Alisa Weilerstein
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Weilerstein’s special qualities? Her resolve to allow each movement of each suite to shine on its own terms. Hers is not an overview systematically imposed but more a way to facilitate the cycle’s... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Dvorak: Cello Concerto
RecommendedAlisa Weilerstein (cello)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek
Above all, she reveals the profound relationship between the solo part and Dvořák’s radiantly detailed orchestration in one of the f inest ensemble performances of the last 30 years. With Bělohlávek... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2014, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Concerto
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Elgar & Carter: Cello Concertos
RecommendedAlisa Weilerstein (cello)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim
Weilerstein avoids nostalgia [in the Elgar] and produces instead an account that is full of passion, grief and nobility of feeling...Her interpretation [of the Carter], at once remarkably expressive... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th February 2013
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2013, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2013, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Recording of the Year & Concerto Award Winner
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Now this is my kind of Brahms playing: open-hearted, elastic and generously phrased... The vivid and variegated colouring of Barnatan’s playing is largely responsible for this semblance of orchestral... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2024, Recording of the Month
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The Living Mountain
Sarah Aristidou (soprano), Aaron Pilsan (piano), Luka Juhart (accordion), Munich Chamber Orchestra (chamberorchestra), Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Andrè Schuen (baritone), Daniel Heide (piano), Clemens Schuldt
Consistently engaging music from a composer who says what he needs to say. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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Dvorak: Complete Symphonies & Concertos
RecommendedAlisa Weilerstein (cello), Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Garrick Ohlsson (piano)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jirí Belohlávek
The early symphonies sound as if they are ingrained into the Czech musicians’ DNA...The playing throughout has a transparency, with wonderfully woody woodwinds, and Belohlavek’s affectionate... —
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Building a Library, October 2020, Recommended Recording
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Alisa Weilerstein: Chopin & Rachmaninov
RecommendedAlisa Weilerstein (cello) & Inon Barnatan (piano)
The glorious ebb and flow of melodic material that courses through the veins of the Rachmaninov and Chopin Sonatas seems absolutely tailor-made for a cellist with the flamboyance and intensity... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2016, Chamber Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Shostakovich: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedAlisa Weilerstein (cello)
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Pablo Heras-Casado
Shostakovich’s two cello concertos present such different challenges, it’s a rare cellist who shines as brightly in both. Alisa Weilerstein is well-matched to the First Concerto: fierce, tight... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Her characteristically high voltage as a performer remains constant more or less for the duration, even when she’s not actually playing. Her coltish spirit permeates everything you hear. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Assorted Program
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Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Alisa Weilerstein
Christoph Eschenbach
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