Instrumental, Schnittke (composer)
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A revelatory connected soundscape in which Beethoven’s introspection feels more unsettling than usual. —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2019, Chamber Choice
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Chamber
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Chamber Music
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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Fantasie: Seven Composers, Seven Keyboards
RecommendedAlexander Melnikov (harpsichord/fortepiano/tangent piano/piano)
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th April 2023
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2023, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Il Cannone - Francesca Dego plays Paganini's violin
Francesca Dego (violin), Francesca Leonardi (piano)
Dego has an expressive touch, skittering over the strings, yet finding plenty of attack in Szymanowski’s Trois Caprices. Corigliano’s Red Violin Caprices are at times spellbinding, descending... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2021
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a fine showcase for an extremely gifted violinist. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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In many respects Alfred Schnittke seems to take Shostakovich's unique brand of introverted lyricism and his penchant for grotesque imagery to new levels of intensity. This link is palpably... —
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Bookended by Bach arrangements, this album of solo piano works explores musical connections through history. The overwhelming echo in the recording creates a shimmering effect, overriding some... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Solo Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Nicolas Stavy renders this music with an emotional acuity and technical finesse evident from his Tishchenko (10/15), Fauré (3/19) and Haydn (9/19). —
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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. —
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It takes remarkable powers of concentration for a performer to sustain nearly an hour of solo cello music without any support from an accompanying instrument. In this formidable sequence of... —
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Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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