Chamber, Sextets, String Sextets
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Brahms: String Sextets
RecommendedBelcea Quartet, Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)
The two works have attracted numerous fine recordings, but here a luxury cast of the Belcea Quartet, Tabea Zimmermann and Jean-Guihen Queyras bring us a really special one – full-toned, warm-hearted... —
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Record Review, 12th March 2022, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Chamber
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Gramophone Awards, 2022 Finalists
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Chamber Music
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Nominated - Chamber
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Korngold: Violin Concerto & String Sextet
RecommendedAndrew Haveron (violin), RTÉ Concert Orchestra, John Wilson, Sinfonia of London Chamber Ensemble
There’s a telepathy between them. And they have a very clear take on a piece born of Korngold’s own intention that it be ‘more Caruso than Paganini’. It sings...I love that there’s a modesty... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd April 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2020, Editor's Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Richard Strauss
Renaud Capuçon (violin), Wiener Symphoniker, Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Petr Popelka, Seiji Ozawa
The Vienna Symphony is luxurious in the Concerto, against which Capuçon’s poise and precision contrast beautifully. There’s a mournful simplicity to the Sonata and the Piano Quartet channels... —
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Bridge was a star student at the RCM, and his E minor String Quintet from 1901, one of four chamber offerings he wrote at that time, reveals a burgeoning talent. Cast in four movements and lasting... —
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 'Pathétique' & Souvenir de Florence
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Domingo Hindoyan
[Souvenir de Florence is] given impassioned thrust by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Domingo Hindoyan who has an ear for drama in this weighty all-Tchaikovsky recording...There... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2025, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2025, Orchestral Choice
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Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence & R. Strauss: Metamorphosen
RecommendedNorwegian Chamber Orchestra, Iona Brown
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Building a Library, March 2019, Chamber Orchestra Recommendation
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Special offer. Brahms: String Sextets Nos. 1 & 2
Live from Aix Easter Festival 2016
Renaud Capuçon, Christoph Koncz (violins), Gérard Caussé, Marie Chilemme (violas) & Gautier Capuçon, Clemens Hagen (cellos)
Theirs is music-making of rare intimacy and shared enjoyment - one has the sense of listening in on six musicians at the top of their game, playing as they might in a cosy domestic setting. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Finalist - Chamber
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Gorgeous chamber music-making - urgently recommended —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2007, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, April 2025, Recommended Recording (Sextet No. 1)
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence & Verdi: String Quartet
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2004, Editor's Choice
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The Nash Ensemble’s performances are first-rate, but a bit more space around the recorded sound wouldn’t have gone amiss. —
