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These are fresh, spirited, finely judged performances. The tempi of the fast movements never seem too quick, though they often prove faster than those of other period players, and the slow movements... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2012, Editor's Choice
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Most of us have got used to period instruments playing Beethoven but 'early music' groups tackling later repertoire still raise eyebrows.
Similarly, the suggestion that there is a good composer... — More…Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2005, Editor's Choice
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Fauré's cello sonatas are not nearly so well known as his violin sonatas, but these two late works are well coupled with other cello works and some arrangements from songs (the everpopular Après... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2007, Editor's Choice
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Schubert: Winterreise D911
RecommendedThomas Bauer (baritone) & Jos van Immerseel (pianoforte Walter)
This is a performance tingling with nervous energy, with Bauer's baritone a strong and heroic persona throughout its considerable range.. Bauer's quick vibrato, and the taut tension in every... — More…
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Building A Library, December 2023, Recommended Recording
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Boccherini: Cello Concerto, Quintettes & Sextet
Marco Ceccato (cello), Manuel Granatiero (flute), Francesco Romano (guitar)
Accademia Ottoboni
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2015, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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The Shostakovich… is totally engrossing. …the Atriums sustain intensity throughout the epic structures of the first and third movements while managing to hold back sufficiently to make the... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th September 2008
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2008, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, July 2011, Recommended
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Saint-Saëns: Complete Works for Violin & Orchestra & Cello & Orchestra
RecommendedLiya Petrova (violin), Jolente De Maeyer (violin), Tatiana Samouil (violin), Harriet Langley (violin), Elina Buksha (violin), Maria Milstein (violin), Noëlle Weidmann (cello), Adam Krzeszowiec (cello), Deborah Pae (cello), Pau Codina (cello), Wojciech Fudala (cello), Noëlle Weidmann (cello) &...
If the discs above have left you keen to explore Saint-Saëns's writing for solo string instruments further, then this 3-CD set, with soloists taken from members of the Queen Elisabeth Music... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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The chief characteristic of the Belcea Quartet's playing is, I would say, intensity...This is a major achievement, and though they will no doubt record these works again, it will always stand... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2013, Disc of the Month
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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition & Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Emmanuel Krivine
Emmanuel Krivine's recording with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg is full of wonderful colours and shows off Ravel's imaginative orchestration to great effect. The linking Promenades... — More…
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