Chamber, Duos, Dvořák (composer)
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Childhood memories are summoned, plus people and places…Indeed, there’s so much playfulness and charm here that the listener might well pant for some extra ballast from meatier things. It comes... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2018
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2018, Nouveauté
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In short, this highly recommendable collection represents a model of imaginative and provocative programming. —
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Bohemian Tales
RecommendedAugustin Hadelich (violin), Charles Owen (piano), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Jakub Hruša
How warmly his dolce playing seems to smile… Note, too, the way Hadelich suggests a wiry-sounding folk fiddle in the finale’s D minor interlude… Jakub Hrůša has the Bavarian RSO playing with... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2020, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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Opus Klassik, 2021, Instrumentalist of the Year
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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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Dvorak: Cello Concerto
RecommendedAlisa Weilerstein (cello)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek
Above all, she reveals the profound relationship between the solo part and Dvořák’s radiantly detailed orchestration in one of the f inest ensemble performances of the last 30 years. With Bělohlávek... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2014, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Concerto
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A Golden Cello Decade, 1878-1888
RecommendedSteven Isserlis (cello), Connie Shih (piano), Olivia Jageurs (harp)
No cellist alive can match the eloquent intent of Steven Isserlis’s line. Every phrase he threads through the warm embrace of Connie Shih’s pianism is articulated and ‘breathed’ with the ardour... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th November 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2022, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Randall Goosby - Roots
RecommendedRandall Goosby (violin), Zhu Wang (piano), Xavier Dubois Foley (double bass)
Goosby’s selections reveal him as a quietly lyrical artist with a gift for genre hopping well displayed in the Baroque/blues fusions of ColeridgeTaylor, Perkinson’s Blue/s Forms or Xavier Dubois... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2021, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d'Or, September 2021, Découverte
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021, Debut Recording of the Year
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Kodály: Duo for Violin and Violoncello, Op. 7 - Dvořák: Piano Trio, Op. 90 'Dumky'
RecommendedBarnabás Kelemen (violin), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Alexander Lonquich (piano)
While every phrase is carefully considered, each one is communicated with passion...Everywhere there is a wealth of fascinating detail…Some may find the players’ approach a little too intense,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Chamber Music
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He’s an exceptionally free, agile and fluent player, and youthful impetuosity powers the first and third movements, only occasionally marred by a rather hectic vibrato. There’s a sense of real... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2020
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2020, Concerto Choice
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Isserlis here achieves a beauty, finesse and attack with the cello less evident from his playing 20 years ago: his technique is phenomenal, his bowing at once wildly abandoned and absolutely... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2005, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2006, Editor's Choice
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