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Robert Simpson disagreed with writers who believed that Beethoven's backward glances to Haydn and Mozart in his Op 18 set were so obvious as to distract attention from his own individuality.... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2004, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2004, Winner - Chamber
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Verdi Heroines
RecommendedAngela Gheorghiu (soprano)
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly
Gheorghiu displays her Verdian skills, her formidable technique and expressive power pushed to their limits but ultimately convincing. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Winner - Recital
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Gramophone Awards, 2001, Winner - Classic FM People's Choice Award
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This is a performance con amore. Yet Maag never short-changes the symphony's drama and rugged power…The LSO's magnificent horn battalion - four instruments sounding like 16 - out-brays virtually... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Bach - Complete Violin Sonatas
RecommendedArthur Grumiaux (violin), Christiane Jaccottet (harpsichord), Philippe Mermoud (cello)
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Barenboim sets subtly different tempos for passages that often run directly on from each other, but he also pushes round corners at which other conductors linger…the Staatskapelle Berlin sustain... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2016, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Orchestral
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Maria
RecommendedLimited Edition Hardcover Book Version
Cecilia Bartoli & Maxim Vengerov (violin)
Orchestra La Scintilla & International Chamber Soloists, Ádám Fischer
…Bartoli…sings everything with vivid personality. The accompaniments are well handled under Adam Fischer. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th November 2007
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2007, Editor's Choice
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Poised, intelligent and remarkably pure of intonation for a live performance, Janine Jansen's Tchaikovsky certainly knows its own mind. What's truly memorable? From Jansen, the powerful high... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2009, Editor's Choice
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Poèmes
RecommendedSensual French Masterpieces
Renée Fleming (soprano)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National de France, Alan Gilbert, Seiji Ozawa
Always a strong Francophile, she makes an inspired exploration for the still-developing French tradition...it is easy to hear what inspired [Dutilleux]...Her lower register has become ever-richer... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th February 2012
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Grammy Awards, 55th Awards (2012), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Kenneth McKellar - Sleep the noon in the deep blue sky
RecommendedKenneth McKellar's Scotland
Kenneth McKellar (tenor) & Bob Sharples (piano)
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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