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Weber: Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra RecommendedRonald Brautigam (fortepiano), Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens
Both concertos have a presto finale which calls for dazzling virtuosity – something which Brautigam has in spades: his fearless pyrotechnics are truly astounding. He’s stylishly supported by... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Concerto
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JS Bach: St Matthew Passion RecommendedBenjamin Bruns (Evangelist), Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Aki Matsui (soprano), Damien Guillon (counter-tenor), Clint van der Linde (baritone), Makato Sakurada (tenor), Zachary Wilder (tenor), Christian Immler (baritone), Toru Kaku (bass), Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
It’s fascinating how much his two recordings have in common…what principally differentiates the two sets are the solo singers…Benjamin Bruns’s Evangelist and Christian Immler’s Christus are... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Winner - Choral
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Building a Library, October 2022, Recommended Recording
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Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 RecommendedRoyal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
It's a joy to find so much intelligent care and attention expended on Nielsen's First Symphony...You can feel the exuberance, the intellectual control, and also the sense of danger...But there's... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Orchestral Winner
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In this utterly delightful disc [Ogawa] manages to convey not only Satie’s quirkiness, but his honesty…Ogawa does use the sustaining pedal, but sparingly. She also, as we know, has a fine technique... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st July 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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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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Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 Thierry Escaich (organ), Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, Jean-Jacques Kantorow
[In Urbs Roma] Kantorow elicits vigorous playing, with sharp contrasts, and manages the imaginative die-away ending with sensitivity...this performance [of the Organ Symphony] is almost entirely... — More…
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Diapason d'Or, September 2021, Nouveauté
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Lost Is My Quiet Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Joseph Middleton (piano)
The art of vocal duetting is exemplified at its best in this recital by two of today’s finest British singers, working with an accompanist of equal merit…each singer has solo items…Yet the most... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Solo Vocal
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J.S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245 Zachary Wilder, James Gilchrist, Damien Guillon, Hana Blažiková, Christian Immler, Yusuke Watanabe
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Suzuki directs a performance of dramatic urgency and probing vision. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 10th October 2020, Record of the Week
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Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 RecommendedFrank Peter Zimmermann (violin)
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Alan Gilbert
[these recordings] stand out as formidable achievements. They match technical mastery at the highest level with profound insight. No less impressive is the compelling interaction between Zimmermann... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2017, Disc of the month
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Classical Instrumental Solo
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Record Review, 21st January 2017, Recording of the Week
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