Chamber, Sonatas, Violin Sonatas, Janáček (composer)
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The finest performance here, by far, is of the Bartók sonata, one of the most demanding of his modernist works. The spontaneity which the performers speak about in their ‘conversation’ materialises... —
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Record Review, 28th January 2023, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2023, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Bohemian Tales
RecommendedAugustin Hadelich (violin), Charles Owen (piano), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Jakub Hruša
How warmly his dolce playing seems to smile… Note, too, the way Hadelich suggests a wiry-sounding folk fiddle in the finale’s D minor interlude… Jakub Hrůša has the Bavarian RSO playing with... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2020, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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Opus Klassik, 2021, Instrumentalist of the Year
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Vadim Repin & Nikolai Lugansky: Violin Sonatas
RecommendedVadim Repin (violin) & Nikolai Lugansky (piano)
The obvious empathy that exists between these two artists...brings enormous dividends to this warmly recorded programme. It's so easy to become complacent in such a well-worn work as the Franck.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, Chamber Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Chamber Award Winner
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The starting point for this delicious and distinctive Bohemian programme was Janácek’s Pohádka...Laura van der Heijden and Jâms Coleman unleash its power in this big-boned reading, with its... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2022
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These 12 arrangements (by the ensemble) are of stylistic and historical diversity...Muhly’s Look for Me invests a US folk song with dark jazz; Janacek’s Zdenka Variations is an appealing discovery. —
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Janáček: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 & Sonata for Violin and Piano
RecommendedPrazák Quartet (string quartet), Václav Remeš, Sachiko Kayahara
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Building a Library, April 2023, Recommended Recording
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Colin Jacobsen’s orchestration of Beethoven’s ‘Kreutzer’ Sonata is mostly convincing...had you never heard the original, you might accept this as a viable slice of Beethoven...Shorthand is an... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2004, Editor's Choice
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Janacek: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
Frantisek Maly (piano), Jana Vlachova (violin), Mikael Ericsson (cello)
Vlach Quartet Prague
a highly covetable bargain —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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