Concertos, Piano Concertos, Stravinsky (composer)
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In short, this highly recommendable collection represents a model of imaginative and provocative programming. —
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Stravinsky: Complete music for piano & orchestra
Steven Osborne (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov
With Steven Osborne as soloist, the concertante works are in exceptionally good hands...After the Capriccio's grandiose opening, Osborne's tight control of the piano's insistent, driving textures... —
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This is certainly a golden age collection from Trifonov, and it’s admirable that these two discs are always more about the music than about him...If I were to choose a compendium of Russian... —
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th November 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2021, Recording of the Month
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Opus Klassik, 2021, Instrumentalist of the Year
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Stravinsky: Music for Solo Piano and Piano and Orchestra
Peter Donohoe (piano)
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, David Atherton
All are superbly crisp and clean, and David Atherton has his Hong Kong orchestra on its toes. Both the Concerto and the Capriccio demonstrate extra energy just when interest might be in danger... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, December 2017
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Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky
RecommendedSymphonies and Concertos
Isaac Stern (violin)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
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Grammy Awards, 4th Awards (1961), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Grammy Awards, 5th Awards (1962), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Building a Library, November 2019, Recommended Recording
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Stravinsky: 3 Dances from Petrushka, Bartók: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedMaurizio Pollini (piano)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Concerto
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Grammy Awards, 22nd Awards (1979), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Mewton-Wood plays Twentieth Century Piano Concertos
RecommendedNoel Mewton-Wood (piano), with Harry Sevenstern (trumpet)
Utrecht Symphony Orchestra, Residentie Orchestra, The Hague, Concert Hall Symphony Orchestra, Walter Goehr
…Mewton-Wood's hell-raising display is in a class of its own, elevating Bliss's extrovert rhetoric to new levels of musical excitement. So too is the Stravinsky Concerto for Piano and Winds,... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Stravinsky
RecommendedPaul Crossley (piano), Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Yvonne Kenny (soprano), John Aler (tenor), Anne Sofie von Otter (Jocasta), Vinson Cole (Oedipus), Nicolai Gedda (Shepherd), Hans Sotin (Tiresias), Simon Estes (Messenger), Patrice Chéreau (narrator)
Philharmonia Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Los...
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Building a Library, May 2018, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, July 2019, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, July 2023, Recommended Recording (The Rite of Spring)
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Stravinsky: Works for piano and orchestra
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier
[Bavouzet] captures the spirit of these disparate works...The São Paulo Symphony Orchestra under Yan Pascal Tortelier proves a remarkably deft partner, matching so that the numerous accents,... —
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Bizjak Piano Duo
Bizjak Piano Duo: Sanja & Lidija Bizjak (pianos)
Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Radoslaw Szulc
An excellent programme of 20th-century pieces for two pianos from this impressive duo of sisters. The lively textures and contrasts bound to life, with grit and delicacy. Strong support from... —
