CD, Kapustin (composer)
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Nikolai Kapustin: Piano Concerto No. 5, Concerto Op. 104 & Sinfonietta Op. 49
Frank Dupree (piano), Adrian Brendle (piano), Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Dominik Beykirch
This is not the first recording [of Concerto No. 5], though the only other version – performed by Masahiro Kawakami (on Exton) – is hard to purchase outside Japan. In any case, this new recording... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2023, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Concerto
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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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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Kapustin: Piano Concerto No. 4, Concerto for Violin & Piano & Chamber Symphony
Frank Dupree (piano/conductor), Rosanne Philippens (violin), Wurttembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
Sitting across the gap between classical and jazz, Kapustin’s Concerto for Piano and Violin is largely bluesy in feel, while the Fourth Piano Concerto almost has a touch of rock about it. In... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Winner - Assorted Programs
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Concerto
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Nikolai Kapustin: Blueprint - Piano Music For Jazz Trio
Frank Dupree (piano), Jakob Krupp (double bass), Meinhard Jenne (drums)
a heady 68 minutes of music giving the impression – if you were listening blind – of a well-drilled jazz trio improvising on some favourite numbers of their own. —
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Hamelin's amazing technique and clarity of sound means that the music sounds as spontaneous as it can, though there's still a lingering doubt that it's all just a bit too knowing and clever. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2008, Editor's Choice
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…Kapustin's… a Russian (b1937) who's had the bright idea of combining classical forms with a jazz idiom. …the music is full of virtuosity which Marc-André Hamelin handles effortlessly. He... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2004, Editor's Choice
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A collection of miniature piano rarities and transcriptions put together to fascinating effect. —
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[Gordon] has a decided advantage in bringing a much more joyously jazz-like feel to the music. She really knows how to make Kapustin's melodic lines and rhythms swing, but is equally sensitive... —
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The young British pianist Clare Hammond is fast building a reputation as a stylish interpreter of the new or less familiar... The real interest is the set of six Etudes by Unsuk Chin (b.1961),... —
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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