Chamber, Elgar (composer)
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The ensemble brings an extraordinary range and depth of sound to Beach’s closely-worked score…Ohlsson and the Takács Quartet are vividly alert to the [Elgar]’s sense of story…This is a performance... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, Chamber Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2020
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Winner - Chamber
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Special offer. Elgar: Violin Concerto & Violin Sonata
Renaud Capuçon (violin), Stephen Hough (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
Accuracy matters, and violinist Renaud Capuçon has it in abundance..He is, though, much more than a technical sharp-shooter...Taken whole, this generous, richly enjoyable disc is an easy recommendation... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice
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Record Review, 6th March 2021, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2021
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Overall, what leaps out is the sheer quality, consistency and stylishness of Janine Jansen’s playing. She conjures up the mood of each piece with seemingly effortless and flawless technique...Pappano... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th September 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2021, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Childhood memories are summoned, plus people and places…Indeed, there’s so much playfulness and charm here that the listener might well pant for some extra ballast from meatier things. It comes... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2018
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2018, Nouveauté
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Special offer. Elgar - Music for Violin & Piano
RecommendedLydia Mordkovitch (violin) & Julian Milford (piano)
Mordkovitch here transformed the elusive Elgar Violin Sonata. In rapt and concentrated playing she gives it new mystery, with the subtlest pointing and shading down to whispered pianissimos. —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Little's stellar playing [is] brimming with gorgeous and glitz-free tone, plus a lovely range of light and shade...Little's spacious and serene way with The Lark Ascending is both beautiful,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2014, Editor's Choice
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This is one of those rare discs that give pleasure and food for thought in equal measure...when [Elgar's chamber music] is played with the kind of understanding shown by these five musicians... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2011, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2011, Disc of the month
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Gerhardt has a honeyed, liquid tone all his own. He has created a well-contrasted programme that clearly took a long time to research and hone...This is cello playing of exquisite sophistication... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2011, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2011, Editor's Choice
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The Hallé sustains an Elgar tradition dating all the way back to its premiere of his First symphony…and here it is to be heard in full bloom…These are exemplary accounts with well-chosen tempos... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2018
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Building a Library, March 2001, First Choice
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Building a Library, June 2019, Recommended Recording
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