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Bieri’s control and expressivity in Sciarrino’s haunting solo Let Me Die Before I Wake is astonishing. He’s a soulful communicator in Brahms’s elegiac Quintet, too. Meta4 provide sumptuous support. —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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…Saariaho's combination of instruments with live electronics comes up as fresh as ever… it's… the vibrant quality of the playing from Norway's premiere new music quartet - never ugly, even... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2005, Chamber Choice
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Cerha: Cello Concerto & Schreker: Chamber Symphony
Heinrich Schiff (violoncello)
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, Peter Eötvös
The Austrian composer and conductor Friedrich Cerha's…Cello Concerto, completed in 1996 for Heinrich Schiff, is a work of both substance and originality. Schiff himself is the eloquent soloist... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2007, Editor's Choice
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Mozart, Hosokawa
Momo Kodama (piano), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (cadenzor), Mito Chamber Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Kodama is a subtle and poetic soloist in both works, in control of a particularly beautiful range of quiet sonorities in the Hosokawa and matching that, in the Mozart, with ‘pouring-oil’ passagework... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Kanchieli's position as a powerful and individual voice is becoming more apparent with each vividly recorded issue in ECM's continuing series —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2005, Chamber Choice
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Songs of Fate
Vida Miknevičiūtė (soprano), Magdalena Ceple (cello), Andrei Pushkarev (vibraphone), Kremerata Baltica, Gidon Kremer
it’s the Three Jewish Songs, played in stunningly effective arrangements for voice and string orchestra by Veniamin Basner, that make the greatest impact, particularly when the singing of soprano... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music Recording of the Year
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Building a Library, March 2018, Also Recommended
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Mendelssohn & Schumann: Violin Concertos
Carolin Widmann (violin/director)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
The Concerto finds Schumann staring into the abyss, but its slow movement, in particular, has an otherworldly atmosphere that is profoundly affecting. Carolin Widmann and the Chamber Orchestra... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2017, Winner - Concerto
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Those who consider John Cage to be the king of chaos, ruling over a world of disconnected, random events, may be surprised by this wonderful CD...The recording presents great clarity and detail... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2013, Choral & Song Choice
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Silvestrov presents compositional tour de force in this intriguing programme…this musical concoction somehow casts a magical spell, drawing you into the intimacy of Silvestrov’s musical language... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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