winner - Symphonies
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