Instrumental, Piano Solos, Wagner (composer)
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The way Levit has formed this programme is extraordinarily effective. The Brahms reworking for left hand of Bach’s D minor violin Chaconne is a probing, introverted affair, and how effectively... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, November 2018
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th October 2018
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2019, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year (piano)
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Instrumental
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Instrumental
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The organ has a really gutsy, symphonic core... Jan Kraybill... plays with considerable verve and a feeling both for colour and for the grand gesture. —
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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The Organ of Westminster Cathedral
Robert Quinney (Westminster Cathedral organ, Henry Willis III, 1922-32)
It’s quite an achievement to pull off orchestral transcriptions for the organ that don’t have you missing the original, but Robert Quinney manages this on the magnificent Westminster Cathedral... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2006, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2007, Editor's Choice
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Tristan - Vinyl Edition
RecommendedIgor Levit (piano), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Franz Welser-Möst
If I had to pick one word to describe this recording, it would be ‘ intense’...An unsentimental, unshowy and rather lovely Liebestraum No. 3 opens proceedings; a cathartic Harmonies du soir... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th September 2022
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Gerhardt has a honeyed, liquid tone all his own. He has created a well-contrasted programme that clearly took a long time to research and hone...This is cello playing of exquisite sophistication... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2011, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2011, Editor's Choice
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D’Oustrac’s artistry is compelling throughout but the Wagner owes something of its impact to the fact that her voice is at its freshest…[her] smoky tone, careful dynamic shading and wonderful... —
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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If I had to pick one word to describe this recording, it would be ‘ intense’...An unsentimental, unshowy and rather lovely Liebestraum No. 3 opens proceedings; a cathartic Harmonies du soir... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th September 2022
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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New. Toscha Seidel American Columbia Recordings (1921-27)
Toscha Seidel, Harry Kaufman, Francesco Longo, Maurice Eisner, Charles Hackett, Arthur Loesser, Waldemar Lischowsky, Emanuel Bay
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It makes for a varied and rewarding programme enriched by Williams's velvet touch, meticulous voicing, attention to detail and judiciously graded dynamics. For me, he is at his best in the music... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Explosive Classics
Manchester Chamber Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Russian State...
