Warner Classics
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Grieg & Schumann - Piano Concertos
RecommendedLeif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons
faster, fiercer, yet more freely expressive than his 1990 version. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2003, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2004, Winner - Concerto
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
RecommendedChrista Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) & Fritz Wunderlich (tenor)
New Philharmonia & Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
Ludwig recorded Mahler’s great ‘symphony for alto, tenor and orchestra’ several times (including for Bernstein and Karajan), but I always find myself returning to this 1964 Klemperer account... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
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Building A Library, June 2021, Also Recommended
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Alison Balsom: Sound The Trumpet
RecommendedRoyal Music of Purcell and Handel
Alison Balsom (trumpet), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano)
The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock
This charming disc contains some of the most imaginative and polished trumpet playing you're ever likely to hear...Born-again authenticists may cavil at Balsom's vented trumpet, a modern development... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th October 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2012, Editor's Choice
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
RecommendedKate Royal (soprano), Magdalena Kožená (mezzo)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle
the post-holocaust enchantments are magically coloured. For anyone who cares about this symphony Rattle's new recording is essential listening, if not necessarily a first port of call...[he]... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th February 2011
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2011, Editor's Choice
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There is a feeling of one-ness between orchestra and conductor which is the hallmark of a great recording. But it is surely the adagio that will convert the listener with Jack Brymer's clarinet... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2012, First Choice
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Building a Library, June 2012, First Choice
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
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Building A Library, June 2022, Also Recommended
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these interpretations hold interest for Rana’s strong personality, her obvious and sincere engagement with these works and her willingness to take risks in pursuit of the music behind the notes.... — More…
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From the very spare opening piece [of the Bartók] onwards, Anderszewski adopts quite deliberate tempos, but still finds the nervous, spiky energy required for example in No. 2 (one of Bartók’s... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2024, Editor's Choice
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Taken at face value, the order and selection of works seems entirely random…However, the eccentric programme is carefully considered; repeated listening reveals new parallels between the pieces.... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, Instrumental Choice
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2018, Nouveauté
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2019, Solo Recital (flute)
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New,
Kevin Puts: The Hours Renée Fleming (Clarissa Vaughan), Joyce DiDonato (Virginia Woolf), Kelli O'Hara (Laura Brown), Sean Panikkar (Leonard Woolf), Kyle Ketelsen (Richard), Denyce Graves (Sally)
Metropolitan Opera, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Listening to it is an absorbing, even harrowing, experience...Puts’s music is tonal, broadly melodic and full of striking orchestral detail. His writing for the three principal female voices... — More…
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Rhapsody
RecommendedMartin James Bartlett (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Joshua Weilerstein
It’s a joyful display, full of warmth, character and the singing tone that Bartlett has come to be known for... The emphasis is on spontaneity rather than virtuosity for its own sake, with an... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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