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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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Shostakovich: Piano Concertos & Piano Trio No. 2
Simon Trpčeski, Andrei Kavalinski, Aleksandar Krapovski, Alexander Somov
Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, Cristian Măcelaru
This recording, co-produced by and starring Simon Trpčeski, makes a lovely shop window for what the composer could do with the piano...Trpčeski and trumpeter Andrei Kavalinski revel in [No.... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, Concerto Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Shostakovich: Piano Quintet & String Quartet No. 2
RecommendedMarc-André Hamelin (piano)
Takács Quartet
a highly engrossing experience...the Takács come to the music from a somewhat different angle to their Soviet and Russian counterparts, emphasising closer connections with Western musical traditions... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th April 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Shura Cherkassky: The Complete 78rpm Recordings (1923-1950)
Shura Cherkassky (piano), Robert Lortat, Marcel Hubert, Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra, Jacques Rachmilovich
APR’s is the most comprehensive single collection and has, by a country mile, the best annotation, booklet (Jonathan Summers) and transfers (Seth B Winner)...evidence, if it were needed, of... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2023, Archive Issue of the Month
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Shostakovich & Kabalevsky: Cello Sonatas
RecommendedSteven Isserlis (cello) & Olli Mustonen (piano)
Isserlis and his long-term colleague Olli Mustonen make a compelling case for Kabalevsky’s Cello Sonata, finding such expressive drama that for once I was not distracted by the Sonata’s obvious... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2019, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 2nd February 2019, Disc of the Week
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st February 2019
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Winner - Chamber
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As before, the Carducci’s performances are scrupulously prepared and musically persuasive, yet rather narrower in expressive range than this music demands. — More…
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[Järvi’s] super-group is not huge but its bright clarity, with violins antiphonally placed, does not preclude the plumbing of depths both physical and emotional…This must be one of the finer... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th January 2018
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The range of repertoire enables her to explore a wide breadth of moods and atmospheres. Dancelike pieces… contain by-now trademark Gillam-isms – lively characterisation combined with technical... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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It feels as though everything adds up to a completely thought-through and deeply felt interpretation…In every way, then, this is an outstanding achievement, and I only hope the disc gets the... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No. 2 & Cello Sonata
Sol Gabetta (cello), Michaela Urzuladea (piano)
Münchner Philharmoniker, Marc Albrecht
The Second Concerto can seem an oddly diffuse work in lesser hands and it is to Sol Gabetta's credit that she offers a distinctive, introspective approach, daringly spacious at times, deliberately... — More…
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