Michael Stern
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Special offer. Barber, Sibelius & Scriabin: One Movement Symphonies
Kansas City Symphony, Michael Stern
Founded in 1982, this orchestra offers here a classy standard of playing, plus the conductor-and-orchestra chemistry that’s needed to generate musical results as memorable as these, and in three... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, Orchestral Choice
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Special offer. Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor 'Organ'
and other works
Noah Geller (violin, Noah Geller (violin), Mark Gibbs (cello), Jan Kraybill (organ)
Kansas City Symphony, Michael Stern
There is an appealing family feel to this disc…Geller exudes lyrical warmth and a perky rhythmic spirit in the first work, and in the second he uses the violin's wily flights of fancy to engage... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2015, Editor's Choice
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There’s an excellent dynamic range and lots of detail emerges very naturally, which is just what you want in scores like these. The accompanying documentation is excellent; the composer writes... —
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Contemporary Classical Composition
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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. Leshnoff: Symphony No. 3 & Piano Concerto
Joyce Yang (piano), Kansas City Symphony Orchestra, Michael Stern
Unashamedly lyrical music, and that’s fine by me. The Third Symphony packs an emotional punch thanks in part to its First World War inspiration; the soulful Piano Concerto enthrals. —
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Virgil Thomson’s 1957 orchestration [of the 11 Chorale Preludes for Organ] utilises the full forces of the orchestra, exploring its many textures. The Kansas City Symphony give a mostly considered... —
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 38 - Rubinstein & Scharwenka
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Michael Stern
Anton Rubinstein is well served on record these days: the catalogue lists half-a-dozen versions of the Fourth Concerto… Marc-André Hamelin gives a dazzling account of this, and also of the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2005, Editor's Choice
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Coming soon. To Awaken the Sleeper - Works of Joel Thompson
Kansas City Symphony, Exigence Vocal Ensemble, Joyce Didonato, Yo-Yo-Ma, Michael Stern, Eugene Rogers
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