Chamber, Duos, Piano Duos, Chopin (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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Chopin Evocations
RecommendedDaniil Trifonov (piano), with Sergei Babayan (piano)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev
In this work, Trifonov staves off potential sentimentality and produces – as usual – an exquisite tone…Some listeners will undoubtedly miss the epic nature of the original orchestration, but... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th October 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - instrumental (piano)
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The Complete Chopin Edition
RecommendedKrystian Zimerman (piano), Claudio Arrau (piano), Anatol Ugorski (piano), Maurizio Pollini (piano), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Maria João Pires (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Rafal Blechacz (piano), Yundi Li (piano), Lilya Zilberstein (piano), Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Kurt Bauer, Heidi Bung (pianos),...
The quality, both of DG's chosen recordings and the set's general presentation, is just about as good as it gets. To have in one box such wonders as Zimmerman's Ballades, Pollini's Etudes,... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th April 2010
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Building a Library, November 2010, First Choice
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Special offer. Roger Desormiere: The Decca Recordings
Janine Michaeu (soprano), National Symphony Orchestra, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Roger Desormière
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Special offer. Hommage
Sergio Tiempo (piano), Mischa Maisky (cello), Lyl Tiempo, Alan Weiss, Nelson Freire (piano), Karin Lechner, Martha Argerich (piano)
‘Hommage’, in which he is joined by the six most significant musicians in his life, is a triumph on at least two levels: the performances themselves, and the kind of mixed-genre programme I... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2023, Editor's Choice
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Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from the Lugano Festival 2010
Martha Argerich (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Lilya Zilberstein (piano), Sergei Edelmann (piano), Lily Maisky (piano), Nicholas Angelich (piano), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Daniel Rivera (piano), Alissa Margulis (violin), Lucia Hall (violin), Mark Dobrinskji (cello), Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg (viola),...
The sustained quality of music-making on display here ensures that the collective result is something much more than a high-powered musical love-in...her approach [to the Chopin] is as fresh... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2011, Editor's Choice
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Great Cellists - Pablo Casals
Encores and Transcriptions Volume 1 - works by Popper, Hillemacher, Macdowell, Debussy, Schubert, Schumann, Fauré, Wagner, Chopin, Godard, Rubinstein, Bach, Granados, Saint-Saens & Bruch
Pablo Casals (cello)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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The recording is very clear. The rendition of the concerto is definitely very stimulating. As for the rest, the bravura pieces fare best, while the more lyrical ones are somewhat “bravurized”. —