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This disc is a treasure trove of world premieres, exploring the musician’s double life as both composer and virtuoso performer…The Australian violinist Sophie Gent takes the Dubourg role throughout... — More…
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I can’t completely shake off my own intermittent frustrations. But those willing to take Boesch on his own, idiosyncratic terms – song as heightened speech – should find much to enjoy and ponder. — More…
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Britten & Elgar: Sea Interludes, Violin Concerto
Michael Barenboim (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Alessandro Crudele
While Michael Barenboim’s approach is untypical of what might be thought of as wistful English tradition, it nonetheless has impressive strengths of its own…Besides superb technical command,... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Dreyfus’s transcriptions generate fresh insights into the workings of Bach’s contrapuntal ingenuity and humanity – the latter not least because of the communal nature of the discourse, liberated... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2021, Editor's Choice
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Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale
Harrison Birtwistle (The Soldier), George Benjamin (The Devil), Dame Harriet Walter (narrator)
Royal Academy of Music, Oliver Knussen
It’s recorded in a way to convey to the maximum both the poetic detail and the expert pacing of Knussen’s finely-pointed reading, and to give full rein to Dame Harriet’s wonderfully free-spirited... — More…
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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Katherine Bryan plays Flute Concertos by Christopher Rouse and Jacques Ibert
Katherine Bryan (flute)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Jac van Steen
Bryan certainly has complete mastery of the [Rouse's] technical and expressive demands, as she does in Ibert's Concerto of 1933...Her playing of Debussy's Syrinx, the ne plus ultra of the solo... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2013, Editor's Choice
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Mozart: Divertimento K334 & Oboe Quartet K370
Alexander Janiczek (director & violin), Robin Williams (oboe)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
This highly enjoyable performance is directed from the first-violin chair by Alexander Janiczek, who spins a fine, lithe line, with minimal vibrato, articulating the phrasing with deft bowing.... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2012, Editor's Choice
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Beznosiuk offers lyrical, intuitively musical performances, imbued with a placid, unpretentious grace, while his spontaneous ornamentation adds a dash of Baroque bravura. Beznosiuk is well matched... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2018, Also recommended
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A particular highlight is the radiance of the A major Sonata Op. 18 No. 5. Duo Pleyel also exceeds our high expectations for the Mozart works, and their interpretations are an essential addition... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, Instrumental Choice
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Debussy: Nocturnes and Duruflé: Requiem
RecommendedMagdalena Kožená (mezzo)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Robin Ticciati
Ticciati’s performances are relaxed and lyrical, and recorded in splendid sound. Taking the Duruflé first, the sound opens up impressively in the big moments, with exhilarating climaxes in the... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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