Accentus Music
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Szymanowski and Zemlinsky
RecommendedElina Vähälä (violin), Johanna Winkel (soprano) & Michael Nagy (baritone)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Liebreich
This is a very attractive pairing of two early 20th-century works distinguished by the opulence of their orchestral textures…a very recommendable offering. —
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Building A Library, April 2022, Also Recommended
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Weinberg: Violin Concerto & Sonata for Two Violins
Gidon Kremer (violin), Madara Pētersone (violin), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Daniele Gatti
Kremer’s approach differs significantly from all other recorded interpreters in adopting far more expansive tempos throughout the concerto..Kremer and Latvian violinist Madara Pētersone deliver... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Coming soon. Richard Strauss: Tone Poems and Interludes
Orchester der Oper Zürich, Gianandrea Noseda
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Written in the wake of his opera The Passenger, these Preludes find Weinberg in combative and even capricious mood… All in all, this is a fascinating and expressively inclusive opus to which... —
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Diapason d’Or, Summer Issue 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Solo Music
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Mozart: Symphony No. 38 'Prague' & Voříšek: Symphony in D Major
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Herbert Blomstedt
in their own terms these are superbly handsome performances, with an amplitude relating to the grand manner of the ‘Prague’ Symphony in particular, and with recorded sound to match. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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This disc is of sublime music, gloriously played, and it is one of those occasions when it seems superfluous to say much more…What Sunwook Kim brings to [the last three sonatas], as he also... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Wagner’s Prelude and Liebestod stands out for the mellifluous blend between orchestral sections, and the burnished yet never excessive string tone that Jakub Hrůša obtains from his musicians... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Symphonic
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This captures much of the peerless tone-colour, shape, drive and above all those hushed dynamics of [the] performance, awarded what feels like an infinite silence at the end...Abbado's pacing... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - DVD Performance
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2011, DVD of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, DVD Award Winner
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