Concertos, Piano Concertos, 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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Grieg & Schumann - Piano Concertos
RecommendedLeif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons
faster, fiercer, yet more freely expressive than his 1990 version. —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2003, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2004, Winner - Concerto
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Dvorak & Schumann: Piano Concertos
RecommendedStephen Hough (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Hough joins forces with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons for a robust, grand reading that nonetheless leaves room for lyricism and introspection…[but it's in the... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st April 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2016
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The sound quality throughout is amazingly good...there are several valuable additions to this great pianist’s discography. Not least among them is a superb live performance of the Emperor Concerto,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2019, Archive/Reissue of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, October 2019, Collectionneur
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Historic Recording
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She is a pianist who makes lines sing beautifully and virtuosic passages dance, finding intimacy and eloquence at telling moments…[in the Concerto] Kanneh-Mason matches what we know of Clara’s... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th July 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2019, Editor's Choice
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Newcomer of the Year
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Clara & Robert Schumann: Piano Concertos
RecommendedBeatrice Rana (piano), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Rana throws herself into both concertos with vim, vigour and virtuosity to spare, demonstrating just what kindred spirits Robert and Clara were...It’s Clara’s Concerto that stands out above... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Concerto
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Schumann & Grieg: Piano Concertos
Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Michael Sanderling
Leonskaja’s live performances of the Schumann and Grieg piano concertos have been cause for wonder...There are other ways of performing these works, but these interpretations are utterly consistent... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, Concerto Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Concertos
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Chopin Evocations
RecommendedDaniil Trifonov (piano), with Sergei Babayan (piano)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev
In this work, Trifonov staves off potential sentimentality and produces – as usual – an exquisite tone…Some listeners will undoubtedly miss the epic nature of the original orchestration, but... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th October 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - instrumental (piano)
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Alfred Brendel: Live in Vienna
RecommendedAlfred Brendel (piano)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle
This [the Brahms] is playing of tremendous incisiveness, highly energetic in both physical and intellectual terms. Brendel traces a powerful thread of development and logic through the set’s... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th March 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2018, Re-issue/Archive of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Reflection
Helene Grimaud (piano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Truls Mørk (cello)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Esa-Pekka Salonen
…even if her Schumann Concerto had come out on its own… I'd still strongly recommend it. From her first two forte chords it is clear this is going to be something special. Every single phrase,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2006, Orchestral Choice
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Record Review, December 2006, Critics Disc of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2006, Editor's Choice
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