Gramophone Awards, Smetana (composer)
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'It hardly needs saying that there is nothing banal about Bychkov’s meticulously mapped performances and that his attention to detail never stifles the music’s spontaneity...In sum, an enriching... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2024, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2024, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Orchestral
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Winner - Orchestral
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The PHQ understand absolutely the plasticity of Smetana’s vision and convey it unerringly, unshrinkingly – and in some ways even more convincingly than the Talich, which is saying something.... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th April 2015
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2015, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Winner - Chamber
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Chamber Winner
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Notwithstanding some rough edges, especially in their otherwise passionate rendition of Szell’s orchestration of the string quartet,t here is a good deal to enjoy in these vividly recorded performances. —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2025, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Shortlist, Orchestral
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2025, Musique Symphonique
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there is a good deal to enjoy in these vividly recorded performances. —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2025, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Shortlist
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2025, Musique Symphonique
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The PHQ understand absolutely the plasticity of Smetana’s vision and convey it unerringly, unshrinkingly – and in some ways even more convincingly than the Talich, which is saying something.... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th April 2015
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Winner - Chamber
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2015, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Winner - Chamber
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2015
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It is not hard to imagine what music portraying such a story meant to the oppressed people at that concert in 1939 and after having already burst into wild applause at the end of each poem the... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th December 2011
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Special Award
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Building A Library, May 2021, Also Recommended
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Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from the Lugano Festival 2012
RecommendedMaria João Pires (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Lily Maisky (piano), Sascha Maisky (violin), Lyda Chen (viola), Mischa Maisky (cello), Nicholas Angelich (piano), Polina Leschenko (piano), Ilya Gringolts (violin), Nathan Braude (viola), Torleif Thedéen (cello), Nelson Goerner...
Several of the ensembles could have benefited from more sustained period of rehearsal, yet they still communicate vibrancy and the sheer enjoyment possible when fine musicians get together to... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th May 2013
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Chamber
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The Record of Singing – The Very Best of Volumes 1-4
RecommendedFrom 1899 to the end of the 78 era: 1899-1952
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Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Historic vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Historical
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Historic vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Historic Reissue
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Gramophone Awards, 1977, Winner - Historical
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