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Special offer. Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op. 61
RecommendedBudapest Festival Orchestra & Pro Musica (women's choir), Iván Fischer
Fischer is alive to the magical atmosphere of Felix Mendelssohn’s score and nowhere more keenly than at the start of the overture, where the four wind chords are extended beyond their usual... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Special offer. Franck, Boulanger, Debussy & Vermeulen: Works for Cello and Piano
Lidy Blijdorp (cello), Tobias Borsboom (piano)
By turns dramatic and ethereal, Blijdorp insists you listen...The cello arrangement of Franck's Violin Sonata is tender, passionate and reflective. Adorned with consummate virtuosity, this performance... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2026, Chamber Choice
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Special offer. Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major
RecommendedBudapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
Right from the opening pp tremolando you can tell that as an interpretation this is going to be something off the beaten track. Rather than cue the familiar shimmering haze, Fischer prefers... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th July 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Schwartz’s warm, silky playing matches Fedorova’s rounded piano touch. The top of the bass range lacks the penetrating quality of its smaller relatives, but Schwartz compensates with gravitas... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2021
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Special offer. Rimsky & Co Originals
Russian Music for Military Band
Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy & Soloists of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Arjan Tien
The Dutch brass are on dazzling form throughout, with some superb cameo appearances from the principals of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Rimsky Korsakov’s concertos for trombone, clarinet... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2018
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Special offer. Wagner: Opera Excerpts
RecommendedPetra Lang (soprano)
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
[Fischer] and his Budapest Festival Orchestra certainly acquit themselves rather well. Their tempos are sometimes slow enough to please Klemperer and Goodall fans, but they're lightened by the... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th June 2013
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2013, Editor's Choice
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Fischer's approach is certainly involved with the work's expressive character, but also with Dvorak's strong symphonic control. The musical argument in the first movement is powerful...Fischer... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2010, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, October 2020, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence & Verdi: String Quartet
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2004, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, January 2017, First Choice
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Building A Library, January 2025, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Mendelssohn: Piano Trios Opus 49 & 66
Hamlet Piano Trio: Paolo Giacometti (piano), Candida Thompson (violin) & Xenia Jankovic (cello)
