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Special offer. Violin Concertos by Black Composers Through the Centuries
Rachel Barton Pine (violin), Encore Chamber Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Daniel Hege, Jonathon Heyward
The original tracks still feel fresh and the Price is a revelation – a work of harmonic complexity whose capricious demands the soloist meets with gusto. —
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It is a diverse and enjoyable programme. —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2019, Editor's Choice
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Reich: Mallet Quartet, Sextet, Nagoya Marimbas & Music for Pieces of Wood
RecommendedDavid Friend (piano), Oliver Hagen (piano), Sean Connors (marimba), Peter Martin (marimba), Matthew Duvall (percussion)
Third Coast Percussion
Third Coast’s considered approach allows them to dig deeper into Sextet’s dark, almost threatening undertow. A sense of urgency and immediacy is still maintained, however, and the transitions... —
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Grammy Awards, 59th Awards (2016), Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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The Soviet Experience Volume I
String Quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich and his Contemporaries
Pacifica Quartet
their sense of the musical argument is always impressive, shining through their objective but never over-slick approach. The Pacifica Quartet only seem to draw breath, like Shostakovich, between... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, Chamber Choice
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Limitless
Jennifer Koh (violin), Qasim Naqvi (synthesizer), Lisa Bielawa (soprano), Du Yun (voice), Tyshawn Sorey (glockenspiel), Nina C. Young (electronics), Vijay Iyer (piano), Missy Mazzoli (electronics)
It’s well worth spending time with this recording, Koh has collaborated with composers, who perform with her on this disc, to create a stimulating programme of duos inspired by topical social... —
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Winner - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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easily the most satisfying piece is James Lee III’s eloquent Quintet, which muses on Native American traditions and experience with imagination, wit and grace, and gives plenty of chances for... —
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Grammy Awards, 66th Awards (2024), Nominee - Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Nominee - Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 58th Awards (2015), Best Chamber Music Recording
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