Chamber, Adès (composer)
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The Danish are remarkable, as ever – capable of intense blend, extreme dynamic variation (in which they seem glued together), perfect intonation even on harmonics, and constant vitality and flow — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2016, Chamber Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Chamber
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Many quartets have broken the tradition of single-composer discs. The Castalians do it with top performances and meticulous imagination. — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Nominated - Newcomer
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RecommendedMusic for cello & piano
Steven Isserlis (cello), with Thomas Adès (piano)
Match [Ades's playing] with the mellow sound and manner of Steven Isserlis's cello, and you have something very special. Their choice of repertory here - devised as an extended upbeat to Ades's... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2013, First Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012, Disc of the Month
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As a concept, this collection of songs inspired by rugged British landscapes is intriguing. The delivery is powerful, but borders on twee at moments. — More…
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Grammy Awards, 55th Awards (2012), Best Chamber Music Recording
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Grammy Awards, 55th Awards (2012), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Thomas Adès features both as composer and pianist on this release: two piano quintets which, though composed 182 years apart, are equally alive with formal and expressive provocations.
That said,... — More…Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2005, Editor's Choice
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Adès: Arcadiana and other works
RecommendedLondon Sinfonietta, Endellion String Quartet, King's College Cambridge Choir, Markus Stenz
These five pieces suggest a composer as delightedly surprised by his prodigal inventiveness as we are. Arcadiana, for example, is a seven-movement string quartet whose central and longest movement... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1998, Winner - Editor's Choice
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Adès: America A Prophecy
RecommendedSongs & Choral Works
Robin Blaze, Christopher Maltman & Susan Bickley
Polyphony & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Layton & Thomas Ades
Adès’s take on a Madness song about a stressed businessman is a hoot. Although Adès apparently did it from memory, it’s fairly accurate, right down to the piano’s cluster chords. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2004, Winner - Contemporary
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Thomas Adès - America
RecommendedSusan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Claron McFadden (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Huw Watkins )piano), Christopher Maltman (baritone)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Thomas Adès
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Gramophone Awards, 2004, Winner - Contemporary
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