Deutsche Grammophon
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The difficulty in writing about the piano playing of Martha Argerich is that it is now, and always has been, so relentlessly good...Her Mozart bubbles with the freshness and effervescence of... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2016, Re-issue of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Deutsche Grammophon caught his ecstatically received potpourri... on the wing. —
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Grammy Awards, 30th Awards (1987), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Grammy Awards, 30th Awards (1987), Classical Album of the Year
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Bernstein's electrifying account of No. 40 is keenly dramatic, individual and stylish, with the finale delightfully airy and fresh. If anything, the Jupiter is even finer: it is both exhilarating... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Gramophone Awards, 1984, Winner - Instrumental
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…half the pleasure of this disc is the contribution of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, with Sir Charles Mackerras setting the perfect pace for Così's great terzettino… Best of all, perhaps,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2006, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2006, Editor's Choice
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Thomas Quasthoff sings Haydn Italian Arias
Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone) & Genia Kühmeier (soprano)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz
…Thomas Quasthoff… puts a great deal into his performances, characterising the texts, especially the jovial or intendedly comic ones, with relish. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Recital
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2009, Editor's Choice
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It’s a second-half sort of performance [of the Fifth], strongly marked, observing all the repeats, wrapped in Viennese legato and finished off with a dash of gentility like cream in coffee…The... —
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Diapason d’Or, January 2019, Nouveauté
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Beethoven - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3
RecommendedMikhail Pletnev (piano)
Russian National Orchestra, Christian Gansch
…there were times when I genuinely wondered if even five stars wasn't insulting to playing of such glorious playful penetration. …the next minute Pletnev does something that makes you howl... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Overall, these two musicians are so confident and polished, it ’s hard to see why the much-adored girl isn’t besotted with this robust, healthy, velvet-voiced lover with his equally smooth and... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2021
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