Chamber, Janáček (composer)
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…what is immediately striking about the present performance is its boldness and originality in terms of tempo contrasts, rhythmic emphasis and textural variety. Not only the playing beyond... —
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Building a Library, September 2012, First Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2006, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Winner - Chamber
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, Best Newcomer
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Lieux retrouvés
RecommendedMusic for cello & piano
Steven Isserlis (cello), with Thomas Adès (piano)
Match [Ades's playing] with the mellow sound and manner of Steven Isserlis's cello, and you have something very special. Their choice of repertory here - devised as an extended upbeat to Ades's... —
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Building a Library, January 2013, First Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012, Disc of the Month
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…totally compelling and warmly recorded performances… —
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Building a Library, September 2012, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Chamber
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2008, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2008, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, April 2023, Also Recommended
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The finest performance here, by far, is of the Bartók sonata, one of the most demanding of his modernist works. The spontaneity which the performers speak about in their ‘conversation’ materialises... —
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Record Review, 28th January 2023, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2023, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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The main interpretative obstacle in the First Quartet is how to gauge the progression of its first three movement so the finale is a culmination without obliterating that went before. The Belcea... —
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Diapason d’Or, May 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Building a Library, April 2023, Also Recommended
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Bohemian Tales
RecommendedAugustin Hadelich (violin), Charles Owen (piano), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Jakub Hruša
How warmly his dolce playing seems to smile… Note, too, the way Hadelich suggests a wiry-sounding folk fiddle in the finale’s D minor interlude… Jakub Hrůša has the Bavarian RSO playing with... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2020, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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Opus Klassik, 2021, Instrumentalist of the Year
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Janáček: From the House of the Dead
RecommendedDalibor Jedlicka (Goryantchikov), Jiri Zahradnicek (Luka Morosoff), Jaroslava Janská (Alyeya), Václav Zitek (Shishkov), Antonin Svorc (Old Prisoner), Ivo Zidek (Skuratov)
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
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Gramophone Awards, 1980, Recording of the Year
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Grammy Awards, 24th Awards (1981), Best Opera Recording
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Vadim Repin & Nikolai Lugansky: Violin Sonatas
RecommendedVadim Repin (violin) & Nikolai Lugansky (piano)
The obvious empathy that exists between these two artists...brings enormous dividends to this warmly recorded programme. It's so easy to become complacent in such a well-worn work as the Franck.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, Chamber Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Chamber Award Winner
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Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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