Chamber, Quartets, String Quartets, Shostakovich (composer)
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They make interpretive decisions that are unexpected but none the less to me felt deeply initiative and this passage showcases the gorgeous cello line that has extraordinary shaping in how you... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st November 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Building a Library, January 2023, Recommended Recording
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Shostakovich: Piano Quintet & String Quartet No. 2
RecommendedMarc-André Hamelin (piano)
Takács Quartet
a highly engrossing experience...the Takács come to the music from a somewhat different angle to their Soviet and Russian counterparts, emphasising closer connections with Western musical traditions... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th April 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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[Järvi’s] super-group is not huge but its bright clarity, with violins antiphonally placed, does not preclude the plumbing of depths both physical and emotional…This must be one of the finer... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th January 2018
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Dance!
Daniel Hope (violin), Zürcher Kammerorchester (chamber orchestra), Benjamin Günst (violin), Jenö Lisztes (cimbalom), Omar Massa (bandoneon), Stephane Logerot (bass), Joscho Stephan (guitar), Jacques Ammon (piano), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp)
There are...treasures, all led by this charismatic musician with great verve and style in a hugely enjoyable and imaginative programme delivered with all of Hope’s customary panache. — More…
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As always, balance, intonation and ensemble are impeccable, and the Hagens demonstrate a masterly control of large-scale structure, nowhere more impressively than in the rise and fall of tension... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, Chamber Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2006, Chamber Choice
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Building a Library, January 2023, Also Recommended
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Schubert: Death and the Maiden & Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony in C Minor
LSO String Ensemble, Roman Simovic
Roman Simovic has a tendency to launch phrases with a penetrating sniff but secures characterful and energetic results, the very occasional imprecision let through in the interests of emotional... — More…
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As before, the Carducci’s performances are scrupulously prepared and musically persuasive, yet rather narrower in expressive range than this music demands. — More…
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Founded in 2016 and led by Tamsin Waley-Cohen, the Albion Quartet pace, phrase, point and colour Walton’s volatile textures and agile rhythms with all the sensitivity and energy they require.... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2022, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2022
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Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedBoris Giltburg (piano), Rhys Owens (trumpet)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Boris Giltburg and Vasily Petrenko are a tight unit, the pianist’s dashing virtuosity and subtlety of touch matched by equally incisive interpolations from the orchestra — More…
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Building A Library, May 2021, Recommended Recording - Piano Concerto No. 2
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These aren’t warm interpretations; they repel as readily as they attract. But they’re thought-provoking, and often startlingly beautiful. And anyway, perhaps one shouldn’t draw too close to... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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