Warner Classics
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Motherland
Works by Dvořák, Bartók, Shor, Walton
David Aaron Carpenter (viola), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazushi Ono, Vladimir Jurowski and David Parry
Carpenter is very much a Primrose man, which is just as well considering the heroic projection required for the Dvořák. Even with the cello original ringing in one’s ears, such is the charismatic... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2018
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Claudio Abbado - The Early Recordings
Claudio Abbado (piano/conductor); Orchestra d’archi di Milano, Orchestra dell’Angelicum di Milano, Michelangelo Abbado, Alberto Zedda
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Historic Recording
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Janáček: Glagolitic Mass, Sinfonietta
Malin Byström (soprano), Johann Vexo (organ), Ladislav Elgr (tenor), Adam Plachetka (baritone), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano), Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno, Marko Letonja
Soloists and chorus are superb, but the orchestral playing is often a touch tentative. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 3 'A Pastoral Symphony', etc.
RecommendedAlison Barlow
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
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Building a Library, May 2005, Budget Choice
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Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
RecommendedGalina Vishnevskaya (Katerina), Nicolai Gedda (Sergey), Dimiter Petkov (Boris), Werner Krenn (Zinovi), Robert Tear (Shabby Peasant), Taru Valjakka (Aksinya), Birgit Finnilä (Sonyetka)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Mstislav Rostropovich
the inimitable Galina Vishnevskaya makes the title role her own, ably assisted by Nicolai Gedda as her illicit lover Sergei. —
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also Recommended
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Rattle's readings of Dvorak's tone poems set a new standard —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2005, Orchestral Choice
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If he doesn’t quite make them sound as easy as pie, he certainly delivers them with beguiling nonchalance, a gleaming touch and unflappable clarity, aided and abetted by superb recorded sound.... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th December 2022
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Building a Library, March 2002, Budget Choice
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Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102
RecommendedItzhak Perlman (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
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Grammy Awards, 23rd Awards (1980), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 'In Memory of a Great Artist'
RecommendedItzhak Perlman (violin), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Lynn Harrell (cello)
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Grammy Awards, 24th Awards (1981), Best Chamber Music Recording
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