Chamber, Sonatas, Violin Sonatas, Grieg (composer)
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Youthful passion occasionally pushes him to stylistic excess...but for most of the time he’s beauty incarnate and in perfect step with his composers’ various voices. He’s also blessed with a... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Chamber
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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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…in vivacious movements… the sheer verve of the playing is irresistible. The dancelike sections of the Third Sonata's finale make a similar impression and its 'big' tune is wonderfully well... —
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This disc gives us consistently enjoyable performances.
The two young Norwegians play with idiomatic style, and give the impression of expressing every aspect of the music. Their eagerness at... — -
Grieg: Three Concerti for Violin and Chamber Orchestra
based on the sonatas for violin and piano
Henning Kraggerud (violin)
Tromsø Chamber Orchestra
Kraggerud, as director of the Tromso Chamber Orchestra, has provided its players with some very attractive repertoire and they clearly respond with enthusiasm, producing performances that are... —
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Building a Library, November 2022, Recommended Recording
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Violin Sonatas
Fritz Kreisler (violin) & Sergey Rachmaninov (piano) (Unissued alternate take version)
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Vilde Frang's micro-sensitive responses to dynamic, articulation and phrasing...prove a revelation in the heady opulence of the Strauss, which has never sounded so urgently seductive or expressively... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Chamber
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Grieg’s Second Sonata sounds gorgeously, openly melancholic. —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2016, Chamber Choice
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