Pavel Kolesnikov
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An ideal realisation of these exquisite dances, the likes of which I never dreamt of hearing…Liszt said it: ‘A wind plays in the leaves, life unfolds and develops beneath them, but the tree... —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2016, Winner - Piano
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2016, Editor's Choice
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Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps. Ravel: Ma mère l'Oye
RecommendedPavel Kolesnikov (piano), Samson Tsoy (piano)
By pairing [the Stravinsky] with Ravel's original Ma mère l'Oye, they magically reveal not only how so much more comes through in Stravinsky's orchestral masterpiece as pared down, but how,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2025, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2025, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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The New York Times, Best Classical Music Albums of 2025
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In this recording the Schubert works emerge as absolutely magical. The Divertissement elicits a sumptuous softness, while the Fantasie creates the impression of vast and intensely dramatic landscapes. —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2024, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Shortlist, Piano
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Unexpected tempos, but the atmosphere is unmistakable. Kolesnikov finds nocturnal quietude in the Moonlight Sonata, and his lucid, thoughtful approach pays off elsewhere too. —
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The combination of Kolesnikov’s sensitive touch, a Yamaha CFX concert grand and Andrew Keener’s production values gives us beautiful sound in abundance. The longer pieces come off best…Kolesnikov... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Solo Music
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He’s commandeered a Yamaha concert grand and had it regulated in two ways: one nurturing darker and even more rounded sounds to enhance what he perceives to be the music’s singing qualities;... —
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Diapason d’Or, April 2018, Nouveauté
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On the credit side, Kolesnikov’s idea of having the Yamaha CDX tuned ‘to maximise the extreme sensitivity of the keys, with closely positioned microphones’ works extremely well, and his control... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2022, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Fluid, fine-toned and with formidable power and dexterity when required, all these performances recreate Tchaikovsky's idiom, whether vivacious or drenched in Russian melancholy to rare degree...On... —
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How do you make a worthwhile contribution to the enormous range of performances without sounding willful or perverse? Kolesnikov opts for a middle way, rather like Wilhelm Kempff two generations... —
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Special offer. A Tribute to Ysaÿe
Yossif Ivanov, Nikita Boriso-Glebsky (violin), Tedi Papavrami (violin), Maria Milstein, Lorenzo Gatto, Renaud Capuçon (violin), Quatuor Hermès (chamber ensemble), Gary Hoffman, Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden (piano), Kerson Leong, Julien Libeer, Astrig Siranossian (cello), Hélène Desaint, Elina Buksha,...
An impressive five-disc Tribute which includes numerous works by Ysaÿe himself – most interestingly two substantial and virtually unknown concerto movements played by Jean-Jacques Kantorow –... —
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Diapason d’Or, February 2020, Nouveauté
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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