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the most striking aspects of Podger’s playing throughout this recital (compared to most 20th-century ‘golden-agers’), is her enhanced range of tone and articulation, her vastly more flexible... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Recording of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Winner - Instrumental
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Solo Instrumental
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Gramophone Awards, 2023, Finalist - Instrumental
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These are seriously demanding pieces, yet Hammond delivers them with a smooth and mellif luous touch, capturing the music’s twilit subtleties and silken textures as if it ’s second nature. While... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2022, Editor's Choice
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the highly accomplished Chiaroscuro promote an ‘Ibragimovian’ view of Beethoven that is above all dynamic, intelligent, agile and argumentative, with much vividly attenuated phrasing added to... — More…
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Record Review, Records of the Year 2021
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Building A Library, May 2022, Also Recommended
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Beethoven: Sonatas For Violin and Piano Op. 12 No.1, Op. 24 & Op. 96
RecommendedRachel Podger (violin), Christopher Glynn
Listening to Rachel Podger (on the ‘Mauri’ Strad) and Christopher Glynn (on an 1840 Erard) is like experiencing the music in the clear light of day for the first time. Gone are those texturally... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th March 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2022, Chamber Choice
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Schoenberg: Transfigured Night & Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedAlisa Weilerstein (cello)
Trondheim Soloists
In performances of such freshness, verve and chamber transparency, the concept works...You’d go far to find performances of the Haydn concertos that match Alisa Weilerstein’s mix of stylistic... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th August 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2018, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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C.P.E. Bach: Sonatas For Keyboard & Violin RecommendedRachel Podger (violin), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
Their music-making is infectiously spontaneous yet tellingly ‘considered’ – seamless rapport and impeccably-judged articulation delighting in a stream of illuminating felicities. CPE Bach’s... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023
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The Chiaroscuro Quartet revel in the composer's play of ideas...It was the interpretation of No. 5 that blind-sided me on a first listening...This is a deeply absorbing reading, and can make... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2017, Disc of the month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Building a Library, February 2018, Recommended Recording
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Their underlying musicianship is so superb that you find yourself absorbed in the mesmerising mastery of these works without any issues of style getting in the way. The group’s collective tone... — More…
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Record Review, 12th November 2022, Record of the Week
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I am happy to report that it more than fulfils the highest expectations...This very distinguished recording should not be missed by anyone interested in fine piano-playing and heartfelt poetic... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2023, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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It’s that combination of crisp, earthy clarity and lively, virtuoso sparkle that marks these readings out – in drink terms, think tannin-rich reds against fine, biscuity champagne – along with... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Record Review, 17th June 2023, Record of the Week
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