Chamber, Duos, Mozart (composer)
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On the evidence here, there’s no mistaking the level of musicianship that inspires such near-reverence among Rados’s admirers. Gerstein admirably reins in his own powerhouse virtuoso skills... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2021, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Piano
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‘time and again [they] demonstrate that a more intimate approach works wonders in capturing the essence of these exquisitely melodious and immaculately structured scores…By the time he composed... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Record Review, 9th September 2017, Recording of the Week
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Wonderful performances: delicacy in the Mozart as well as a feel for the Sonata's near-orchestral scale. A magisterial reading of Schubert's Fantasie. —
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Instrumental
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Special offer. Four Hands
RecommendedAlexandre Tharaud (piano), Bruce Liu (piano), David Fray (piano), Beatrice Rana (piano), Nicholas Angelich (piano), Alexander Melnikov (piano), Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Gautier Capuçon (piano), Juliette (piano), Michel Dalberto (piano), Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Momo Kodama (piano), Mariam Batsashvili...
One of Tharaud’s aims is to reveal repertoire which has been largely lost, and in this respect he is resoundingly successful...Everything here has charm, and radiates what should always be the... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th May 2024
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2024, Instrumental Choice
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A bold and dramatic account of Mozart's K475C minor Fantasia opens this memorable and imaginatively devised recital. —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2008, Instrumental Choice
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Fantasie: Seven Composers, Seven Keyboards
RecommendedAlexander Melnikov (harpsichord/fortepiano/tangent piano/piano)
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th April 2023
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2023, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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This is one of those rare programmes in which the whole is far greater than the sum of its parts. —
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Record Review, 4th February 2023, Record of the Week
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Building a Library, February 2013, First Choice
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Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim: Piano Duos
RecommendedMozart, Schubert & Stravinsky
Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim (piano duo)
Stravinsky's Rite of Spring prompts several adjectives: brutal, revolutionary, relentless, terrifying...But elegant? Urbane, seductive, sensuous? This astonishing performance is all that and... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th October 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2014
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Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from the Lugano Festival 2012
RecommendedMaria João Pires (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Lily Maisky (piano), Sascha Maisky (violin), Lyda Chen (viola), Mischa Maisky (cello), Nicholas Angelich (piano), Polina Leschenko (piano), Ilya Gringolts (violin), Nathan Braude (viola), Torleif Thedéen (cello), Nelson Goerner...
Several of the ensembles could have benefited from more sustained period of rehearsal, yet they still communicate vibrancy and the sheer enjoyment possible when fine musicians get together to... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th May 2013
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Chamber
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