Gramophone Awards, 1999
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Ravel - Piano Concertos
RecommendedKrystian Zimerman (piano)
Cleveland Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Zimerman's pianism is self-recommending.
His trills in the first movement of the G major Concerto are to die for, his passagework in the finale crystalclear, never hectic, always stylish. For... —Awards:
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Building a Library, May 2005, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1999, Winner - 20th-Century Concerto
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building A Library, May 2024, Recommended Recording (Ravel)
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Building A Library, October 2025, Top Choice (Piano Concerto in G)
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Chopin - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedMartha Argerich (piano)
Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit
Martha Argerich's first commercially released recordings of the Chopin concertos were for DG; No 1 in 1968, No 2 in 1978. Here she revisits both concertos and offers an act of re-creative daring,... —
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Building a Library, October 2000, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1999, Winner - Concerto
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Building a Library, September 2016, First Choice
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Building a Library, March 2023, Recommended Recording
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No one who loves Schumann should miss this outstandingly fine new disc —Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 1999, Winner - Chamber
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Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114
RecommendedRenée Fleming (Rusalka), Ben Heppner (Prince), Dolora Zajick (Jezibaba), Eva Urbanová (Foreign Princess), Franz Hawalta (Water Goblin)
Kühn Mixed Choir, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Mackerras
Renée Fleming's tender and heartwarming account of Rusalka's Invocation to the Moon reflects the fact that the role of the lovelorn water nymph, taken by her in a highly successful production... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1999, Recording of the Year
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Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114 (highlights)
RecommendedRenée Fleming (Rusalka), Ben Heppner (Prince), Dolora Zajick (Jezibaba), Eva Urbanová (Foreign Princess), Franz Hawalta (Water Goblin)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Kühn Mixed Choir, Sir Charles Mackerras
in every way a satisfying musical experience. This offers not only ripely atmospheric sound but what is in almost every way is the ideal cast...Fleming gives a heart-felt, sharply detailed performance,... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1999, Recording of the Year
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Building a Library, September 2005, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1999, Winner - Solo Vocal
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The pacing of each movement is majestic.
Not too fast in the first movement; a slow, contemplative tread in the second; animated, but capable of opening out into something more leisurely in... —Awards:
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Building a Library, November 2012, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1999, Winner - Orchestral
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Varèse: The Complete Works
RecommendedSarah Leonard (soprano), Mireille Delunsch (soprano), François Kerdoncuff (piano), Jacques Zoon (flute)
Concertgebouw Orchestra, ASKO Ensemble, Men of the Prague Philharmonic Choir, Riccardo Chailly
Riccardo Chailly's 1996 account [of Amériques] is unlike any of its competitors in that it reconstructed for the first time Varèse's original version of the score from 1918-21, which uses a... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1999, Winner - 20th Century Orchestral
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building a Library, April 2004, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1999, Winner - 20th-Century Instrumental
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Takemitsu: Quotation of Dream
RecommendedPaul Crossley & Peter Serkin
London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen
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Gramophone Awards, 1999, Winner - Contemporary
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