Chamber, Sonatas, Violin Sonatas, Shostakovich (composer)
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Shostakovich: Piano Concertos
Alexander Melnikov (piano), with Isabelle Faust (violin), with Jeroen Berwaerts (trumpet)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Teodor Currentzis
his lightning switches of tempo and mood in the fast movement outdo most competitors for bizarrerie...Melnikov includes a searing, thrilling account of Shostakovich's late Violin Sonata, Op.... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Finalist - Concerto
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2012, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, Orchestral Choice
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Shostakovich & R. Strauss: Sonatas for Violin & Piano
Franziska Pietsch (violin) & Josu De Solaun (piano)
Both sonatas receive superb performances from the duo of violinist Franziska Pietsch and pianist Josu de Solaun. The Strauss is played with arresting virtuosity, rich and vibrant tone, and imaginative... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Chamber Music
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Wartime Consolations
Linus Roth (violin) & José Gallardo (piano)
Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn, Ruben Gazarian
[Weinberg's] delicate Concertino steals the show in Linus Roth's elegant and tender performance. The opening melody is a lyrical gift from God. —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2015, Editor's Choice
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Given Ugorskaja’s tendency to rapt introspection at leisurely tempos I was initially taken aback by the duo’s focused take on these David Oistrakh-inspired works. The Prokofiev comes first in... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020, Editor's Choice
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Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99, etc.
Leila Josefowicz (violin) & John Novacek (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
This warmly engineered live performance positively bristles with atmosphere and conviction. Leila Josefowicz projects a sense of narrative in the solo part, nowhere more convincingly realised... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2006, Orchestral Choice
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Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80, etc.
Joshua Bell (violin), Olli Mustonen (piano) & Steven Isserlis (cello)
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit
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The Artistry of Lydia Mordkovitch
Lydia Mordkovitch (violin), with Marina Gusak-Grin (piano), with Marina Gusak-Grin (piano) & Gabriel Woolf (narrator), with Clifford Benson (piano), with Julian Milford (piano)
her distinctiveness of tone is unmistakeable — deep and plummy, as forceful as mellifluous. Wilhelmj’s version of Wagner’s Album Leaf piano solo spurs her to wonders of phrasing. Chausson’s... —
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Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from the Lugano Festival 2013
RecommendedMartha Argerich (piano), Mischa Maisky (cello) & Martha Argerich (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin) & Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Alissa Margulis (violin) & Jura Margulis (piano), Gautier Capuçon (cello) & Gabriela Montero (piano), Andrey Baranov (violin) & Jura Margulis (piano),...
The festival has class written all over it and exudes more joy - and humour - than any comparable event known to me. Argerich herself leads off here, in Beethoven's First Piano Concerto, displaying... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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