Bloch, E
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In the First Quintet Lane and the Goldners manage to communicate the urgency and immediacy of Bloch's musical argument… the opening passage projected with a frenzy that generates considerable... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Chamber Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2007, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2008, Disc of the month
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Elgar: Viola Concerto & Bloch: Suite For Viola and Orchestra
RecommendedTimothy Ridout (viola), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Ridout’s account of the opening movement is full of richly rhapsodic playing , although the viola suggests more of a wistful musing than the deeper, elegiac contemplation possible on the cello. —
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Limelight Magazine, February 2023, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th January 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2023, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Concerto
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Winners, Winner - Concerto
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New. Lutosławski: Concertos For Cello / For Orchestra, Bloch: Schelomo
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Luxembourg Philharmonic, Gustavo Gimeno
Already at the first hearing I was very intrigued by Jean-Guihen Queyras's new interpretation, as I could hear no traces of political history or power struggles in his playing. In fact, he makes... —
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Schwartz’s warm, silky playing matches Fedorova’s rounded piano touch. The top of the bass range lacks the penetrating quality of its smaller relatives, but Schwartz compensates with gravitas... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2021
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An ideal background to sipping a café crème and nibbling a croissant. —
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Bloch/Bruch: Schelomo, Kol Nidrei & other works
Natalie Clein (cello)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov
As one might expect, Clein delivers a powerfully committed performance, but also manages to avoid over-indulgence, negotiating the peaks and troughs of the music's volatile emotional language... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2012, Editor's Choice
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He delivers Bloch’s epic Schelomo with magnificent command, tracing its ark from lamentation to shrill anger back to resignation. Michael Sanderling and the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra bring... —
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Record Review, 22nd January 2022, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Whether in the dreaminess of Delius’s post-Fauréan miniatures, in the relentlessness of the hard-edged Klein, in the intimacy of the Mompou or in the ironic cheek of the stylised dances by Jaques-Dalcroze,... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Solo Instrumental Recording of the Year
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Overall, this is a gorgeous recital that makes excellent listening. Stefanescu's rich-toned playing rises with aplomb to all its challenges and she crowns the disc with an irresistibly exultant... —
