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Régine Crespin: Shéhérazade
RecommendedRégine Crespin (soprano)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet
Sumptuous of tone, supremely sensitive, Crespin was born to illuminate the art of French song. Whether floating the seductive allure of Ravel or revelling in the wit of Poulenc these recordings... —
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Building a Library, September 2007, First Choice
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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I attended some of these sessions and can still recall the forensic care and commitment the Takács brought to these works. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2017, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 45th Awards (2002), Best Chamber Music Recording
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Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Schumann: Piano Concerto
RecommendedAndrás Schiff (piano)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Antal Doráti
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Building a Library, April 2019, Recommended Recording
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Building A Library, September 2023, Recommended Recording - Schumann
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While it's true that the Prokofiev piano concertos are an uneven body of work, there's enough imaginative fire and pianistic brilliance to hold the attention even in the weakest of them; the... —
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Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Op. 56
RecommendedNicola Benedetti (violin), Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Gerald Finley (baritone), Philharmonia Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor)
There are surely no more charismatic young performers in this country today than violinist Nicola Benedetti, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, and together they make... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st May 2024
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2024, Concerto Choice
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Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, etc.
RecommendedVladimir Ashkenazy
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin, Anatole Fistoulari
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Building a Library, October 2004, First Choice
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
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Building A Library, February 2026, Top Choice
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Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
RecommendedElena Souliotis (Santuzza), Mario del Monaco (Turiddu), Tito Gobbi (Alfio), Stefania Malagù (Lola), Anna Di Stasio (Lucia)
Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Silvio Varviso
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Building a Library, April 2001, First Choice
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This is immensely distinguished Liszt-playing...Freire seems utterly at one with the music, not only in terms of its innate poetry but also its astonishing diversity of texture and touch...Freire... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Instrumental
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2011, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2011, Editor's Choice
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If anything, Bělohlávek sounds even more fired-up [than on his previous recordings of these works]…His natural warmth and charm characteristically enchants the central scherzo’s prismatic textural... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2019, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Orchestral
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Beethoven - Complete Music for Cello & Piano
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Jean Françaix (piano), Maurice Gendron (cello)
