ECM
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Officium
A hauntingly beautiful combination of medieval unaccompanied choral music and jazz saxophone.
Jan Garbarek (saxophone)
Hilliard Ensemble
no matter how one views so-called crossover...or the relative unwisdom of sticking to rigid musical boundaries, the evidence remains conclusive: ''Officium'' successfully transcends any limitations... —
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Arvo Pärt: The Deer’s Cry
Mari Poll (violin), Johanna Vahermägi (viola), Heikko Remmel, Taavo Remmel (double basses), Robert Staak (lute), Toomas Vavilov (clarinet), Susanne Doll (organ)
Vox Clamantis, Jaan-Eik Tulve
The level of artistry necessary to achieve the kind of living, breathing performance given here by the Estonian choir Vox Clamantis is a rarity…conductor Jaan-Eik Tulve [is able] to infuse the... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Finalist - Choral
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Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa
Gidon Kremer (violin), Tatjana Grindenko (violin), Alfred Schnitte (prepared piano), Keith Jarrett (piano), 12 cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Saulus Sondeskis, Dennis Russell Davis
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The Danish String Quartet’s Prism series is building into an exceptionally rewarding venture…The remarkable precision of the Danish is apparent throughout, moving as one organism whether in... —
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If you’re secretly after ‘smooth baroque’ but too embarrassed to click on that playlist, this album is your top-drawer, face-saving solution. If you’re interested in a world in which the viola... —
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The Living Mountain
Sarah Aristidou (soprano), Aaron Pilsan (piano), Luka Juhart (accordion), Munich Chamber Orchestra (chamberorchestra), Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Andrè Schuen (baritone), Daniel Heide (piano), Clemens Schuldt
Consistently engaging music from a composer who says what he needs to say. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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These aren’t warm interpretations; they repel as readily as they attract. But they’re thought-provoking, and often startlingly beautiful. And anyway, perhaps one shouldn’t draw too close to... —
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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Rothko Chapel: Morton Feldman, Erik Satie, John Cage
Kim Kashkashian (viola), Sarah Rothenberg (piano/celeste), Steven Schick (percussion), Sonja Bruzauskas (mezzo-soprano), Lauren Snouffer (soprano)
Houston Chamber Choir, Robert Simpson
[Rothko Chapel is] a passionate, reverent piece with elegiac playing here from violist Kim Kashkashian – she paints bolder strokes than many dare in Feldman, which is refreshing. The Houston... —
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L’Aurore is far greater than the sum of its parts...The album takes its name from the first movement of Ysaÿe’s fifth solo sonata, a work dedicated to his friend and former pupil Mathieu Crickboom.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, Instrumental Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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I couldn’t imagine a more dignified or sublimely expressed account of the C minor’s Prelude than Kashkashian’s…Her handling of the oft-excerpted Sarabande has a winning sense of stillness about... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2019, Winner - Solo Recital (viola)
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