Chamber, Sonatas, Martinů (composer)
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The recording provides a fine balance between the instruments and as a whole these performances bring together affection and brilliance in persuasive readings that stand high in a strong field. —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2023, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Their way with the core repertoire here, the sonatas and variations, is mostly excellent. Outer movements are all well paced with genuine eloquence in the more reflective passages. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2025, Recording of the Week
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Maxim Rysanov plays Martinu
Maxim Rysanov (viola), Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin, Katya Apekisheva (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek
Rysanov, the tone of his 1780 Guadagnini viola a miraculous combination of dark vigour with the translucency of a viola d'amore, has the most idiomatic partner in Jiri Belohlavek conducting... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Bezaly & Brautigam: Masterworks for Flute and Piano
RecommendedSharon Bezaly (flute) & Ronald Brautigam (piano)
Sharon Bezaly is rarely less than impressive. Her well-constructed programmes are performed with a mixture of virtuosity and rich tone, making her name almost a guarantee of quality. Partnered... —
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Building a Library, November 2015, First Choice
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Honegger: Sonatina for Violin and Cello, H 80, etc.
Frank-Peter Zimmermann (violin) & Heinrich Schiff (cello)
The Honegger Sonatine… is despatched with splendid brio, and the off-the-wall recitatives in the last movement are hilarious. …they play the Ravel as a big work, with fierce accents and wide... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2006, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2006, Editor's Choice
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Martinů: Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra, Violin Sonata No. 3 & Five Short Pieces
Josef Špaček (violin), Miroslav Sekera (piano), Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Petr Popelka
Among other works featuring violin and orchestra, one of the most immediately appealing is the Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra, written in 1953 towards the end of his sojourn in the... —
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Zwischen Nostalgie und Revolution
Works by Robert Schumann, Dmitri Shostakovich and Bohuslav Martinů
Benedict Kloeckner (cello), Danae Dörken (piano)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Chamber Music
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There is a strong sense of ensemble at every stage, but beyond this, the performers have an instinctive grasp of the often mercurial dynamics of this music...Perhaps best of all is their reading... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2010, Chamber Choice
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Special offer. In Memoriam Françoise Groben
Françoise Groben, Ivan Gajan (piano), Alfredo Perl (piano), Ira Maria Witoschynskyi (piano), Mourja Gras (violin), Peter Laul, Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Matthias Metzger (violin), Ruth Kilius (viola), Christiane Meininger (flute), Rainer Gepp (piano), RTL Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de chambre...
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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