Building a Library, Brahms (composer)
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Dynamic and dramatic readings, faithful to Brahms's intentions. Powerfully conceived, they are rhythmically alert, without an ounce of undue sentiment and never for an instant losing sight of... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2013, Disc of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Orchestral Finalist
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Recording of the Year
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Building a Library, April 2018, Also recommended
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Here, on this richly filled CD, is a positive cornucopia of musical genius.
Martha Argerich's 1961 disc remains among the most spectacular of all recorded débuts, an impression reinforced by... — More…Awards:
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Building a Library, July 2005, Mid-Price Choice
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Building A Library, July 2021, Recommended Recording
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Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from Lugano 2016
RecommendedMartha Argerich (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Sergey Babayan (piano), Sergio Tiempo (piano), Karin Lechner (piano), Nicholas Angelich (piano)
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David Guerrier, horn
violino, Tedi Papavrami (violin)
piano, Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana,...
This is the last of Warner’s annual gleanings from the Lugano Festival at which Martha Argerich presides - and definitely the most exciting. She may be 76, but her playing has lost none of... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Concerto Choice
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, September 2001, First Choice
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Biret's bold, meaty technique fits the music well. — More…
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Building a Library, March 2003, Budget Choice
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Brahms & Ligeti: Horn Trios RecommendedMarie-Luise Neunecker (horn), Antje Weithaas (violin) & Silke Avenhaus (piano)
Neunecker has a fascinating horn sound. She distinguished effectively between open and stopped timbres, but even her open sound is quite narrow and constrained...any new recording [of the Brahms]... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2021, Also Recommended
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This is an outstanding performance of Brahms's G minor Piano Quartet, unforgettable for its spontaneity and uninhibited Romantic warmth and verve. The booklet reminds us that this 1971 recording... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2001, First Choice
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Schumann: Kinderszenen & Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
RecommendedArtur Schnabel (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult
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Building a Library, March 2019, Also Recommended
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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & 8 Piano Pieces Op. 76
RecommendedStephen Kovacevich (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
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Building a Library, March 2019, Also Recommended
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Brahms - Horn Trio
RecommendedIsabelle Faust (Sleeping Beauty Stradivarius 1704), Alexander Melnikov (1857 Bösendorfer piano) & Teunis van der Zwart (Lorenz Waldhorn 1845)
It's a superb version of the piece by any standard, the slow movements absolutely saturated in intense Romantic melancholy but fleet and agile in scherzo and finale. Faust and Melnikov and... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2021, Also Recommended
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