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Mozart: Works for Violin & Orchestra
RecommendedAugustin Dumay & Veronika Hagen
Camerata Academica Salzburg
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Building A Library, January 2026, Top Choice - Sinfonia Concertante K364
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Baïka
Nemanja Radulovic (violin), Stephanie Fontanarosa (piano), Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Laure Favre-Kahn (piano)
Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Sascha Goetzel
A fiery whirlwind of an album from the virtuosic Franco-Serbian violinist: the Khachaturian violin Concerto and new takes on Scheherazade are fabulous showpieces. —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Krystian Zimerman (piano)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
The catalogue may bulge with recordings of these two concertos, yet the verve and poetry of these performances somehow forbid comparison, even at the most exalted level. Zimerman claims that... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2004, Disc of the Month
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Stravinsky Ballets
RecommendedTeresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), Ryland Davies (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass)
London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
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Building a Library, October 2002, First Choice
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Building a Library, February 2021, Recommended Recording (complete ballet)
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Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67, etc.
Recommendednarrated by Sting
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado
There's a real sense that Sting is enjoying being part of the music-making, adding to the drama with his quaking grandfather voice… and sending shivers down our spine as the wolf appears. There's... —
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Building a Library, December 2006, First Choice
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Building a Library, June 2023, Recommended Recording
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Margaret Price (Isolde), René Kollo (Tristan), Brigitte Fassbaender (Brangaene), Kurt Moll (König Marke), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Kurwenal), Werner Götz (Melot), Anton Dermota (Hirt)
Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Staatskapelle Dresden, Carlos Kleiber
Kleiber directs a compellingly impulsive reading, crowned by the glorious Isolde of Margaret Price, the most purely beautiful of any complete interpretation on record —
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Max Richter: Vivaldi Recomposed
Daniel Hope (violin)
Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin, André de Ridder
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As he showed in his two previous Chopin releases, the 26-year-old Lisiecki is a player of exceptional poise and refinement. Everything here conveys a sense of ease, the singing line always beautifully... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 1-6
RecommendedTokyo String Quartet
Koichiro Harada (violin), Kikuei Ikeda (violin), Kazuhide Isomura (viola) & Sadao Harada (cello)
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Building a Library, September 2005, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1981, Winner - Chamber
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This wonderful score is such a good fit for Dudamel's sleek Los Angeleans...Dudamel is terrific is the fight sequences - all flashing rapiers and keen rhythm. —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2026, Editor's Choice
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