BIS
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Sakari Oramo's cycle of Nielsen symphonies roars to its conclusion with an account of the Second, The Four Temperaments, irresistibly driven by a fifth - Oramo himself. The choleric hero positively... —
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[the Nielsen] merits the supreme artistry that Shraon Bezaly brings to it, both in terms of deft, discerningly harnessed virtuosity and in her supple, sinuous shaping of the music. Neeme Jarvi... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Michael Tippett: Piano Concerto; Benjamin Britten: Diversions; William Walton: Sinfonia Concertante
RecommendedClare Hammond (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, George Vass
This is a valuable album indeed...each [work] is ripe for rediscovery and could prove rewarding for performers and audiences in the concert hall. They receive fine performances here from the... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Kamu offers an [easy] sense of movement… intense quiet dynamics and clarity in perfect equilibrium with atmosphere. There's plenty of excitement too: the scherzo of the Second is truly vivacissimo…Three,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2015, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th November 2015
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New. Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! Kabarett und Exil
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Salon Orchestra of the Komische Oper Berlin, Adam Benzwi
Otter, now 71, is as ever the consummate artist, although her range is naturally narrower these days. That doesn’t prevent her bringing a deep understanding to these texts even as she negotiates... —
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Bach - Brandenburg Concertos & Orchestral Suites
Masaaki Suzuki (harpsichord and direction)
Bach Collegium Japan
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Allan Pettersson: Symphony No. 12, 'The Dead in the Square'
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Christian Lindberg
The choirs are excellent, having lived with this music now for a few years. The men’s voices emerging from the orchestral soundscape in the first poem sound quite magical...It is indeed a powerful... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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judging from this new recording of the five last Beethoven sonatas his keyboard technique is dazzling, and the notoriously demanding 'Hammerklavier', Op. 106 holds no terrors for him. —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2025, Editor's Choice
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No complaints about the expertise and fluency of the Zimmermanns’ playing. Their approach to dynamics is refreshingly flexible, and all three players bring a graceful approach to ornamentation…But... —
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Chamber
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Instrumental
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While their elder conjures in translucent textures the otherworldly darkness of Lemminkäinen’s sojourn in the Land of the Dead, Madetoja and Pylkkänen opt for galloping drama and pathos in depicting... —
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Record Review, 4th December 2021
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th December 2021
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