Orchestral, Concertos for Orchestra
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Special offer. Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra
RecommendedNetherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Karina Canellakis
Canellakis faces stern competition in the Concerto for Orchestra...The great vir tue of this performance, however, is that Canellakis places more emphasis on the work’s shadowy and anguished... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Grammy Awards, 66th Awards (2024), Nominee - Best Orchestral Performance
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It is the flavour of this Concerto for Orchestra that wins the day. Just sample the subtle portamento that spices the string line at bars 52-3 (2'36'') of the first movement, and the sombre... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2005, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, January 2022, Recommended Recording
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Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta
RecommendedHelsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki
Mälkki and her Helsinki Philharmonic offer performances that are at once satisfying, dazzling and individual. There’s a poise, indeed an elegance, to the basic good posture of these interpretations,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2021, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, January 2022, Also Recommended
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Gardner makes the most of the taut rhythmic energy in the music...all the colours of this showpiece [the Concerto for Orchestra] are brightly painted, with a virtuosity which is never empty,... —
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2010, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Lutosławski: Concerto for Orchestra, Partita for Violin and Orchestra & Novelette
RecommendedChristian Tetzlaff (violin), Jouko Laivuori, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
This compelling release from conductor Nicholas Collon and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra makes clear the evolutionary exuberance of Lutosławski’s creative development. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2024, Orchestral Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Grammy Awards, 50th Awards (2007), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Grammy Awards, 50th Awards (2007), Best Orchestral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 50th Awards (2007), Classical Album of the Year
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New. Lutosławski: Concertos For Cello / For Orchestra, Bloch: Schelomo
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Luxembourg Philharmonic, Gustavo Gimeno
Already at the first hearing I was very intrigued by Jean-Guihen Queyras's new interpretation, as I could hear no traces of political history or power struggles in his playing. In fact, he makes... —
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Tippett: Triple Concerto and Concerto for Orchestra
RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
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Gramophone Awards, 1982/3, Winner - Concerto
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Gramophone Awards, 1982/3, Recording of the Year
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Special offer. Tippett - Orchestral Music
RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Colin Davis & Neville Marriner
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Building a Library, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
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