CD, Albéniz (composer)
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A real meeting of minds, these CDs capture perfectly the insight and poetry that de Larrocha brings to this quintessentially Hispanic music, and Decca's warm but not oppressively close recording... —
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Grammy Awards, 31st Awards (1988), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Childhood memories are summoned, plus people and places…Indeed, there’s so much playfulness and charm here that the listener might well pant for some extra ballast from meatier things. It comes... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2018
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2018, Nouveauté
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This is an achievement on a pretty spectacular new level, and the range of musical sensibility she demonstrates here is vast...her rhythmic sense [in the Ligeti] keeps the music aloft and totally... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2024, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2024, Insturmental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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In short, this highly recommendable collection represents a model of imaginative and provocative programming. —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2006, Disc of the month
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Iberia y Francia
Imogen Cooper plays Mompou, Debussy, Albeniz, Ravel and Falla
Imogen Cooper (piano)
It is difficult to imagine Debussy-playing more personal, suggestive or voluptuous. Cooper has lived with this music long and well…She gives us an Albéniz entirely her own, all the more vivid... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Solo Music
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2018, Archive/Re-Issue of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, January 2019, Collectionneur
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 65 - Albéniz & Granados
Melani Mestre (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Mestre's playing is limpid and convincing, with Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Symphony Orchestra giving discreet support. —
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Hamelin again achieves the almost physically impossible with seeming ease. Albéniz's multiple layers are finely balanced, and apparently awkward textures come to life in a lucid acoustic with... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2005, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2005, Editor's Choice
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Garcia’s smooth, rich and sweet sound and impeccable virtuosity, in a spacey and warm acoustic, may not be a totally individual voice yet. But this [is] a delight for everyone, from the curious... —
