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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123 RecommendedAnn-Helen Moen (soprano), Roxana Constantinescu (mezzo-soprano), James Gilchrist (tenor) & Benjamin Bevan (baritone)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
The orchestra and chorus are comparatively small under Suzuki, the tempos slightly on the fast side, the soloists able to cope with the appalling difficulties of their music, but not outstandingly... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th March 2018
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Record Review, 31st March 2018, Recording of the Week
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas Vol. 3 Sonatas 8-10
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Martin Helmchen (piano)
Frank Peter Zimmermann and Martin Helmchen are an outstanding team, whose latest release brings their three-disc survey to an uplifting conclusion...Finest of all is the reading of the elusive... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, Chamber Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Winner - Chamber Music
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the highly accomplished Chiaroscuro promote an ‘Ibragimovian’ view of Beethoven that is above all dynamic, intelligent, agile and argumentative, with much vividly attenuated phrasing added to... — More…
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Record Review, Records of the Year 2021
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Building A Library, May 2022, Also Recommended
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whether gut strings and period bows are generally your bag or not, you need to add this to your listening pile forthwith. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Spruce, cleansounding, finely articulated with sparing use of vibrato – this is definitely modern Beethoven. It’s hard to imagine anything less like the plush, expressively orotund Amadeus Quartet... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Beethoven: String Trios, Op. 9 Nos. 1-3 RecommendedTrio Zimmermann: Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Antoine Tamestit (viola), Christian Poltéra (cello)
The playing itself is dazzling, combining expressive warmth and admirable clarity: I don't think I've ever heard the presto finale of the first Trio dashed off with quite such transparency and... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2012, Disc of the month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Chamber Award Winner
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This is a delight: sprightly, well-articulated playing which bounds with vitality. The Archduke starts in an almost improvisatory spirit...The energy of the performance is driven by the pianist... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2023, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2023, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, February 2023, Recommended Recording - 'Appassionata'
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 RecommendedAnn-Helen Moen (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo), Allan Clayton (tenor), Neal Davies (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
This marvelous performance is reproduced in superb, lifelike sound, full of impact but without any sense of artificial enhancement. Masaaki Suzuki and the Bach Collegium Japan have given us... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas Sonatas 1 - 4
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Martin Helmchen (piano)
How elegantly unforced these works come over today. Zimmermann’s sound is light, flexible, and finely shaded, with Martin Helmchen delivering effortless virtuosity. The opening of the First... — More…
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