Pierné, G
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This is utterly adorable from start to finish…In the booklet Piau speaks of her joy at performing this kind of repertoire and her rapture is palpable from the breathless opening moments of Saint-Saens’s... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2019
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Diapason d’Or, June 2019
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Vocal
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th December 2019
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Winner - Recital
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Special offer. Four Hands
RecommendedAlexandre Tharaud (piano), Bruce Liu (piano), David Fray (piano), Beatrice Rana (piano), Nicholas Angelich (piano), Alexander Melnikov (piano), Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Gautier Capuçon (piano), Juliette (piano), Michel Dalberto (piano), Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Momo Kodama (piano), Mariam Batsashvili...
One of Tharaud’s aims is to reveal repertoire which has been largely lost, and in this respect he is resoundingly successful...Everything here has charm, and radiates what should always be the... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th May 2024
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2024, Instrumental Choice
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The Romantic Piano Concerto (1991 - 2007 Edition)
Featuring pianists including Stephen Hough, Seta Tanyel, Piers Lane, Nikolai Demidenko, Martin Roscoe, Howard Shelley, Peter Donohoe, Marc-André Hamelin and Steven Osborne
Is this handsomely produced box-set worth acquiring? As a work of art alone, yes! If you have not encountered these works before, do not hesitate. Dip in anywhere and you will be rewarded. Assuming... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2026, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Belle époque
Annelien Van Wauwe (clarinet)
Orchestre National de Lille, Alexandre Bloch
Think of La belle époque and I’m not sure Johannes Brahms necessarily springs to mind...Wauwe plays the sonata/concerto well though, her chalumeau register suitably juicy, and she floats the... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Newcomer of the Year
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Special offer. Une Flûte Invisible…
An Imaginary Chamber Opera in Six Scenes. Works by Saint-Saëns, Godard, Caplet, Debussy & Roussel
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Hervé Lamy (tenor), Gilles de Talhouët (flute) & Arthur Schoonderwoerd (piano)
This is quite simply marvellous. …an exquisitely planned collection of French music from the turn of the 20th century, bringing together, on the one hand, settings by Saint-Saëns, Pierné, Godard... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2006, Chamber Choice
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O’Brien is a patrician artist who plays with a gorgeous, pure tone, elegant phrasing, and remarkable fluidity in even the most demanding passages. She is also a keenly imaginative artist; one... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Pierné - Sophie Arnould
Sophie Marin-Degor (Sophie Arnould), Jean-Sébastien Bou (Dorval) & Doris Lamprecht (Babet)
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Nicolas Chalvin
Sophie Marin-Degor conveys the fragile façade of Arnould with beautiful clarity, and Jean-Sébeastien Bou well captures Dorval's breezy attractiveness. The Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Opera Finalist
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The players here are sensitive to their material, even if the close recording is a touch unkind at times to their double stopping. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Pierné: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena
This attractive disc would make an ideal introduction to the charms of Pierné's music...The revelatory heart, though, is the music from Ramuntcho...Inspired by the Basque setting, there is plenty... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2011, Editor's Choice
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