Chamber, Hindemith (composer)
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Infinite Voyage
RecommendedBarbara Hannigan (soprano), Bertrand Chamayou (piano)
Emerson String Quartet
Much the finest experience comes in Schoenberg’s quartet, where the Emerson Quartet ’s playing masterfully combines forensic technical precision and expressive warmth. And Hannigan’s identif... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th September 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2023, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Chamber
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Trio Zimmermann - A Retrospective
Trio Zimmermann, Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Antoine Tamestit (viola), Christian Poltéra (cello)
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Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 2, Hindemith: String Quartet No. 4 & Walton: String Quartet
RecommendedHollywood String Quartet
Although many accounts of the Prokofiev have appeared over the years, none has approached, let alone surpassed, the Hollywood version of the Second Quartet. The same would no doubt apply to... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Each is played with terrific dexterity and fluidity. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Les Vents Français: French Music for Winds & 20th Century Wind Quintets
RecommendedLes Vents Français (Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Paul Meyer (clarinet), Francois Leleux (oboe), Gilbert Audin (bassoon), Radovan Vlatkovic (horn)
individually, they play with attractive timbre and immaculate intonation and articulation. Collectively, they blend their colours with great finesse, within dynamics ranging from cushioned pianissimo... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th January 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Hindemith's series of Kammermusik ('Chamber Music') began in 1921 as an iconoclastic response to the hyperintense emotionalism of German Expressionist music over the previous 15 years. It continued... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1993, Winner - Orchestral
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Voyage of a sea-god
Laurence Perkins (bassoon), Michael Hancock (piano), Amy Thompson (bassoon), Matthew Kitteringham (bassoon), Catriona McDermid (bassoon), Eira Lynn Jones (harp), Susie Mészáros (viola), Michael Escreet (double bass), Carducci Quartet, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, William Goodchild
It’s an extensive programme, encompassing a variety of styles and forces ranging from bassoon solo to small orchestral ensembles. There are some real treats, such as Bantock’s splendidly imaginative... —
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Special offer. Hindemith: Kammermusik I-II-III; Kleine Kammermusik
Xi Zhai, Christopher Park, Bruno Philippe, Kronberg Academy Soloists, Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach
Eschenbach’s focus is very fixedly on the earlier, wilder Hindemith in this first disc of a two-volume set...Tempos are swift and lively, the touch light not heavyhanded, relishing the fervid... —
