Gidon Kremer
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Weinberg - Chamber Music
RecommendedGidon Kremer (violin), Yulianna Avdeeva (piano), Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė (cello)
Highly immediate sound and decent notes round out a valuable addition to Weinberg’s discography in his centenary year. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th October 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Chamber Music
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Diapason d’Or, December 2019, Nouveauté
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Weinberg: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 21
RecommendedGidon Kremer (violin)
Kremerata Baltica, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
The Second Symphony in general conveys a message of vigour and youthful optimism…and it is presented here in a performance of consummate technical brilliance and sustained emotional conviction…Gražinytė-Tyla... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd May 2019
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Record Review, 11th May 2019, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Recording of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, Summer Issue 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Orchestral Performance
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Orchestral
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Conductor of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Recording of the Year
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Weinberg: Orchestral & Chamber Works
RecommendedGidon Kremer (violin & director), Daniil Grishin (viola), Giedre Dirvanauskaite (cello), Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Kremerata Baltica
Kremer and his associates deliver incisive, committed performances...a fascinating piece, performed here with great brilliance. —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Chamber Symphonies & Piano Quintet
Gidon Kremer (violin/director), Yulianna Avdeeva (piano), Mate Bekavec (clarinet)
Kremerata Baltica, Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla
Kremer's commitment is clear in this compellingly performed release of the four chamber symphonies Weinberg composed during the last decade of his life...The overriding atmosphere in all these... —
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Record Review, 11th February 2017, Recording of the Week
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Zal - The Music of Milosz Magin
Lucas Debargue (piano), Gidon Kremer (violin), Kremerata Baltica (chamber ensemble)
What a splendid case these artists make for his richly melodic, often cinematic voice: Debargue revels in the helter-skelter virtuosity of the Piano Concerto No. 3 (composed seven years after... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2021
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Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa
Gidon Kremer (violin), Tatjana Grindenko (violin), Alfred Schnitte (prepared piano), Keith Jarrett (piano), 12 cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Saulus Sondeskis, Dennis Russell Davis
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Weinberg: Violin Concerto & Sonata for Two Violins
Gidon Kremer (violin), Madara Pētersone (violin), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Daniele Gatti
Kremer’s approach differs significantly from all other recorded interpreters in adopting far more expansive tempos throughout the concerto..Kremer and Latvian violinist Madara Pētersone deliver... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Harnoncourt - Beethoven
RecommendedGidon Kremer & Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Another absorbing set, with Nikolaus Harnoncourt bringing his impeccable, historically-informed sensibilities to the modern instruments of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. The Eroica is mightily... —
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Building a Library, January 2015, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Recording of the Year
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, January 2020, Also Recommended
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New. Nikolaus Harnoncourt & The Royal Concertgebouw: The Complete Teldec Recordings
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Written in the wake of his opera The Passenger, these Preludes find Weinberg in combative and even capricious mood… All in all, this is a fascinating and expressively inclusive opus to which... —
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Diapason d’Or, Summer Issue 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Solo Music
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