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Ehnes’s playing [is] a feast of likeably gloss-free tone, magisterial technical command and flawless tuning…Ehnes responds to [the Spring Sonata] as the soul-warming masterpiece it is: the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2020, Editor's Choice
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Juno Awards, 2021, Nominated - Classical Album of the Year (Solo or Chamber)
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An enjoyable introduction to a generation of opera composers who regarded the symphony as a vital source of inspiration, and gave it an added dash of passion. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th October 2023
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Elgar: Sea Pictures & The Music Makers
Kathryn Rudge (mezzo), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Petrenko’s The Music Makers makes a compelling case for a work often dismissed as navel-gazing, second-rate Elgar…The Liverpool choir is excellent throughout…Rudge sings the solo part with ripe-toned... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2020, Editor's Choice
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…Ehnes has returned to these coruscating 'finger-breakers' (as Ricci once described them), playing with the same glowing tonal finesse as before, but with a new lyrical intensity… Beguilingly... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2010, Disc of the Month
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Rysanov’s nuanced phrasing and excellent variety of tone colour would present a challenge for some actual singers to match, and Kim’s piano playing is a special joy...It’s wonderful to find... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2024, Chamber Choice
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Debussy, Elgar, Respighi & Sibelius: Violin Sonatas
RecommendedJames Ehnes (violin), Andrew Armstrong (piano)
This is a radiantly engineered album of music composed around the time of the Great War, played with beguiling elegance by James Ehnes and regular playing partner Andrew Armstrong. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Dumay and Lortie bring fresh insights to such well-loved music. Their approach to the G major Sonata is particularly mesmerising...Needless to say, the rest of this beautifully engineered disc... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2015, Chamber Choice
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New. Bach & Silvestrov
Compass Resonance, Vadim Gluzman (violin), Zachary Carrettin (violin), Mina Gajić
An album worth hearing for the Bach alone. —
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Coming soon. Manuel de Falla: El Sombrero de Tres Picos, El Amor Brujo, Homenajes, La Vida Breve, Fantasia Baetica
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Domingo Hindoyan
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Khachaturian: Violin Concerto in D minor
James Ehnes (violin), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Ehnes Quartet, Mark Wigglesworth
Ehnes’ urgent and energetic finale [of the Khachaturian] is full of gypsy spirit and freshness without feeling too sweet-toothed...This rather unusual mix of concerto and chamber music only... —
