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Messiaen: Oiseaux Exotiques, Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, Schoenberg: Piano Concerto
RecommendedFrancesco Piemontesi, Orchestre de La Suisse Romande, Jonathan Nott
You have to envy the citizens of Geneva...Add a pianist in Francesco Piemontesi’s class, and here are stellar interpretations of three very different concerto-type works, ordered into a journey... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th July 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, Concerto Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022
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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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Moser gives us an exciting, high-tension ride with an impressive sense of structure. He's a musician of alacrity, power and style: virtuosic passages benefit from his fleet effortlessness. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, Editor's Choice
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Here is music-making to wonder at. Rarely in their history can the two concertos have been performed with such meticulous care and affection. The Luxembourg-born, 25-year-old pianist includes... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2006, Editor's Choice
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For those who despair at the number of recent ‘HIP’ versions…in which Vivaldi’s onomatopoeic effects have been allowed to run riot, Steinbacher’s alluring tone, espressivo phrasing, subtle vibrato... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2020
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Mozart: Violin Concertos 3, 4 & 5
Arabella Steinbacher (violin)
Festival Strings Lucerne, Daniel Dodds
Steinbacher plays these enchanting sores with a refined elegance, interpretative warmth and captivating, jewelled sonority reminiscent of the great Josef Suk...for playing that retains a strong... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2014, Editor's Choice
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Lutoslawski & Dutilleux: Cello Concertos
Johannes Moser (cello)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Thomas Sondergard
Playing with depth and naturalness but above all a sense of theatre, [Moser] shapes an animated performance [of the Lutosławski] together with Thomas Søndergård and the Berlin orchestra. With... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2019, Editor's Choice
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Elgar & Tchaikovsky: Cello Works
Johannes Moser (cello)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Andrew Manze
Moser is an unfailingly elegant soloist…the Tchaikovsky Variations have a suitably Rococo grace and spirit — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2017, Editor's Choice
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Tchaikovsky & Grieg: Piano Concertos
Denis Kozhukhin (piano)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Vassily Sinaisky
Out of repertory that has been celebrated, picked over and just about played to death over the course of almost a century and a half, they create magic…of course, this could only be achieved... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2016, Editor's Choice
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Best known in the programme are Nos 2 and 5 of the Organ Sonatas Bach allegedly wrote for his eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann, as part of his organist’s training. Their texture lends itself to... — More…
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