Adam Laloum
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Momentum [1]: Walton, Respighi
RecommendedLiya Petrova (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Duncan Ward, Adam Laloum (piano)
Liya Petrova’s new recording of Walton’s Violin Concerto grips you from the outset. Her phrasing of the opening material ideally combines singing tone with subtle inflections of pulse and dynamic,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2023, Concerto Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2023, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas & Clarinet Trio
Adam Laloum (piano) & Raphaël Sévère (clarinet), Julien-Laferrière (cello)
Brahms's autumnal clarinet works are imbued with passion here. Some tempo decisions are a bit willful, particularly the sleepy Allegro amabile of Sonata No. 2. —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2015, Winner - Musique de Chambre
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These flowing performances, sensitively shaped, are never less than satisfying. —
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Quatuor Hanson embrace this music as if in a romantic fairy tale...a wholly excellent performance, pleasing and competitive. —
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His playing has a notably singing tone and the Steinway is very naturally recorded – so much so that we hear plenty of the pianist’s breathing, but it feels like a true performance. Laloum has... —
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Laloum can be trusted to be musical and thoughtful. He isn’t out to impose his personality on D 894 or to present a sharply new angle. The C-Minor Sonata, D 958, is approached the same way,... —
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Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Adam Laloum (piano)
Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Kazuki Yamada
Laloum certainly has the range and measure of both works’ expansiveness and is not afraid to adopt tempi to match. Laloum sparkles in the Second Concerto’s finale, however; and Hans-Jakob Eschenburg’s... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2018
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Laloum is a noted chamber player, but this recording is a reminder of his solo excellence...The Op. 116 Fantasien are gorgeously played, Laloum making the most of the huge landscape they inhabit. —