John Storgårds
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Nielsen & Sibelius: Violin Concertos
RecommendedJohan Dalene (violin), Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
Dalene has a strong command of long evolving lines – crucial in both composers – but he balances that with a fine feeling for ‘speaking’ phrasing and articulation...The expression can certainly... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st April 2022
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Concerto
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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Special offer. Elgar & Adès: Violin Concertos
RecommendedChristian Tetzlaff (violin), BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds
Arresting and tautly persuasive, Christian Tetzlaff challenges orthodoxy in this impressive account of Elgar's great B minor Violin Concerto.... Tetzlaff's riveting account [of the Adès] should... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2025, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2026, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Special offer. Christian Tetzlaff plays Dvorak & Suk
RecommendedChristian Tetzlaff (violin)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
John Storgards and the Helsinki Philharmonic provide attentive and flexible accompaniment, and Tetzlaff’s tone throughout is unfailingly beautiful…this well recorded account will appeal to those... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Concerto
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The sounds Abrahamsen craves, white and translucent across a large range of actual expression, hugely complex on the page but delectably simple to the ear, are exceptionally realised and recorded... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Contemporary
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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Special offer. Rautavaara: Modificata, Towards the Horizon & Incantations
RecommendedWorld Première Recordings
Truls Mørk (cello), Colin Currie (percussion)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
A late and lush harvest of works by octogenarian Einojuhani Rautavaara continues apace. Here we have eagerly awaited documentation of his two latest neo-Romantic concertos, in beautifully recorded... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2012, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Winner - Contemporary
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Per Nørgård: Orchestral Works
Peter Herresthal, Jakob Kullberg, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
Is Nørgård the greatest living symphonist? Listen and decide for yourself. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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Music like this, often rampagingly orchestrated, needs performances of matching gusto. The symphonies’ pioneer German recordings, now almost 20 years old, had plenty of spirit, but the superior... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Special offer. Outi Tarkiainen: The Earth, Spring's Daughter & Saivo
RecommendedVirpi Räisänen (mezzo-soprano), Jukka Perko (soprano saxophone), Lapland Chamber Orchestra, John Storgårds
The Finn depicts her country’s landscape in this concerto, presenting the instrument in eerie new light. It’s paired with a haunting song cycle that utilises every force of the orchestra. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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This is big music that belies its scoring, swaying in an almost orchestral manner from highly mobile, directional states to more introspective ones. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th December 2025
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It may sound like faint praise to describe these as 'well-managed' performances, but to shape and steer all Seven Symphonies convincingly is no mean feat. When it comes to overview and attention... —
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Building a Library, December 2015, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Orchestral
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Building A Library, August 2025, Recommended Recording - Symphony No. 1
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