Orchestral, Sinfonia Concertanti
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Poltéra Plays Prokofiev
RecommendedChristian Poltéra (cello), Juho Pohjonen (piano), Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Anja Bihlmaier
Poltéra has all the warmth and variety of tone, plus technical address, the score demands...There are plenty of distinguished versions of this repertoire on CD, but at bargain price none that... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2024, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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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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Beethoven & Mozart: Quintets for Piano and Wind
RecommendedWalter Gieseking, Dennis Brain
Philharmonia Wind Quartet, Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
There have never been any doubts about these performances. The horn playing in the Sinfoniaconcertante is unsurpassable and in the quintets Gieseking's lightness and his clarity and sense of... —
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Building a Library, April 2007, Historic Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Mozart - Complete Violin Concertos
Arthur Grumiaux (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Colin Davis, Raymond Leppard
These performances of the five standard violin concertos, the Sinfonia concertante and a couple of other pieces were much admired when they came out on LP, and they continue to earn praise for... —
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Mozart: Wind Concertos
Timothy Jones (horn), Olivier Stankiewicz (oboe), Andrew Marriner (clarinet), London Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martín
You would expect the principal woodwind players of a team in the London Symphony Orchestra’s league to perform at stellar technical level. Even more striking, and highly appealing besides, is... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, Concerto Choice
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Malcolm Williamson: The Complete Piano Concertos
Piers Lane (piano), with Howard Shelley (piano), with Yoram Levy (trumpet), Mark Bain (trumpet), Martin Phillipson (trumpet)
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Howard Shelley
The late Malcolm Williamson may have had his unruly side, but he was vastly and variously gifted...Lane is the tireless soloist, crisply percussive or touchingly lyrical as required, and Howard... —
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Special offer. Szymanowski: Symphony No. 4
Szymon Nehring (piano), Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
I admire the restraint, elegance and bravura of the orchestral playing under Alsop's baton. She finds a new way of reading this Dionysian score with much focus on detail, thus creating an orchestral... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2026, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Michael Tippett: Piano Concerto; Benjamin Britten: Diversions; William Walton: Sinfonia Concertante
RecommendedClare Hammond (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, George Vass
This is a valuable album indeed...each [work] is ripe for rediscovery and could prove rewarding for performers and audiences in the concert hall. They receive fine performances here from the... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Mozart: Complete Works For Clarinet, Vol. 2
Nicolas Baldeyrou (clarinet), Gabriel Pidoux, David Guerrier, David Douçot, Kölner Akademie (chamber ensemble), Michael Alexander Willens
Baldeyrou's recording shines a spotlight on this genre which despite flourishing between 1770 and 1830, particularly in Paris, is now sadly neglected on the concert platform and in the recording... —
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Mozart: Works for Violin & Orchestra
RecommendedAugustin Dumay & Veronika Hagen
Camerata Academica Salzburg
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Building A Library, January 2026, Top Choice - Sinfonia Concertante K364
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