Warner Classics
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Tchaikovsky - Overtures & Fantasies
RecommendedOrchestra e Coro Dell’ Accademia Di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
A generous Tchaikovsky spectacular in masterly hands —
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Building a Library, May 2010, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2007, Editor's Choice
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I can’t think of another pianist who portrays Ravel’s aesthetic with greater relish or sympathy. The subtlest rhythmic impulses are given their due, even as the colour and dynamic spectra seem... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2024, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Beethoven: Fantasia, Triple Concerto & Rondo for piano & orchestra
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Thomas Zehetmair (violin) & Clemens Hagen (cello)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe & Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Fine performances of two of Beethoven's seriously undervalued works. —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2004, Disc of the Month
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Grieg & Schumann: Piano Concertos
RecommendedLeif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Mariss Jansons
It was the Grieg Concerto that first made the name of Leif Ove Andsnes on disc in 1990. The interpretation remains broadly the same, except that speeds are now rather brisker. However many times... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2004, Winner - Concerto
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder, final scenes from Capriccio & Salome
RecommendedNina Stemme (soprano), Gerhard Siegel (Herod)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano
…Antonio Pappano never gets to record more than bleeding chunks of the Strauss operas… Yet nothing illustrates better his genius for going straight to the theatrical heart of the matter than... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th March 2007
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Recital
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2007, Editor's Choice
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
[Andsnes] manages to make the first movement sound more sinister and wayward than most of his rivals, yet he's in his element in etching the filigree and fioriture of the highly-decorated solo... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2010, Editor's Choice
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Janusz Wawrowski - Phoenix
Violin Concertos by Ludomir Rózycki & Tchaikovsky
Janusz Wawrowski (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Grzegorz Nowak
Anyone who has thrilled to Heifetz’s and Perlman’s recordings of this enchanting area of the repertoire will find Wawrowski’s dazzling, silvery-toned performance in very silvery-toned performance... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Concerto
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Handel - Keyboard Suites II
RecommendedSviatoslav Richter & Andrei Gavrilov (piano), Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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