Franck, C
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This is simply superb in every way…Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien are typically outstanding throughout, playing with exceptional control without ever forsaking spontaneity…Make no mistake,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st March 2019
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Record Review, 9th March 2019, Disc of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Chamber
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Chamber
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Winner - Chamber Music
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A knock-out album opener and a stylistically wide-ranging programme teeming with fascinating intersections and brand-new transcriptions...the aristocratically poised passion is an album-wide... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2026, Editor's Choice
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What’s fascinating is the way these two musicians create performances of such charismatic individuality without seeming to do very much – other than play magnificently, of course. —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2022, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 10th December 2022, Record of the Week
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Franck: Piano Quintet & Debussy: String Quartet
RecommendedMarc-André Hamelin (piano)
Takács Quartet
An exemplary performance —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Kelly exhibits a highly developed and polished technical command of his instrument. He has sound musical instincts and a secure intellectual grasp of a refreshingly wide repertory. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2026, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Cello Sonatas by Franck, Debussy & Poulenc
Anne Gastinel (cello) & Claire Désert (piano)
[Gastinel] and Claire Desert have a wonderfully intuitive partnership and both draw on subtle, inimitable soundworlds....Gastinel brings the right note of nonchalant simplicity to Debussy's... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2012, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2012, Editor's Choice
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this celebration of song is infused with heartfelt joy. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Song
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The sound quality throughout is amazingly good...there are several valuable additions to this great pianist’s discography. Not least among them is a superb live performance of the Emperor Concerto,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2019, Archive/Reissue of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, October 2019, Collectionneur
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Historic Recording
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Both play [the Franck] with poetry and warmth but can turn solid where coolly patrician tone is needed, and the air only really clears in time for the floating, sweet lyricism of the finale.... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year (Capuçon)
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Franck: Violin Sonata & Szymanowski: Mythes
RecommendedKaja Danczowska (violin), Krystian Zimerman (piano)
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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