CD, Schnittke (composer)
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Even by their standards, the choir are on blindingly good form in Schnittke’s monumental Choir Concerto. —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice 2021
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Diapason d’Or, October 2021, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Choral
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Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Nominee - Best Choral Performance
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021, Musique chorale
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Choral
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Alfred Schnittke & Arvo Pärt: Choral Works
RecommendedRaul Mikson (tenor), Maria Melaha (soprano), Karolina Kriis (soprano), Marianne Pärna (alto), Ave Hännikäinen (alto), Toomas Tohert (tenor), Kaia Urb (soprano)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Kaspars Putniņš
The performance by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under Kaspars Putiniņš is really impressive with a particularly rich and sonorous bass sound that is absolutely tailor- made for this... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2018, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Winner - Choral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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New. Schnittke: Complete Works For Two Violins
Vadim Gluzman (violin), Friedemann Eichhorn, Evgeny Sinaiski, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Valentin Uryupin
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Perhaps the major discovery is the Violin Concerto by the exiled Polish composer Andrzej Panufnik...Quite simply, Kopatchinskaja lives and breathes every note, enabling her and the excellent... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2025, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2025, Recording of the Month
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Tchaikovsky & Babajanian: Piano Trios
RecommendedVadim Gluzman (violin), Johannes Moser (cello), Yevgeny Sudbin (piano)
Tchaikovsky disliked the trio as a genre but choosing it for his memorial to Nikolay Rubinstein solved his need for a work of major heft yet intimate reflection. What I like about this beautifully... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Diapason d’Or, March 2020, Nouveauté
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Paul Hindemith / Alfred Schnittke
RecommendedAnna Gourari (piano), Orchestra Dell Svizzera Italiana / Markus Poschner
She extracts a dizzying range of colours from Hindemith’s ingeniously constructed score...The string section of the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana under Markus Poschner responds incisively... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2024, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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a sign of real interpretive strength from the duo… Pärt’s work requires a sort of engagement through detachment at the very least; it gets that here… It’s the sisters’ mode of playing… that... —
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A revelatory connected soundscape in which Beethoven’s introspection feels more unsettling than usual. —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2019, Chamber Choice
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Chamber
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Chamber Music
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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Fantasie: Seven Composers, Seven Keyboards
RecommendedAlexander Melnikov (harpsichord/fortepiano/tangent piano/piano)
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Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th April 2023
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2023, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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In many respects Alfred Schnittke seems to take Shostakovich's unique brand of introverted lyricism and his penchant for grotesque imagery to new levels of intensity. This link is palpably... —
