Chamber, Franck, C (composer)
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This is simply superb in every way…Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien are typically outstanding throughout, playing with exceptional control without ever forsaking spontaneity…Make no mistake,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st March 2019
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Record Review, 9th March 2019, Disc of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Chamber
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Chamber
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Winner - Chamber Music
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What’s fascinating is the way these two musicians create performances of such charismatic individuality without seeming to do very much – other than play magnificently, of course. —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2022, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 10th December 2022, Record of the Week
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A knock-out album opener and a stylistically wide-ranging programme teeming with fascinating intersections and brand-new transcriptions...the aristocratically poised passion is an album-wide... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2026, Editor's Choice
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Franck: Piano Quintet & Debussy: String Quartet
RecommendedMarc-André Hamelin (piano)
Takács Quartet
An exemplary performance —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Special offer. Cello Sonatas by Franck, Debussy & Poulenc
Anne Gastinel (cello) & Claire Désert (piano)
[Gastinel] and Claire Desert have a wonderfully intuitive partnership and both draw on subtle, inimitable soundworlds....Gastinel brings the right note of nonchalant simplicity to Debussy's... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2012, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2012, Editor's Choice
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Both play [the Franck] with poetry and warmth but can turn solid where coolly patrician tone is needed, and the air only really clears in time for the floating, sweet lyricism of the finale.... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year (Capuçon)
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Franck: Violin Sonata & Szymanowski: Mythes
RecommendedKaja Danczowska (violin), Krystian Zimerman (piano)
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Secret Love Letters
Franck - Szymanowski - Chausson - Debussy
Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Giorgi Gigashvili (piano),Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
The Poème is the most successful, benefitting from the violinist’s sweet tone and understanding of the work’s structure. —
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Record Review, 20th August 2022, Record of the Week
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2022, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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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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Special offer. Franck, Boulanger, Debussy & Vermeulen: Works for Cello and Piano
Lidy Blijdorp (cello), Tobias Borsboom (piano)
By turns dramatic and ethereal, Blijdorp insists you listen...The cello arrangement of Franck's Violin Sonata is tender, passionate and reflective. Adorned with consummate virtuosity, this performance... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2026, Chamber Choice
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