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Special offer. Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16 & Walton: Serenade for Strings
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
Arrangements for string orchestra of works originally written for string quartet are not uncommon, especially in the cases of Beethoven and Schubert… But in the amazing scherzo, with its huge... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2006, Disc of the Month
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Special offer. JS Bach: Double & Triple Concertos
RecommendedRachel Podger (violin/director), Bojan Čičić (violin II), Katy Bircher (flute), Alexandra Bellamy (oboe), Johannes Pramsohler, Anna Nowak-Pokrzywinska (violins II & III)
Brecon Baroque
the music emerges with integrated, unaffected and airy naturalness...And in BWV1064R, the three-violin version here often outshines the surviving three-harpsichord version. Podger's Bach has... —
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Building a Library, April 2016, Also Recommended
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Building A Library, February 2022, Recommended Recording
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As so often with Ivan Fischer, it's the breadth of insight that impresses here...the outer movements and Scherzo have plenty of muscular energy, and yet the lines can sing too...The recorded... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2011, Orchestral Choice
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Record Review, July 2011, Recording of the Week
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Special offer. Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
RecommendedGerhild Romberger (contralto), Robert Dean Smith (tenor), Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
Robert Dean Smith is a strong heroic-tenor; the awkward middle-to-upper range writing seems no problem or strain for him, though he’s not the most expressive of interpreters...Fischer’s mezzo,... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Special offer. Dejan Lazic plays Beethoven & Haydn
RecommendedDejan Lazic (piano)
Klassische Philharmonie Bonn, Heriert Beissel
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Building a Library, December 2018, Recommended Recording
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Choral Finalist
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Record Review, December 2007, Critics Disc of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2007, Editor's Choice
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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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