Mikko Franck
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Hilary Hahn - Paris
RecommendedChausson, Rautavaara, Prokofiev
Hilary Hahn (violin), Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Mikko Franck
Hahn praises the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France as one where ‘emotion is embraced rather than exaggerated’, and the disc is an embodiment of this crucial virtue...She admits [the Prokofiev... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2021, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2021, Concerto Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1 & Enescu: Octet for strings
RecommendedVilde Frang (violin), Erik Schumann (violin), Gabriel Le Magadure (violin), Roseanne Philippens (violin), Lawrence Power (viola), Lily Francis (viola), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Jan-Erik Gustavsson (cello)
Orchestre de Radio France, Mikko Franck
Frang rises to the works' passionate lyricism and dazzles in partnership with Mikko Franck and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2018, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2018, Concerto Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Concerto
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Rautavaara's First Symphony, written in 1955 in four movements, was recast in 1988 – not wholly convincingly – as a diptych. In 2003 Rautavaara added a new slow movement based on a song composed... —
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Strauss: Four Last Songs
Asmik Grigorian (soprano), Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Mikko Franck, Markus Hinterhauser (piano)
However much time Hinterhäuser gives her, Grigorian finds plenty to say and there is an individual personality at work that is missed with orchestra. The piano version is not recorded often,... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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Special offer. Rautavaara: 90th Anniversary Edition
Marielle Nordmann (harp), Marko Ylönen (cello), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Gunilla Süssmann (piano), Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Paavali Jumppanen (piano), Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Latvian Radio Choir, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Finnish Radio Chamber Choir, MDR Sinfonieorchester, Belgium...
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Debussy: La Damoiselle élue, Le martyre de Saint Sébastien & Nocturnes
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Maîtrise de Radio France, Chœur de Radio France, Mikko Franck
Fragments of Debussy’s incidental music for Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien, arranged by Caplet, are the moody centrepiece of this orchestral survey under Mikko Franck. It’s the thrillingly atmospheric... —
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Record Review, 9th April 2022, Record of the Week
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Debussy: The Complete Works
Artists include Martha Argerich, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Samson François, Renaud Capuçon, Natalie Dessay, André Cluytens, François-Xavier Roth, Jean Martinon, Michel Plasson, Kent Nagano and Carlo Maria Giulini
Exhaustive, the sum of the crème de la crème of the discography...THE Debussy box set to have…No richer panorama exists for the melodies (the complete EMI recordings alongside never-before-released... —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Archive
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Debussy: C'est l'extase - La mer
Vannina Santoni (soprano), Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Mikko Franck
Vannina Santori, 36, releases the odors and textures of Verlaine’s verses with her mellow, lyrical, textured voice. There’s no posturing, no phony pear-shaped stuff, but rather a natural narrative... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2023
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14
Asmik Grigorian (soprano), Matthias Goerne (baritone), Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Mikko Franck
Goerne’s background in Lieder serves him well, but Grigorian makes the whole performance. This takes nothing away from the perfectly satisfying conducting of Mikko Franck and the excellent playing... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Symphonic
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Korngold: Die Tote Stadt
Camilla Nylund (Marietta), Klaus Florian Vogt (Paul), Finnish National Opera, Mikko Franck
The USP here is Finnish soprano Camilla Nylund apparently in the form of her life, radiant and effortless as she consistently powers and floats above Korngold’s thrillingly noisy orchestra,... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Opera
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