Other Genres, Electronic Music
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There’s no doubting that [Shibe] is an artist blessed with grace to spare, and a roar that is fearsome – witness the opening section of Julia Wolfe’s LAD which screams into anguished life before... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2018, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Instrumental
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Winner - Concept Album
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It’s hard to imagine a more unlikely orchestral pairing. It works mightily well, however, with the Gothenburg Symphony hugely atmospheric in Rautavaara’s Cantus Arcticus then warmly, playfully... —
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Varèse: The Complete Works
RecommendedSarah Leonard (soprano), Mireille Delunsch (soprano), François Kerdoncuff (piano), Jacques Zoon (flute)
Concertgebouw Orchestra, ASKO Ensemble, Men of the Prague Philharmonic Choir, Riccardo Chailly
Riccardo Chailly's 1996 account [of Amériques] is unlike any of its competitors in that it reconstructed for the first time Varèse's original version of the score from 1918-21, which uses a... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1999, Winner - 20th Century Orchestral
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Steve Reich: The String Quartets
Mivos Quartet (string quartet), Olivia De Prato (violin), Tyler J. Borden (cello), Victor Lowrie Tafoya (viola), Maya Bennardo (violin)
There’s an edginess to the Mivos Quartet ’s playing [in Different Trains]; lines are angular and brusque…[Triple Quartet] sounds as exciting as ever; Mivos’s recording of this distinctive piece... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Composer of the Year
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Sonic Wires
Katia Labèque (piano), Marielle Labèque (piano), David Chalmin (guitar), Bryce Dessner (guitar)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2025, Innovative Listening Experience
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Echoes of Time
RecommendedLisa Batiashvili (violin), with Hélène Grimaud (piano)
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Esa-Pekka Salonen
[the Shostakovich] receives a deeply considered interpretation, its emotional narrative vividly etched by both soloist and conductor...Batiashvili begins the Cadenza in deep contemplation but... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st February 2011
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2011, Disc of the Month
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Jonathan Harvey: Deo
RecommendedEdward Picton-Turbervill (organ)
St John's College Choir Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha
nuanced and exhilarating performances. —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2017, Choral Winner
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2016, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 32nd Awards (1989), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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The excellent French string quartet Quatour Zaïde bring their crisp playing to bear on this uneven all-Americanminimalist pairing of works by Bryce Dessner and Steve Reich. —
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No other new music stands to benefit more from extensive exposure, not so much because of its quality (which is beyond question), as because of an almost tangible connection with nature, than... —
