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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
RecommendedConsuelo Rubio, Richard Verreau, Michel Roux, Pierre Mollet, Heinz Kirchner (viola)
Elisabeth Brasseur Choir · Chœur Enfants · R.T.F. · Orchestre Lamoureux, Paris · Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestre Lamoureax, Paris, Berliner Philharmoniker, Igor Markevitch
The names of the soloists may not be familiar to everyone nowadays (Richard Verreau, Michel Roux and Consuelo Rubio) but with the Lamoureux Orchestra and Elisabeth Brasseur Choir under Igor... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Best-kept Secrets
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Building a Library, February 2018, Also Recommended
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Penderecki: Metamorphosen, Konzert für Violine und Orchester Nr. 2, etc.
RecommendedAnne-Sophie Mutter & Lambert Orkis
London Symphony Orchestra
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Grammy Awards, 41st Awards (1998), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Grammy Awards, 41st Awards (1998), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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It was Giuliano Carmignola’s agile use of Emilio Slaviero’s 2007 bow…that really grabbed my attention. By that I mean pressure, types of arpeggio and articulation, and most especially dynamics,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Instrumental
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Echoes of Time
RecommendedLisa Batiashvili (violin), with Hélène Grimaud (piano)
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Esa-Pekka Salonen
[the Shostakovich] receives a deeply considered interpretation, its emotional narrative vividly etched by both soloist and conductor...Batiashvili begins the Cadenza in deep contemplation but... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st February 2011
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2011, Disc of the Month
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Many of us will have in our collections recordings of certain live piano recitals that have achieved legendary status...Yuja Wang’s Verbier debut should be placed alongside them. —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Piano
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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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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand'
RecommendedCheryl Studer, Sylvia McNair, Andrea Rost (sopranos), Anne Sofie von Otter, Rosemarie Lang (mezzos), Peter Seiffert (tenor), Bryn Terfel & Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass-baritones)
Rundfunkchor Berlin, Prager Philharmonischer Chor, Tölzer Knabenchor & Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
There's a wealth of outstanding contributions from singers such as Cheryl Studer, Anne Sofie von Otter, Peter Seiffert, and Bryn Terfel, and the choral singing is suitably monumental. —
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Building a Library, November 2011, First Choice
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Building A Library, September 2023, Recommended Recording
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John Williams in Vienna
RecommendedFeaturing Anne-Sophie Mutter
Wiener Philharmoniker, John Williams
A superb testament to the impact of Williams's music and his ability to move an audience...If I were to award a prize for 'Best Section', then it would definitely be the horns, who are magnificent... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th August 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 & Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
RecommendedBerliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Karajan's 1968 Prokofiev Fifth is a great performance.
Whenever one compares it with later versions inevitably the DG account holds its place at the top of the list. The analogue recording was... —Awards:
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Building A Library, January 2022, Also Recommended - Prokofiev
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The individual variations, specially commissioned from contemporary composers and played here en suite, share an aroma of freshness due to their unfamiliarity. They also elicit from Buchbinder... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2020
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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