Concertos, Double Concertos
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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Recommended& other works for two pianos four hands
Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
The two-piano transcription is arguably as exhilarating as the full orchestration [of The Rite], and Andsnes and Hamelin offer a reading that is in turns thrilling, unsettling and beautiful…... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2018, Record of the Month
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Record Review, 10th February 2018, Recording of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Finalist - Instrumental
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2018
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Instrumental
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Nikolai Kapustin: Piano Concerto No. 5, Concerto Op. 104 & Sinfonietta Op. 49
Frank Dupree (piano), Adrian Brendle (piano), Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Dominik Beykirch
This is not the first recording [of Concerto No. 5], though the only other version – performed by Masahiro Kawakami (on Exton) – is hard to purchase outside Japan. In any case, this new recording... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2023, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Concerto
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 & Leshnoff: Double Concerto
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
f Honeck’s interpretative tendency is to emphasise the score’s purely symphonic credentials, he still keeps one foot in the ballet theatre – witness the way he magics the slow movement’s long... —
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Record Review, 23rd May 2020, Record of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2020, Orchestral Choice
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Special offer. Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad; Holst: Egdon Heath, St. Paul's Suite
RecommendedAndrew Manze (violin), Cormac Henry, Helena Mackie, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
The playing and recording are superlative and this moving collection can be recommended without reservation. —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2025, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st October 2025
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos & Piano Concerto
RecommendedEric Le Sage (piano), Frank Braley (piano)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Leige, Stéphane Denève
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Building a Library, May 2019, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, June 2023, Also Recommended (Piano Concerto in C sharp minor)
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The Italian Job
RecommendedBaroque Instrumental Music from the Italian States
Gail Hennessy, Rachel Chaplin (oboes) & Peter Whelan (bassoon)
La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler
The highlight of the disc for me is Chandler’s performance of a seldom-played E major Violin Concerto by Tartini: he explores fully the rich poetic content of its slow movement while projecting... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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Capuçon throws down the gauntlet with a searingly intense performance of Tabula rasa (1977). The playing is impeccably controlled yet fiercely expressive…Throughout the album, Capuçon reveals... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, Concerto Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Winner - Concerto
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Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante
RecommendedItzhak Perlman (violin), Pinchas Zukerman (viola), Pinchas Zukerman (violin)
Israel Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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New. Schnittke: Complete Works For Two Violins
Vadim Gluzman (violin), Friedemann Eichhorn, Evgeny Sinaiski, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Valentin Uryupin
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Chandler’s tempos are invariably ‘just so’ – expertly executed, spaciously recorded, the disc consolidates and celebrates the ensemble’s Vivaldian roots as its 25th anniversary year beckons.... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th July 2018
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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