Orchestral, Enescu (composer)
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Enescu: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 & Romanian Rhapsodies 1 & 2
Orchestre National de France, Cristian Măcelaru
It's quite a journey, as the languorous finale of the Third Symphony demonstrates (its huge forces include organ and chorus), and Mӑcelaru captures the visionary aspects of the score in an unquestionably... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2024, Orchestral Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Finalists, Orchestral
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These musicians capture the rhapsodic flow [of the Martinů] right from the opening of the threemovement work. The orchestral detail, sitting somewhere between impressionism and pointillism,... —
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The Romantic Cello Concerto, Vol. 1: Dohnányi, Enescu & d'Albert
Alban Gerhardt (cello)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Carlos Kalmar
Heart-warming lyrical melodies, as well as characteristically resourceful orchestration, abound in the Dohnányi Konzertstück… Gerhardt's warmly recorded performance lays claim to being the... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2005, Orchestral Choice
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The superior sound secured by the classic Chandos team does justice to these ambitiously passionate and self-indulgent scores and performances. —
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Special offer. Adams: Violin Concerto, Corigliano: Red Violin 'Chaconne'
RecommendedChloë Hanslip (violin) & Charles Owen (piano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
It's excellent sense to couple John Adams's Violin Concerto with John Corigliano's Chaconne based on his film music for The Red Violin. Both require bravura of the highest order… This is the... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th August 2008
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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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Enescu: Romanian Rhapsodies, Poème roumain & Orchestral Suites
Franco Maggio-Ormezowski (cello)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, Lawrence Foster
This lively companion-set to the multi-layered symphonies (reviewed in July) balances the Romaniana for which Enescu was famous with a very individual neo-classicism. Drily-recorded but dedicated... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2005, Re-issue of the Month
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Grieg & Enescu: The Piano Concertos & Solo Works (Live)
Luiza Borac (piano), Romanian National Radio Orchestra Bucharest, Nicolae Moldoveanu
This recording of the Grieg Concerto...is beautifully nuanced and full of life... Overall a wonderful selection from this brilliant pianist – heartily recommended! —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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The performance [of Pictures] is forthright and effective, without competing with the finest versions already available. But it’s the other major work on Krichel’s disc – George Enescu’s Second... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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