Mussorgsky
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This is more than a flawless recital played with technical bravura and a born soloist’s confidence. Abduraimov is a major pianist, worth talking about in the same breath as the international... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd January 2021
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Record Review, 23rd January 2021, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Piano
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Throughout this enthralling and warmly recorded performance, Osborne maximises colour and atmosphere, yet manages to achieve a freshness of approach without recourse to idiosyncratic mannerisms.... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st January 2013
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2013, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Winner - Instrumental
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Sherratt possesses that rare gift – a genuine bass voice that carries its lyrical, expressive clarity from its ringing high notes right down to a full-toned basso profundo delivered without... — More…
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade & Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
they bring to it all the colour and drama you’d expect. The Warner recording is rich and detailed. The Santa Cecilia brass sound is suitably fierce in the imposing opening chords, representing... — More…
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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (1869 Version) Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Boris), Maxim Paster (Shuisky), Mika Kares (Pimen), Sergei Skorokhodov (Grigory), Okka von der Damerau (The Innkeeper), Alexey Tikhomirov (Varlaam), Hanna Husáhr (Xenia), Johanna Rudström (Feodor)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano
...this performance is excellent, beautifully sung and cogently paced. The cast is mostly Russophone, which ensures mostly accurate pronunciation...this version is in any case indispensable... — More…
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Record Review, 28th September 2019, Disc of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Opera
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Mussorgsky-Stokowski: Pictures at an Exhibition
RecommendedBournemouth Symphony Orchestra, José Serebrier
Serebrier's own imposing, heavyweight style yields different results to the volatile Knussen… but it's always absorbing. Something of the Stokowski sound is filtered through the refined texturing... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2005, Disc of the Month
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 & Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda
Mariss Jansons’s Oslo Philharmonic recording of Musorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition emerged as the lead recommendation some years back, but I’m certain that LSO/Noseda would be the one now — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2019, Orchestral Choice
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The uncanny, shimmering half-lights of "Catacombs", the bustle of the "Market Place at Limoges" and the majestic expanse of "The Great Gate of Kiev" show the dynamic range and perception of... — More…
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Building a Library, July 2002, Historic Choice
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The French items suit her slightly cool voice better. There’s a classy, moving grandeur to Didon’s ‘Adieu, fière cité’, and a lovely wistfulness to her Mignon…in short, here’s a beautifully... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th November 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2016
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Nostalgia
RecommendedBrahms, Mussorgsky, Bartók
Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Yefim Bronfman (piano)
Kožená’s voice is a glory at the best of times, a coppery sunset of a tone that can send its glow across the whole sky. But if her voice is gigantic, one thing is bigger still, and it’s Bronfman’s... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Song
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