Concertos, Berlioz (composer)
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Paganini: 24 Caprices
Recommendedplus Caprices by Berlioz, Cervelló, Kreisler, Ortiz, Saint-Saëns, Sarasate, Wieniawski
María Dueñas (violin), Itamar Golan (piano), Boris Kuschnir (violin), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Mihhail Gerts
The Paganini Caprices have energy in the bowing from the outset, confident octaves and portamento, and impeccable double stops...You could listen straight through, but I’d recommend random shuffling... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th February 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2025, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Winners, Instrumental
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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The New York Times, Best Classical Music Albums of 2025
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Special offer. Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Vadim Repin, Daniel Hope (violins)
Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Sascha Goetzel
Vadim Repin and Daniel Hope are, not surprisingly, ideally fluent, and the excellent Turkish players recreate Turnage’s enigmatic soundworld with aplomb. This is an uncompromising score, but... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2018
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Berlioz: Harold in Italy
& other orchestral works
Lawrence Power (viola)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze
Manze’s background as a period string player might be expected to give him some particular feeling for this curious quasi-concerto, and so it proves…Altogether it’s an exciting, intriguing reading,... —
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Berlioz: Harold en Italie
RecommendedJames Ehnes (viola), James Ehnes (violin)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Davis and his production team have worked hard to keep James Ehnes's quite ravishingly beautiful playing in focus..It sounds as if Davis sees the work as more lyrical and Romantic...than as... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Special offer. Le Boeuf sur le toit
French works for violin and orchestra
Renaud Capuçon (violin)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Daniel Harding
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2002, Editor's Choice
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New. Barenboim conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The Complete Warner Classics Edition
Daniel Barenboim, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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37 CDs
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Special offer. The Berlin Philharmoniker and Seiji Ozawa
A tribute
Berliner Philharmoniker, Seiji Ozawa
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6 CDs + Blu-Ray Video
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Warner Classics has reissued a complete set of Wilhelm Furtwängler’s studio recordings, reuniting for the first time Deutsche Grammophon, Polydor, HMV, Decca and Telefunken in one release. This... —
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Diapason d’Or, October 2021, Réédition
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Winner - Historical
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55 CDs
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Special offer. The Legacy of Charles Munch
Orchestre de la Société Philharmonique de Paris, L’Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Concertgebouworkest, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Charles Munch
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2020, Réédition
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14 CDs
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Lalo & Saint-Saëns: Cello Concertos
RecommendedPeter Wispelwey (cello)
Flanders Symphony Orchestra, Seiko Kim
It says much for the Saint-Saens concerto that it stands up well to such inspired competition. —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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