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as Lisa Smirnova's vivacious account of the Eight Great Suites reminds us, they're a treasure-trove of Handelian wit and humanity. Purists will certainly need to take them on Smirnova's terms,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, Instrumental Choice
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All the pieces on this final instalment of the ‘Prism’ series stand on a threshold, and in this Op 135 Beethoven does so with the vitality and humour of the Diabelli Variations. — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Ensemble of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music Recording of the Year
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Kurtág: Complete Works for Ensemble and Choir
RecommendedNetherlands Radio Choir (chorus), Natalia Zagorinskaya (soprano), Gerrie de Vries (mezzo-soprano), Yves Saelens (tenor), Harry van der Kamp (bass), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Elliott Simpson (guitar), Tamara Stefanovich (piano), Csaba Király (pianino, spoken word)
Asko | Schoenberg Ensemble,...
The interpretations are of a consistently elevated standard. Messages of the Late Miss R Troussova, a signature Kurtág score, sets a marker: soprano Natalia Zagorinskaya gives a riveting performance... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2017, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Classical Compendium
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Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Chamber Symphonies & Piano Quintet
Gidon Kremer (violin/director), Yulianna Avdeeva (piano), Mate Bekavec (clarinet)
Kremerata Baltica, Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla
Kremer's commitment is clear in this compellingly performed release of the four chamber symphonies Weinberg composed during the last decade of his life...The overriding atmosphere in all these... — More…
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Record Review, 11th February 2017, Recording of the Week
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Jarrett moves straight to the top of the list of interpreters on the instrument. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2023, Archive Issue of the Month
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Harrison Birtwistle: Chamber Music
Amy Freston (soprano), Adrian Brendel (cello), Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Till Fellner (piano), Roderick Williams (baritone)
All one can do with music as esoteric as this is to remember the greatness of what Birtwistle has written before and go on listening...The singer of what sounds like an extraordinary difficult... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Contemporary
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L’Aurore is far greater than the sum of its parts...The album takes its name from the first movement of Ysaÿe’s fifth solo sonata, a work dedicated to his friend and former pupil Mathieu Crickboom.... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, Instrumental Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Pärt: Tractus
Maria Listra: (soprano) (L'Abbe Agathon), Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tonu Kaljuste
Conductor Tõnu Kaljuste and ECM’s producer Manfred Eicher are Pärt ’s long-term collaborators, and they make an utterly assured contribution to this concentrated retrospective of the composer’s... — More…
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Schiff's passion for this music, and his ability to communicate it, is apparent in every bar...The two instruments he plays each have a lean tone and the interpretation of the Diabellis doesn't... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Building a Library, June 2017, Also Recommended
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