BBC Music Magazine Awards, Classical (era)
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Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos
RecommendedKrystian Zimerman (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
It is appropriate that the peak of Beethoven’s orchestral artistry should be scaled by two musicians also at the height of their powers: these performances are as near-definitive as I ever expect... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th July 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Concerto
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Concerto
3 CDs
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Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos
RecommendedCadenzas by Andreas Staier
Isabelle Faust (violin)
Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
remarkably smooth and sweet toned playing … the ‘Turkish’ episode…is splendidly done, its snarling crescendos well-handled by Giovanni Antonini and Il Giardino Armonico, and the percussive bow-slapping... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th October 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Concerto
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Recording of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Finalist - Concerto
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This recording captures all the fiery wit of orchestral-soloist banter. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2016, Disc of the month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2017, Concerto Winner
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Building A Library, May 2021, Recommended Recording - A Major Concerto
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Beethoven & Berg: Violin Concertos
RecommendedIsabelle Faust (violin)
Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado
listening to these wonderful performances side by side is cathartic...The journey is vividly delineated from the outset of the Berg. With Abbado drawing sonorities from his first-rate orchestra,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th February 2012
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Building a Library, October 2015, First Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Orchestral Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2012, Disc of the Month
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Winner - Concerto
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Dynastie: Bach Concertos
RecommendedJean Rondeau (harpsichord), Sophie Gent, Louis Creac'h (violin), Fanny Paccoud (viola), Antoine Touche (cello), Thomas de Pierrefeu (contrabass) & Evolène Kiener (bassoon)
This spirited and eloquently ornamented playing serves the music of JS Bach and three of his sons uncommonly well — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2017, Concerto Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Finalist - Concerto
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Michael Collins thrills and charms in these characterful concertos, which deserve to be as well known as those by Mozart and Weber. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2018, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Concerto
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Among the disc’s many highlights are the virtuoso cello concertos by Cirri and Porpora which showcase Gaillard’s athletic technique as well as her extraordinary ability to make the cello sing. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2022
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrumental
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Leif Ove Andsnes: The Beethoven Journey (Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4)
RecommendedLeif Ove Andsnes (piano & direction)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
an effortlessly musical performance, helped by the immaculate playing of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. And, as in the first disc of the series, Andsnes's attention to orchestral detail while... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2015, Disc of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Concerto
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Beethoven - Violin Concerto, Romances & Fragment Concerto
RecommendedPatricia Kopatchinskaja (violin)
Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Philippe Herreweghe
Patricia Kopatchinskaja's warmly recorded account of the Beethoven Violin Concerto must be one of the most stimulating and provocative that has ever been committed to disc. She opts… to interpret... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2010, Orchestral Award Winner
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Leif Ove Andsnes: The Beethoven Journey (Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5)
RecommendedLeif Ove Andsnes (piano & direction)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir
One of the pleasures of these splendid performances is the rapport between the soloist/conductor and his musicians. They play as one. Another is the clarity of texture and the variety and sensitivity... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2015, Disc of the Year
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