Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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This is simply superb in every way…Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien are typically outstanding throughout, playing with exceptional control without ever forsaking spontaneity…Make no mistake,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st March 2019
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Record Review, 9th March 2019, Disc of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Chamber
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Chamber
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Winner - Chamber Music
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Veress: String Trio & Bartók: Piano Quintet
RecommendedVilde Frang (violin), Barnabás Kelemen (violin), Lawrence Power (viola), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Alexander Lonquich (piano)
For me, Veress’s trio is the heart of this disc. There have been four previous recordings, none of which I’ve heard, but I can’t imagine a more inspired performance; these three play as if they... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Chamber Music
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Winner - Chamber
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Winner - Chamber
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They make interpretive decisions that are unexpected but none the less to me felt deeply initiative and this passage showcases the gorgeous cello line that has extraordinary shaping in how you... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st November 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Building a Library, January 2023, Recommended Recording
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Both play [the Franck] with poetry and warmth but can turn solid where coolly patrician tone is needed, and the air only really clears in time for the floating, sweet lyricism of the finale.... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year (Capuçon)
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Brahms: String Quartet Op. 67 and Piano Quintet Op. 34
RecommendedKirill Gerstein (piano)
Hagen Quartett
This is technically flawless playing, and discipline and rigour also shape the interpretations. The plangent harmonies are kept firmly in order…The fine-boned vibrato is disciplined, occasional... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Chamber Music
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Diapason d’Or, February 2020, Nouveauté
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Dohnányi: Piano Quintets & String Quartet No. 2
RecommendedMarc-André Hamelin (piano)
Takács Quartet
The Takács Quartet and Marc-André Hamelin capture the freshness and vitality of this youthful work to perfection, its outer movements and Scherzo projected here with all the necessary exhilaration... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2019, Chamber Choice
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Diapason d’Or, February 2020, Nouveauté
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Chamber
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Tchaikovsky & Babajanian: Piano Trios RecommendedVadim Gluzman (violin), Johannes Moser (cello), Yevgeny Sudbin (piano)
Tchaikovsky disliked the trio as a genre but choosing it for his memorial to Nikolay Rubinstein solved his need for a work of major heft yet intimate reflection. What I like about this beautifully... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Diapason d’Or, March 2020, Nouveauté
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Schumann: Konzertstück for four horns RecommendedMarkus Maskuniitty (horn), Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
The playing of Maskuniitty and his three colleagues is simply superb, with exemplary balance between them and the thrilling arpeggio swoops in the last movement. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2019
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2019, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Concerto
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Concerto
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Modern, streamlined and elegant Brahms. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Given that Kovařovic was primarily known as an opera conductor, it’s perhaps no small wonder that there’s an almost vocal quality to the numerous memorable melodies in these immediately appealing... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2019
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th July 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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