Francesca Dego
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Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3 & 4
RecommendedFrancesca Dego (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Roger Norrington, Francesca Leonardi (piano)
There is a strong sense of collaboration here, illuminated by moments of cherishable musical correspondence between soloist and orchestra…These performances capture the very essence of Mozart’s... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Brahms, Ligeti, Mozart, Schumann: Horn Trios
Martin Owen (horn), Francesca Dego (violin), Alessandro Taverna (piano)
Both trios are played with admirable virtuosity by Martin Owen, Francesca Dego and Alessandro Taverna, but the arrangement of the Mozart Horn Quintet which they offer in addition is less satisfying...... —
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Paganini 1 & Wolf–Ferrari Violin Concertos
Francesca Dego (violin)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Daniele Rustioni
Dego’s fine-spun tonal purity and spotless intonational poise are exceptionally beguiling…Wolf-Ferrari’s melodic invention is not especially memorable, yet Dego’s seductive phrasing and infectious... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2017
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Mozart: Violin Concertos, Vol. 2
Francesca Dego (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Roger Norrington
Listening to Francesca Dego, Roger Norrington and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra responding with microfine nuances of phrasing, articulation and dynamic to Mozart’s Salzburg style at... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2022, Concerto Choice
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Mozart: The Piano Quartets
Francesca Dego (violin), Timothy Ridout (viola), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Federico Colli (piano)
All four musicians here are star soloists in their own rights, but there's no sense of jostling egos in these warmly collegiate performances - just the sense of ideas being exchanged in the... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2023
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Il Cannone - Francesca Dego plays Paganini's violin
Francesca Dego (violin), Francesca Leonardi (piano)
Dego has an expressive touch, skittering over the strings, yet finding plenty of attack in Szymanowski’s Trois Caprices. Corigliano’s Red Violin Caprices are at times spellbinding, descending... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2021
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[In the Brahms] Dego and Dalia Stasevska establish their own mix of restraint and exuberance, setting less store by inexorable development and immaculate finish than a sense of improvisatory... —
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Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Op. 12, Op. 23, Op. 47
Francesca Leonardi (piano), Francesca Dego (violin)
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Francesca Dego and Francesca Leonardi have also been playing together for many years, and their conveyed delight in each other’s musical company is no less infectiously conveyed. —
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She and Leonardi make the most compelling case I have encountered for the First Sonata as a destination in its own right rather than as a necessary stop-off on the route to the Second, which... —
