Orchestral, Symphonies, Schumann (composer)
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Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts Mendelssohn & Schumann
RecommendedMaria João Pires (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
[Pires] has the enviable ability to make everything sound fresh but natural, and her tone is enchanting...The definition on [the Blu-ray] is superb and the camera work actually helps the viewer... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th October 2014
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Hewitt’s spacious, uncluttered approach revels unashamedly in the pianism while still letting the original songs sing. The real treats are Hewitt’s own arrangements...In all, this beautifully... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, Instrumental Choice
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Gardiner [goes] all out for visceral sensation. The London performances bring the music most readily to life. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th September 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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Forbidden, yet seldom forbidding, Appl’s exquisitely cultivated fruits are ripe for plucking, and deserve to be consumed with unalloyed relish! —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2023
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Mein Traum
RecommendedSchubert, Weber, Schumann
Stéphane Degout (baritone), Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Degout is convincing throughout, his expressive range spanning both ferocity and vulnerability...The real stars, though, are the period orchestra Pygmalion. The instrumental colours glow and... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2022, Choral & Song Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also Recommended
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Simon Rattle conducts Schumann’s Symphonies
Recorded live at the Berlin Philharmonie in February und November 2013
Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle
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Schumann - Complete Symphonies
RecommendedRoger Montgomery, Susan Dent, Gavin Edwards, Robert Maskell (horns)
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner
The first point to note is how much more comprehensive this is than previous cycles, even the outstanding RCA set of period performances from Roy Goodman and the Hanover Band.
Gardiner offers... —Awards:
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Building a Library, November 2006, First Choice
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The first thing to be said about this Schumann cycle is how splendidly alert the orchestral playing is: the Scottish Chamber Orchestra must be one of the finest ensembles of its kind in the... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2014, Orchestral Choice
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Haydn: Symphony No. 88 & Schumann: Symphony No. 4
RecommendedBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwangler
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Building a Library, February 2007, Historic Choice
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