Opera, Liszt (composer)
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The way Levit has formed this programme is extraordinarily effective. The Brahms reworking for left hand of Bach’s D minor violin Chaconne is a probing, introverted affair, and how effectively... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, November 2018
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th October 2018
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2019, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year (piano)
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Instrumental
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Instrumental
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Liszt: Sardanapalo
RecommendedJoyce El-Khoury (Mirra), Airam Hernández (King), Oleksandr Pushniak (Beleso)
Weimar Staatskapelle, Kirill Karabits
The torso of Liszt’s Sardanapalo may only last around 50 minutes, but it packs in such a richness of gratification that it is hard to see where the opera would have gone from there...The music... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th February 2019
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Diapason d’Or, September 2019, Découverte
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Assorted Program
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2019
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You just know this is going to be good, one of those where you can just sit back and listen with unalloyed pleasure to music, artist and instrument...Certainly the best solo piano album to come... —
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Tristan - Vinyl Edition
RecommendedIgor Levit (piano), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Franz Welser-Möst
If I had to pick one word to describe this recording, it would be ‘ intense’...An unsentimental, unshowy and rather lovely Liebestraum No. 3 opens proceedings; a cathartic Harmonies du soir... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th September 2022
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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[Yamada] draws playing of felicitous polish, captivating flexibility and winning application throughout what is a most imaginative, distinctly moreish programme; indeed, on first acquaintance,... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2018, Archive/Re-Issue of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, January 2019, Collectionneur
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Stephen Hough fashions a viable programme culled from a bottomless piano bench of transcriptions, encores and other sundry ear-ticklers.
Indeed, Hough proves that one can make a well-balanced... — -
If I had to pick one word to describe this recording, it would be ‘ intense’...An unsentimental, unshowy and rather lovely Liebestraum No. 3 opens proceedings; a cathartic Harmonies du soir... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th September 2022
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Grammy Awards, 35th Awards (1992), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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It makes for a varied and rewarding programme enriched by Williams's velvet touch, meticulous voicing, attention to detail and judiciously graded dynamics. For me, he is at his best in the music... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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