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Lalo & Saint-Saëns: Cello Concertos
RecommendedPeter Wispelwey (cello)
Flanders Symphony Orchestra, Seiko Kim
It says much for the Saint-Saens concerto that it stands up well to such inspired competition. —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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I loved the stark simplicity of Mullov-Abbado’s The Linden Tree on the Hermes Experiment’s Here We Are (an Editor’s Choice in July), and there’s a similar sparse beauty to everything on this... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2020
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
2nd version, 1878/80
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (orchestral), Domingo Hindoyan
Hindoyan’s interpretation of the Fourth Symphony is well paced, admirably attentive to dynamics and avoids any interpretative eccentricities. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Led with flair and imagination by Michael Collins, London Winds give a vital, refined performanceof the Gran Partita, exceptionally transparent in texture and full of felicitous detail: the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2007, Editor's Choice
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[Karabits] manages to give the [Fourth Symphony] greater structural coherence through a sharper delineation of moods in each of the four movements. The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra is exceptionally... —
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sometimes it's like listening to two people excitedly bouncing ideas off each other; at others it's like a love duet, or even the kind of intense parting conversation in which every word counts... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2017, Chamber Choice
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Neven possess a lightly textured, attractive voice, and his diction is focused and expressive —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Solo Vocal
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The 'rainbow colours' hinted at in Prokofiev's inspiration, lines by the poet Konstantin Balmont, are fully captured in this chameleonic performance. There are mysteries and passing hints of... —
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Grammy Awards, 50th Awards (2007), Best Chamber Music Recording
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Brahms Works for Viola I
Maxim Rysanov (viola), Katya Apekisheva (piano), Katya Apekisheva (piano) & Boris Brovtsyn (violin), Jacob Katsnelson (piano), Jacob Katsnelson (piano) & Kristine Blaumane (cello)
…I found Rysanov's performances of both Sonatas compelling, vivid and packed with moments of great musical insight. The two trio performances are also extremely enjoyable… —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2009, Editor's Choice
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Schwanewilms's interpretations are regularly imaginative, her singing musicianly, though not all of her vocalism matches her good intentions. There's sometimes...an edge to her tone that combines... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2013, Editor's Choice
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