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Zimmermann - Canto di Speranza
Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Thomas Demenga (cello), Andreas Schmidt (bass), Gerd Böckmann, Robert Hunger-Bühler (speakers)
WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, Heinz Holliger
The synthesis of Bartók, Schoenberg and Stravinsky in the sparky Violin Concerto of 1950, played with expressive intelligence by Thomas Zehetmair, seems light years away from the deep pessimism... — More…
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2009
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Veracini - Sonatas
John Holloway (violin), Jaap ter Linden (cello) & Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord)
Veracini was part of a European constellation of virtuoso violinist composers which included Vivaldi, Leclair, Locatelli and Pisendel during the first half of the 18th century. John Holloway... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2006, Editor's Choice
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Secret History - Music by Josquin and Victoria
John Potter (vocals), Anna Maria Friman (vocals), Ariel Abramovich (vihuela), Jacob Heringman (vihuela), Lee Santana (vihuela), Hille Perl (viola da gamba)
[Potter’s] approach is varied…In the Gloria of the Mass and elsewhere [he[] artfully switches between parts as he goes along so as to produce an appealing continuous vocal line. The instrumentalists... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2017
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This extremely well-recorded performance finely conveys the music's searing struggle to cohere; and while some of the more austere episodes might strain the listener's concentration, they are... — More…
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2015, Winner - Musique Contemporaine
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Garth Knox - D’Amore
Music for Viola d’amore from 1600 to the present day
Garth Knox (viola d’amore) & Agnès Vesterman (violoncello)
This is quite simply an outstandingly magical disc. From the very first notes one is totally captivated by the fantastic richness of the sound produced by the combination of the viola d'amore... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2008, Disc of the Month
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This is a landmark recording and a courageous venture. It's probably the first devoted to Machaut's motets, containing no fewer than 18 of the 23 that survive. It's certainly the first to present... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2004, Editor's Choice
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Forget other recordings of Debussy's Etudes. Not that this is better than Gieseking, Pollini, Uchida, Bavouzet and the rest - it's merely that such comparisons are redundant...Kodama brings... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2017, Instrumental Choice
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…riveting performances from Carolin Widmann and Dénes Várjon. In their skilled hands the nervous pulsating of the First Sonata's opening phrases is resolved in a magical glow of C major… that... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Chamber
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the luminous playing of the opening of Berg's Sonata Op. 1 tells us this is a pianist of rare sensitivity...Varjon's probing approach reveals the finest shades of harmonic colouring and places... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, Instrumental Choice
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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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