Orchestral, Saint-Saëns (composer)
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Orchestral players will travel long distances to make music with [Wilson] and this recording shows why…It’s far from being all noise, the woodwind in particular being exquisitely agile…All the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2020, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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The playing here, disarmingly gentle yet tonally seductive, has a songful use of vibrato that recalls the expressive manners of Pierre Fournier and du Pré herself…A most rewarding CD then, sure... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Newcomer (cello)
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Les Siècles combine elegance and joie de vivre to keep the feet tapping. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2023, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Saint-Saëns: Symphonic Poems - Le Carnaval des Animaux - l'Assassinat du Duc de Guise
RecommendedLes Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
One of his many virtues is that he’s not afraid of making his orchestra play very, very quietly; another is that, where a composer has not noted dynamics, Roth feels free to invent them, and... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th November 2023
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2023, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2023, Editor's Choice
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Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 Thierry Escaich (organ), Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, Jean-Jacques Kantorow
[In Urbs Roma] Kantorow elicits vigorous playing, with sharp contrasts, and manages the imaginative die-away ending with sensitivity...this performance [of the Organ Symphony] is almost entirely... — More…
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Diapason d'Or, September 2021, Nouveauté
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No point trying to fault anything: the lightness and flexibility of her touch takes the breath away, and her sound is at every moment transparently controlled, each piece displaying insight... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2012, Editor's Choice
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Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3
RecommendedGaston Litaize (organ)
Orchestre de Paris, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim
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Building a Library, February 2015, First Choice
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Saint-Saëns - Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedChristian Poltéra (cello) & Kathryn Stott (piano)
Why do these sonatas so rarely appear in recitals? Saint-Saëns's sensuous poeticism and ingenious craftsmanship are wonderfully combined in them. Despite Poltéra's elegance, it is the more... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2010, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Saint-Saëns: La Muse et le Poète
RecommendedRenaud Capuçon (violin), Renaud Capuçon (violin) & Gautier Capuçon (cello), Gautier Capuçon (cello)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Lionel Bringuier
In the Violin Concerto, Renaud Capucon and the conductor provide a lesson in how to generate rubato organically from the material...the soloist's tone and technique deserve the highest praise...The... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Benjamin Grosvenor plays Rhapsody in Blue
RecommendedBenjamin Grosvenor (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, James Judd
reservations pale into Beckmesserish scratchings besides the delights of this disc and especially of Grosvenor's pianism. I can only concur with other critics who hear in his tone and phrasing... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th August 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2012, Editor's Choice
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