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Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 19 in C minor D958, fragments & lieder
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Leif Ove Andsnes here deals beautifully with the Sonata itself. Andsnes's performance is smooth and warmly expressive, with the final tarantella going at a galloping lick. Bostridge, too,... —
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This programme of three minor-key Sonatas summons from Ingrid Fliter a suitably serious response...The high point arrives with the Appassionata, where Fliter adds more power and agitation to... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2011, Editor's Choice
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Benjamin Britten
RecommendedHeather Harper (soprano), Robert Tear (tenor)
Northern Sinfonia Orchestra, ECO, Sir Neville Marriner, Jeffrey Tate
Tear's Serenade and Nocturne are sterling performances, fervent and expressive without falling into preciousness. Harper's passionate Illuminations makes a strong case for a female voice in... —
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Building A Library, March 2022, Also Recommended
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Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38
RecommendedRichard Lewis (Gerontius), Dame Janet Baker (Angel), Kim Borg (Priest-/Angel of the Agony)
Hallé Choir, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, Ambrosian Singers & Hallé Orchestra, John Barbirolli
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Building a Library, October 2006, First Choice
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Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30, etc.
Emil Gilels (piano)
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, André Cluytens
Gilels was a true king of pianists and these recordings only confirm his legendary status. Here is his superlative musicianship, magisterial technique and, above all, unforgettable sonority.... —
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Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
RecommendedItzhak Perlman (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
This is Vivaldi with a very high gloss indeed, but Perlman also imparts great rhythmic zest to this extremely familiar music...the results are beguiling. —
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Grammy Awards, 20th Awards (1977), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Ravel - L'Enfant et les sortileges & Mother Goose
RecommendedMagdalena Kožená, Nathalie Stutzmann, Sophie Koch, José van Dam, François Le Roux & Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
Berliner Philharmoniker & Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle
Rattle's first recording of the ballet was superlative, but this second rendering, is, if anything, better, taking full advantage of the Berlin Phil's exceptional colours. —
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Building a Library, September 2018, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Awards, 2002, Winner - Debut Recording
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CPE Bach: Flute Concerti
Emmanuel Pahud (flute) & Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord & conductor)
Kammerakademie Potsdam
If CPE Bach’s two extremes, of unyielding storminess and emotive lyricism, prove ultimately rather predictable, both Pahud and the tautly disciplined Kammerakademie Potsdam strings under Trevor... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2016, Editor's Choice
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