Bamberger Symphoniker
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Hrůša has an assured drive through the elusive symphonic structures, culminating in an incessantly hair-raising Sixth...It's a journey you'll want to follow in close succession. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th May 2026
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Record Review, 23rd May 2026, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2026, Orchestral Choice
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Martinů: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša
Zimmermann has fully absorbed the slightly eclectic style of [the First Concerto] and produces a performance of conviction, not to mention dazzling virtuosity. Hrůša accompanies with understanding... —
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Record Review, 5th December 2020, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2021, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, Concerto Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Concerto
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Hans Rott: Symphony No. 1
RecommendedMahler: Blumine - Bruckner: Symphonisches Präludium
Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša
Since its disinterring in 1989, there have been some fine recordings, but surely none more persuasive than this. Jakub Hrůša plainly loves the score and strives to characterise its every detail,... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st October 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Winner - Symphonic Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Conductor of the Year
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Mutual awareness and dialogue might be cited as the highlight of the album, were it not for the unfailing distinction of Lisiecki's playing. Here, balance is all. —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Editor's Choice
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There is no higher praise possible than to say that the spirit of Rudolf Firkušný hovers over this new release…Kahánek’s new versions are worthy of standing in this company, and his account... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Concerto
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2019, Recording of the Month
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Record Review, 30th November 2019, Record of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Winner - Concerto
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a recorded spaciousness...lets every ensemble and solo spirituality resound. That's in evidence from the first magnificent horn cry, to the infinite depth of the truly noble timpani - magnificent... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Orchestral Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2011, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2011, Orchestral Choice
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I’ve never heard the forest murmurs at the heart of the first movement more hauntingly shadowed, with bold, lurid woodwind splendidly set against them as hobgoblins in the wood. And the amount... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2021, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Special offer. Elgar From the Archives, Vol. 2
André Navarra (cello), Munich Philharmonic, Tibor Varga (violin), Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Rieger, Jan Koetsier
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Wagner - Overtures & Preludes
RecommendedLilo Brockhaus, Carlotta Ordassy, Barbro Ericson, Cvetka Ahlin, Helga Jenckel, Liselotte Rebmann, Danica Mastilovic, Ingrid Steger
Wiener Philharmoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bamberger Symphoniker, Karl Böhm, Rafael Kubelik, Herbert von Karajan,...
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Brahms: Symphony No. 1 & 8 Hungarian Dances & Dvořák: Symphony No. 6
Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša
Hrůša, served by wonderfully refined orchestral playing from the Bamberger Symphoniker, has a great deal to say about all these works. The two Dvořák symphonies are particularly exciting. Hrůša... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, Recording of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2022, Editor's Choice
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