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Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta RecommendedHelsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki
Mälkki and her Helsinki Philharmonic offer performances that are at once satisfying, dazzling and individual. There’s a poise, indeed an elegance, to the basic good posture of these interpretations,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2021, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, January 2022, Also Recommended
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RecommendedMusic for Violin & Piano by Bartók, Poulenc & Ravel
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Polina Leschenko (piano)
Playing of such consummate ease combined with involvement and attention to detail...Simply, this is one of the finest, most musically sensitive recordings to have come my way for some time,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2018, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th February 2018
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2018, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2018
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Chamber
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Bartók: The Wooden Prince & Cantata Profana
RecommendedJohn Aler (tenor), John Tomlinson (baritone)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Pierre Boulez
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Grammy Awards, 36th Awards (1993), Best Choral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 36th Awards (1993), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 36th Awards (1993), Best Orchestral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 36th Awards (1993), Classical Album of the Year
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It is the flavour of this Concerto for Orchestra that wins the day. Just sample the subtle portamento that spices the string line at bars 52-3 (2'36'') of the first movement, and the sombre... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2005, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, January 2022, Recommended Recording
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Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Hungarian Peasant Songs & other folk dances
RecommendedBudapest Festival Orchestra, Hungarian Radio Chorus, Iván Fischer
As Mandarins go, they don't come more miraculous than this – a vivid, no-holds-barred performance. Everything tells: the flavour is right, the pacing too, and the sound has a toughened, raw-edged... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1998, Winner - Orchestral
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Building A Library, December 2023, Recommended Recording
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Bartók: The Wooden Prince & The Miraculous Mandarin Suite Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki
[The Wooden Prince’s] essential warmth, rooted in folk-like melodies (but never folksiness) , comes across well here in Susanna Mälkki’s recording, since with a feeling for the score’s rubato... — More…
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Record Review, 29th June 2019, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra RecommendedNetherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Karina Canellakis
Canellakis faces stern competition in the Concerto for Orchestra...The great vir tue of this performance, however, is that Canellakis places more emphasis on the work’s shadowy and anguished... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Grammy Awards, 66th Awards (2024), Nominee - Best Orchestral Performance
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1923 - The Wild Sound of the 20s: Bartók; Krenek; Toch; Weill
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Cristian Mačelaru, Howard Arman
The centenary of German radio is marked here by works composed at the time. Spikily characterful dance suites by Toch, Weill and Bartók neatly sum up the era, while Krenek’s a cappella choral... — More…
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Record Review, 18th February 2023, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Grammy Awards, 37th Awards (1994), Best Orchestral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 37th Awards (1994), Classical Album of the Year
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