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Sol Gabetta - Schumann
Sol Gabetta (cello), Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini
She makes a remarkable case for her re-viewing of the Cello Concerto, which emerges as nervous, mercurial, more brilliantly lateral in its thinking than in any other recording I can remember.... —
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Diapason d’Or, May 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2019, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year (cello)
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, WAB 109 (Edition Nowak)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
For Thielemann the Ninth is, it seems, less a universal theological meditation on last things and more a highly personal quest for spiritual quietude. His interpretation has intimacies hard... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winnter - Orchestra/Ensemble of the Year
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The Cendrillon aria suits her talents closely, with her ethereal tone and confident coloratura skills. There’s some real magic here. Mendelssohn’s fairy-song ‘Neue Liebe’ has just the right... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Solo Vocal
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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
RecommendedJonas Kaufmann (tenor)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Jonathan Nott
I think [Mahler] would have approved of Jonas Kaufmann’s ground-breaking decision to take the solo part throughout. It’s not much of a stretch for him – a few low notes apart, the lower register... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th April 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Buoyed by spirited and colourful support from Michi Gaigg’s period band, Daniel Behle confirms his high reputation as a Mozart lyric tenor. His unforced, evenly produced tone is always easy... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Opera Awards, 2020, Nominated - Solo Recital Recording
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Male Singer of the Year
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Throughout, rather than adopting a headlong interpretative profile, Currentzis inflects Beethoven’s indelible invention with an at times startling range of articulation that bristles with spontaneous... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Brahms: Piano Quartets (Remastered)
RecommendedEmanuel Ax (piano), Isaac Stern (violin), Jaime Laredo (viola), Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
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Gramophone Awards, 1991, Winner - Chamber
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Grammy Awards, 34th Awards (1991), Best Chamber Music Recording
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Gramophone Awards, 1997, Winner - Contemporary
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Building a Library, January 2018, Also Recommended
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This is Bach at his most commanding...as fine a set of Bach's complete partitas as you will find in the catalogue, but it lacks the individuality which I had hoped for —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2014, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Barber: Concertos for Violin, Cello & Piano
RecommendedIsaac Stern (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), John Browning (piano)
New York Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, David Zinman, George Szell
Authoritative and affectionate accounts of the three concertos, in various recording vintages, make up a valuable compilation. —
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Building a Library, January 2002, Mid-Price Choice
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Grammy Awards, 7th Awards (1964), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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