Chamber, Duos, Szymanowski (composer)
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Overall, what leaps out is the sheer quality, consistency and stylishness of Janine Jansen’s playing. She conjures up the mood of each piece with seemingly effortless and flawless technique...Pappano... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th September 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2021, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Franck: Violin Sonata & Szymanowski: Mythes
RecommendedKaja Danczowska (violin), Krystian Zimerman (piano)
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Szymanowski - The Complete Music for Violin & Piano
Alina Ibragimova (violin) & Cédric Tiberghien (piano)
…This is a performance that shows Ibragimova's art at her remarkable best; at one moment poised, the next playing with abandon, she is one of the most expressive violinists around. The beguiling... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2010, Chamber Finalist
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Szymanowski - Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2
Ilya Kaler (violin)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit
Ilya Kaler is a near ideal interpreter of these works and the delightful Nocturne and Tarantella which serve as makeweight. His playing certainly has the requisite passion, but he also has... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2007, Editor's Choice
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Mythes is all heightened sensuality and warmth, its heady atmosphere evoked through playing of extraordinary colour, detail and dexterity. —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2023, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Franck & Szymanowski: Works for Violin and Piano
RecommendedKaja Danczowska (violin) & Krystian Zimerman (piano)
An early recipient of a Penguin rosette, this classic 1980 recording blazes with a musical incandescence rarely captured in the studio. One of the all-time great sonata discs. —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Szymanowski - Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedThomas Zehetmair (violin) & Silke Avenhaus (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle
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Gramophone Awards, 1997, Winner - Concerto
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In part it all coexists so beautifully because of the chemistry between Lomeiko and Klinton. Not only do they think and breathe as one, their respective sounds coalesce with heart-stopping unanimity...Musical... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2024, Chamber Choice
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The reason you should care about this album isn’t because it’s got a great back story but because this is wonderful playing, supremely polished in technical terms and exuding maturity...In short,... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Pike’s exceptional sensitivity to tonal inflection and temporal flexibility works wonders in Szymanowski’s Mythes…She invests [the Karłowicz] with such open-air freshness and gentle affection... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, Chamber Choice
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