Vinyl, Bach, J S (composer)
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With the exception of the ‘Black Pearl’ variation, which lasts almost ten minutes, this is one of the fastest sets I have ever heard, yet it’s also one of the most enjoyable. Ólafsson draws... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th October 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Early Music
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2023
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Bestseller of the Year
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Grammy Awards, 67th Awards (2025), Nominated - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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Selaocoe inhabits a captivating sphere of spontaneous, mercurial creativity...In Selaocoe’s hands the cello is a shape-shifter...Song is the dominant form: everything flows from his own extraordinary... —
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Songlines, Top of the World, November 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2022, Chamber Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Winner - Newcomer
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Classical Without Borders
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A completely new and inspiring benchmark for this unique tour de force. —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Instrumental Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2007, Recording of the Month
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Record Review, December 2007, Critics' Disc of the Year
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Record Review, December 2007, Listeners' Disc of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2007, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Winner - Instrumental
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Ibragimova makes a strikingly distinctive contribution, albeit subtle and restrained…she introduces minute expressive emphases and nuances into her solo line, sustaining the hypnotic motoric... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd October 2015
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2015, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2015
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Building a Library, November 2023, Also recommended - BWV1041
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By now, Ma’s wings are fully grown. His capacity for soaring seems limitless, his ability to minutely alter dynamics and tempos at the least prompting and the joy of his lilting rhythms are... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th August 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2018
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This is a set that takes its seat confidently at the top table; and in places is touched with genius. Underpinning Lim's approach is a playfulness that animates even the most arcane examples... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th February 2026
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2026, Instrumental Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2026, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year
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New. Bach: Mass in B Minor
Katherine Watson (soprano), Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Gwilym Bowen (tenor), Neal Davies (bass); Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Layton
[Iestyn Davies] discharges a beautifully inflected ‘Qui sedes’, impeccably warmed and coloured by a discreet vibrato that instinctively knows its expressive place…Watson’s soaring soprano also... —
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Continuum (1 LP, Black Vinyl)
Black vinyl version
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Halla Oddný Magnúsdóttir (piano)
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Every phrase, every note of this Op. 109 sounds deeply thought-through...This disc continues the progress of Ólafsson as one of the great individual pianists of our time, imaginative and original... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st November 2025
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2026, Recording of the Month
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Relaxing Piano
Leif Ove Andsnes, Fazil Say, Anne Queffélec, Shani Diluka, Alexandre Tharaud, Aldo Ciccolini, Dalal, Maxence Cyrin, Helen Jane Long, Carlos Cipa (piano)
