Orchestral, Webern (composer)
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their new account under Heinz Holliger unfolds at relatively steady tempos, with more compositional logic than late Romantic passion...[Holliger's] deployment of a relatively small string line-up... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Barbara Hannigan (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
Every nuance [of The Rite] is crafted, each detail considered, yet there is still a sense of danger and visceral power…Rattle and the LSO are joined, usurped even, by the extraordinary Barbara... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, Orchestral Choice
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The Second Viennese School
RecommendedSchoenberg, Berg & Webern
Karita Mattila (Tove), Anne Sofie von Otter (Waldtaube), Thomas Moser (Waldemar), Philip Langridge (Klaus-Narr), Thomas Quasthoff (Bauer/Sprecher), Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano), Gidon Kremer (violin), Franz Mazura (narrator)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig,...
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Orchestral
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Building a Library, March 2017, First Choice
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Special offer. François-Xavier Roth conducts Mahler & Webern
Sinfonieorchestre Baden-Baden und Freiburg, François-Xavier Roth
Roth's fresh Mahler boasts beautifully transparent orchestral balance and avoids undue emotional histrionics. The early Webern tone-poem is compelling. —
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Maurizio Pollini plays Prokofiev, Boulez, Webern and Stravinsky
RecommendedMaurizio Pollini (piano)
Perfection needs to be pursued so that you can forget about it. Pollini's Petrushka movements are almost inhumanly accurate and fast; but what comes across is an exhilarating sense of abandon,... —
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
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Daniel Hope - Belle Époque
Daniel Hope (violin), Lise de la Salle (piano), Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano), Zürcher Kammerorchester
It’s all very tastefully done, if rather insubstantial. —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Schoenberg: Pierrot lunaire
RecommendedPatricia Kopatchinskaja (violin/sprechgesang), Meesun Hong (violin), Julia Gallego (flute), Reto Bieri (clarinet), Thomas Kaufmann (cello), Joonas Ahonen (piano), Marko Milenkovic (viola)
Kopatchinskaja’s approach – sharp-focus, hyper-detailed and searching out over-the-top extremes of vocal delivery – is remarkable in its way...The upside is the superlatively precise and stylish... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Webern: Complete Edition
Christiane Oelze (soprano), Eric Schneider (piano), Gerald Finley (baritone), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Francoise Pollet (soprano), Mary McCormick (mezzo-soprano), Gidon Kremer (violin), Oleg Maisenberg (piano), Clemens Hagen (cello), Krystian Zimerman (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker,...
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