Instrumental, Kurtág (composer)
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New. Beethoven: Complete Variations For Piano, Vol. 3
RecommendedBeethoven - Ligeti - Kurtág
Cédric Tiberghien (piano)
Ligeti's Music ricercata makes a striking opening to the album - Tiberghien's commitment to thoroughly exploring this structural element is unwavering, yet so is his beguiling way with Ligeti's... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th June 2026
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Throughout, the playing is thoughtful and full of poetry, recorded in intimate sound. There’s an elusive quality to this multifaceted programme, for sure, but on balance it repays attentive... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Chamayou certainly possesses the scintillating technique and broad palette of tonal colour required for Messiaen’s extraordinary music. As is clear from the thunderous explosions under the bells... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Solo Instrumental
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Piano
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The Red Priest’s cello concertos flaunt Kobekina’s electrifying virtuosity and the high-octane playing of the Basel Chamber Orchestra under violinist Julia Schröder’s spirited direction. Yet... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Young Talent of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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The shifts from unsettling ellis island Kurtág to the comforting, tonal minimalism of Monk and Mingus effectively illustrate a profound journey but it's in the Bartók that Hamos really flies,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2025, Editor's Choice
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Zimmermann’s playing is profoundly thoughtful, leading to flawlessly structured readings...Perhaps most remarkable is Zimmermann’s breathtakingly skilful performance of the Sarabandes in which... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2020, Instrumental Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Opus Klassik, 2021, Winner - Solo Instrumental Recital (Viola)
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Ólafsson’s is a wholly original voice, and this two-disc set is an absolute must-have for any Bach-lover – or indeed any music-lover. —
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Special offer. Kopatchinskaja: Rapsodia
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Emilia Kopatchinskaja (violin & viola), Viktor Kopatchinsky (cimbalom), Martin Gjakonovski (double bass) & Mihaela Ursuleasa (piano)
[in the Enescu] both Kopatchinskaya and her partner Mihaela Ursuleasa [project] an instinctive feeling for the almost improvisatory musical line. Finally Ravel's Tzigane is presented not as... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2011, Editor's Choice
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Heupel’s interpretation of [Penderecki’s Per Slava] is especially convincing, laying bare the music’s fissured surfaces while maintaining its overall formal shape…He also manages to capture... —
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Cantante e tranquillo
András Keller, Zsófia Környei (violin), Zoltán Gál (viola), Judit Szabó (cello), János Pilz (violin - 3, 5, 6, 7, 8), Ottó Kertész (cello - 3, 7), Alexei Lubimov (piano - track 5)
Keller Quartett
it's all expertly played, even if the Bach is more Romantic in its use of vibrato than might be expected nowadays. —
