Chamber, Duos, Viola & Piano Duos, Clarke, Rebecca (composer)
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A Lionel Tertis Celebration
RecommendedTimothy Ridout (viola), Frank Dupree (piano), James Baillieu (piano)
From imposing sonatas to salon bonbons, these recordings constitute a deft salute not just to Tertis the man and multifaceted musician, but also to an enduring legacy which lives on in distinguished... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th January 2024
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2024, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Chamber
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Rebecca Clarke: Works For Viola
Vinciane Béranger, Dana Ciocarlie (piano), David Louwerse, Helene Collerette
All of the works on this recording are beautifully crafted, and played in exemplary fashion by violist Vinciane Béranger and her colleagues. In recent years, Clarke’s music has received well-deserved... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2022
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Rebecca Clarke: Viola Sonata, Dumka, Chinese Puzzle & other chamber works
Philip Dukes (viola), Sophia Rahman (piano), Daniel Hope (violin) & Robert Plane (clarinet)
…Dukes and his colleagues… present an attractive, rounded (and clearly recorded) portrait of a composer whose music is well worth getting to know. —
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Music by Debussy, Milhaud, Clarke & Werkman
Dana Zemtsov (viola), Anna Fedorova (piano)
[Fedorova] specially captivating in the veiled quality to her tone with which she launches Clair de lune and the sensitive longing of Beau soir. Her rhythmic sense is best displayed in the Werkman... —
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Nisbeth’s tone isn’t especially lush or velvety but it’s endlessly nuanced, and Forsberg, too, commands an enormously subtle tonal palette…Fresh, thoughtful perspectives on some ravishing –... —
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There’s a visionary grandeur to [the Rhapsody], a sonata in all but name. In comparison to the restless modality of her Viola Sonata. It’s not only case on a bigger canvas but is also harmonically... —
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Rebecca Clarke: Works for Viola
Duo Rúnya: Diana Bonatesta (viola) & Arianna Bonatesta (piano), with Gabriele Campagna (violin)
This is a volatile, passionately committed performance, the ebb and flow of energies managed with instinctive fluency. Violist Diana Bonatesta relishes the marvellous range of timbres so expertly... —
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Folk Tales, Vol. 2: British and Irish Miniatures
Gerald Peregrine (cello), Antony Ingham (piano), Lynda O'Connor (violin)
Each track is sensitively crafted, with beauty of tone paramount and a warm, closely recorded sound…O’Connor’s high notes shine…while Peregrine’s solos at the beginning and end sound as expressive... —
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