Cleveland Orchestra
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Ravel - Piano Concertos
RecommendedKrystian Zimerman (piano)
Cleveland Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Zimerman's pianism is self-recommending.
His trills in the first movement of the G major Concerto are to die for, his passagework in the finale crystalclear, never hectic, always stylish. For... —Awards:
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Building a Library, May 2005, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1999, Winner - 20th-Century Concerto
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building A Library, May 2024, Recommended Recording (Ravel)
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Building A Library, October 2025, Top Choice (Piano Concerto in G)
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a virtuosic Cleveland Orchestra, with shrilling clarinets outstanding, responds brilliantly to Franz Welser-Möst’s justifiable hell-for-leather tour of the medieval prankster’s shortlived exploits...... —
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Record Review, 18th June 2022, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Spatial Audio
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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The character of the playing is unforgettable and, for all the racy exuberance, one senses a predominant feeling of affection and elegance. —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra: The Forgotten Recordings
Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
Szell later re-recorded almost all the repertoire, but it’s fascinating to hear the partnership when their much-vaunted precision was well in progress, if not immaculate...Best of all are Schumann’s... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, Historical Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2021, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Historical
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Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes, Jeux & Rhapsody for clarinet
RecommendedFranklin Cohen (clarinet)
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus & The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
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Building a Library, November 2003, First Choice
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Grammy Awards, 38th Awards (1995), Best Orchestral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 38th Awards (1995), Classical Album of the Year
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Special offer. Walker: Antifonys, Lilacs, Sinfonias Nos. 4 & 5
RecommendedLatonia Moore (soprano), Tony F. Silas, Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst
Soprano Latonia Moore imbues the often-atonal melismatic phrases with drama (particularly in the second and final stanza). The balance between soloist and orchestra is impressive throughout. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2022
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Barber: Concertos for Violin, Cello & Piano
RecommendedIsaac Stern (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), John Browning (piano)
New York Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, David Zinman, George Szell
Authoritative and affectionate accounts of the three concertos, in various recording vintages, make up a valuable compilation. —
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Building a Library, January 2002, Mid-Price Choice
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Grammy Awards, 7th Awards (1964), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 26
RecommendedRobert Casadesus, André Previn
Cleveland Orchestra, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, George Szell
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn & Symphony No. 10 (Adagio)
Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano) & Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
The musical future is thrillingly present in this searing live performance...Gerhaher and Boulez together explore and recreate that fragile warmth of nostalgia. The lithe, toned muscle of both... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, Disc of the month
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Record Review, December 2010, Critics' Disc of the Year
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