Chamber, Duos, Piano Duos, Saint-Saëns (composer)
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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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The Rogés' arrangement of Debussy's La mer is so resouceful that you hardly regret the absence of orchestral colour and range...you could hardly better the Rogés' presentation, finely recorded... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2013, Editor's Choice
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Le Concert Des Oiseaux. Vincent Bouchot: Le Carnaval Des Animaux En Péril
La Rêveuse, Florence Bolton, Benjamin Perrot
In all, a fine testament to both the eclectic timbral diversity of earlier instruments and the versatility of La Rêveuse. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Debussy: The Complete Works
Artists include Martha Argerich, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Samson François, Renaud Capuçon, Natalie Dessay, André Cluytens, François-Xavier Roth, Jean Martinon, Michel Plasson, Kent Nagano and Carlo Maria Giulini
Exhaustive, the sum of the crème de la crème of the discography...THE Debussy box set to have…No richer panorama exists for the melodies (the complete EMI recordings alongside never-before-released... —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Archive
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Taken as a whole, it’s a painterly exercise in crafting contrasting moods and in shaping emotional immediacy...Muscular and mesmerising playing makes for a rewardingly satisfying listen. —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Musically she’s a chameleon, capable of completely changing her colour at the drop of a hat, and that versatility is what makes this new recording such a success...It’s a neat idea, which she... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, Recording of the Month
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The Clarinet Sonatas by Saint-Saëns and Poulenc are both late works, but they're very different in feeling: the Saint-Saëns generally relaxed and classical, the Poulenc more excitable, swinging... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2007, Editor's Choice
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The Great Danish Pianist Victor Schiøler, Vol. 6
Victor Schiøler, Ib Eriksson (soloist), Peter Westenholz (soloist), Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Albert Wolff, Erik Tuxen, Carl von Garaguly
The Brahms Concerto is what makes this set quite unmissable. The transfers are excellent. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2023, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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Sir Thomas Beecham conducts Berlioz, Grieg, D'Indy & Saint-Saëns
with Denis Vaughan (organ) & Tom McCall & Douglas Gamley (pianos)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
The Somm label has unearthed some more buried Beecham treasure – and it’s pure gold...the recordings do have their limitations. Tubby-sounding timpani are a frequent feature and the strings... —