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Special offer. Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Violin Concerto, Photoptosis, Die Soldaten Vocal Symphony
RecommendedLeila Josefowicz (violin), Anu Komsi (soprano), Jeni Packalen (soprano), Hilary Summers (contralto), Peter Tantsits (tenor), Ville Rusanen (baritone), Juha Uusitalo (bass)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
In Zimmermann’s Violin Concerto…beauty is to the fore ina performance from Lelia Josefowicz that is more elasticated and lyrical (than, say, Thomas Zehetmair) while the Finnish Radio Symphony... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Assorted Program
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Alison Balsom: Seraph
RecommendedAlison Balsom (trumpet)
Scottish Ensemble, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Renes
Seraph may not quite be another Veni, Veni Emmanuel...But it's still very enjoyable, from the Haydn-tinged jollity of the first movement, through a mysterious and lyrical slow movement to the... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th February 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2012, Editor's Choice
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Bernd Alois Zimmermann - Recomposed
WDR Sinfonieorchester, Sarah Wegener, Marcus Weiss, Ueli Wiget, Heinz Holliger
I cannot recommend this issue highly enough. It is so entertaining, so thought-provoking, and fills out a portrait of a composer who does not deserve to be forgotten. Holliger and his orchestra... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Park is adept at guiding us through the complex solo line with lucidity, contouring phrases and providing a wide dynamic and timbral range to enthral. —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2025, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2025, Editor's Choice
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Zimmermann - Canto di Speranza
Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Thomas Demenga (cello), Andreas Schmidt (bass), Gerd Böckmann, Robert Hunger-Bühler (speakers)
WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, Heinz Holliger
The synthesis of Bartók, Schoenberg and Stravinsky in the sparky Violin Concerto of 1950, played with expressive intelligence by Thomas Zehetmair, seems light years away from the deep pessimism... —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2009
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Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello, piano), Alexandre Tharaud (piano, cello), Raphaël Imbert (soloist), Stéphanie-Marie Degand, La Diane française
Queyras and Tharaud clearly enjoy the process as well as the freedom of interpretation and presentation that the encore gives. But there is a niggling feeling here of something missing, and... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Editor's Choice
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Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Sinfonien (live)
WDR Sinfonieorchester, Emilio Pomàrico (conductor), Emily Hindrichs (soprano), Anna Radziejewska (mezzo-soprano), Bettina Ranch (alto), Peter Tantsits (tenor), Hans Christoph Begemann (baritone), Otto Katzameier (bass)
Involving six soloists, it’s essentially a 40-minute distillation of the opera itself (which was finally staged two years later) that vividly captures the impossible ambition and visceral thrills... —
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Deja-Reve - Dialogues Across Time
Christian Felix Benning (performer), Patrick Stapleton (performer), Klavierduo Neeb
this is an auspicious debut recording from the young brother-and-sister team of Klavierduo Neeb, but the programme itself offers mixed rewards. —
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