SACD, Prokofiev (composer)
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Poltéra Plays Prokofiev
RecommendedChristian Poltéra (cello), Juho Pohjonen (piano), Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Anja Bihlmaier
Poltéra has all the warmth and variety of tone, plus technical address, the score demands...There are plenty of distinguished versions of this repertoire on CD, but at bargain price none that... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2024, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 - Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Haochen Zhang (piano)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Dima Slobodeniouk
Zhang possesses a clarity of finger and thought that are highly impressive. Passages that are often sounded with an all-purpose pyrotechnical pizzazz here possess a transparent sparkle, refreshingly... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Concerto
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Few can rival Valery Gergiev's pedigree in Prokofiev's music, and he is palpably aware of how this score works in the theatre. His pacing of events is masterly, with plenty of verve and passion…... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th January 2010
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Building a Library, February 2010, Modern Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2010, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Disc of the Year & Orchestral Award Winner
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Prokofiev - Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3
Freddy Kempf (piano)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton
With this disc, Freddy Kempf shoots straight into the top ten of Prokofiev interpreters...[He] keeps it all spruce and plays it relatively straight...The big Rachmaninov tune in the finale [of... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Concerto
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2010, Editor's Choice
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Tchaikovsky & Prokofiev: Piano Concertos
RecommendedKirill Gerstein (piano)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, James Gaffigan
Perhaps the most striking aspect of Gerstein's interpretation is his ability to make the piano writing sound much lighter and more transparent than usual...Instead of the conventional barnstorming... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd March 2015
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Concerto Finalist
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Andrew Litton is obviously in sympathy with this miraculous score, and he has coaxed playing of considerable warmth and character from his Bergen players. —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Prepare to be astonished. Even allowing for the huge technical standards taken for granted today, Ivan Bessonov’s verges on phenomenal. He draws a beautifully rounded sound from the Steinway... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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The Lahti Symphony Orchestra under former principal music director Dima Slobodeniouk delivers a compelling performance [of the Britten] with some particularly stunning string playing in the... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, Orchestral Choice
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Prokofiev: Suites from The Gambler & The Tale of the Stone Flower
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Dima Slobodeniouk
[The Gambler Suite is] typical Prokofiev cut-and-paste, but there’s great lyric warmth in the way Dima Slobodeniouk and his Lahti players handle the opening these and the pathos of Babulenka,... —
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The glowing richness of Sharon Bezaly's tone is immediately striking. It may be something of an acquired taste compared to the greater coolness of many of her contemporaries but it proves seductive... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2006, Chamber Choice
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