Knussen
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Few, if any, duos are better equipped to take on this mantle than Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich.Aimard’s exceptionally close association with Messiaen and Loriod goes back to... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Special offer. Oliver Knussen: Autumnal
Alexandra Wood (violin), Huw Watkins (piano), Claire Booth (soprano), Ryan Wigglesworth (piano), Leila Josefowicz (violin); BBC Symphony Orchestra, BCMG, Oliver Knussen
this CD should do more than any live performance to tell the world what a treasure he is. The Walton-esque Violin Concerto, Knussen’s masterpiece, is played with dazzling artistry by Josefowicz...[the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Contemporary
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Themes & Variations
Three sets of variations - two previously unrecorded - with contributions from 19 British composers ranging from William Walton to Judith Weir
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jac van Steen
This fascinating disc... offers a snapshot of British musical tastes over the last 50 years —
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British Composers: A Celebration
RecommendedRichard Rodney Bennett (piano), Ian Hare (piano), Robert Tear (vocals), Sir Andrew Davis (piano), Bruce Russell (vocals), Richard Lewis (vocals), Monica Sinclair (vocals), Lewis Thomas (vocals), Geoffrey Walls (baritone), John Hauxwell (bass-baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Wilfred Brown...
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also Recommended
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Knussen: Higglety Pigglety Pop! & Where the Wild Things Are
Cynthia Buchan, Lisa Saffer, Rosemary Hardy. Christopher Gillet, David Wilson-Johnson, Stephen Richardson, Mary King
London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2001, Editor's Choice
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Here’s a debut album full of integrity and care. Lumas Winds is a group of five recent UK conservatoire graduates (lively biographies are available on their website), whose sparky playing lights... —
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Special offer. Oliver Knussen: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3
Elaine Barry, Linda Hirst (sopranos) & Michael Collins, Dward Pillinger, Ian Mitchell (clarinets)
The Nash Ensemble, London Sinfonietta, Philharmonia Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas & Oliver Knussen
Here is the essence of him: his precocious song-cycle symphony (No 2) and arresting Symphony No 3 (performed by the Philharmonia)...and that locus classicus of ensemble virtuosity, the five-minute... —
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Special offer. This Is Rattle
Grime, Ades. Birtwistle, Knussen & Elgar
Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
The dazzling panache of the LSO’s playing has you wondering all over again at the mesmerising range of options that Adès’s ear and technical command can summon…And Elgar’s Enigma Variations... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2019, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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As album titles go, Reflection is pretty bland. But there is nothing timid about the playing of that feisty violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen and her excellent piano partner Huw Watkins. The music... —