Minnesota Orchestra
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 50 – Tchaikovsky
RecommendedStephen Hough (piano)
Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä
Both soloist and conductor seem committed to emphasising the architectural integrity of Tchaikovsky's musical thinking...Yet by keeping things moving and delivering performances that project... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th March 2010
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Building a Library, November 2022, Also Recommended - 1st Concerto
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The orchestra's sound under Vänskä has a kind of sharp-focus richness that's never cloying. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th July 2016
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2016, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2016, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Orchestral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2016
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Building a Library, May 2023, Recommended Recording
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Vänskä’s apparent eccentricities here are mostly to accentuate Mahler’s own in his most outlandish ad unpredictable symphony…All the brass do the Minnesota Orchestra proud, and if the strings... —
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Record Review, 27th June 2020, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2020, Editor's Choice
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The emphasis here is on beautifully judged line and flow, allowing the music's expressive extremes to speak for themselves without any need for exaggeration…This is one of those special listening... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2023, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Mahler: Symphony No. 10
Recommendedperforming version by Deryck Cooke
Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä
Vänskä sees to it that his ever-waxing Minnesota Orchestra is ideally engaged with the various heights and depths...Limpid and lurid woodwind playing shines out, from the ghoulish clarinets... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th March 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2021, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2021
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…these are performances that can hold their own with the best, and the quality of the recording… immaculate. …a superb conclusion to a worthwhile cycle. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Orchestral
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2009, Editor's Choice
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[the Minnesota's] sound is huge and polished with rich strings, flaring brass and mellow winds, clearly recorded in first-rate SACD surround sound...[the Fifth] is fairly speedy, but well-paced... —
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It was during Osmo Vänskä's time with the BBC Scottish SO that his Beethoven began winning golden opinions. His reading of the Fourth is fiery but not relentless. Metronome marks are important... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2005, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2005, Editor's Choice
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Another instalment in Osmo Vänskä's next-generation Sibelius cycle, turning from the poetic Lahti orchestra to the full-blooded Minnesota sound. And full-blooded the First certainly is...Altogether,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2013, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 56th Awards (2013), Best Orchestral Performance
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Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture & Capriccio Italian
Recommendedspoken commentary by Deems Taylor
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra & University of Minnesota Brass Band, London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati
it sounds even more spectacular than it did in its vinyl format, vividly catching Beethoven's musical picture of armies clashing. —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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