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Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge (the Art of Fugue), Bwv 1080
The 1993 Sibelius Academy Recital, Helsinki
Tatyana Nikolayeva (piano)
Her artistry in this Helsinki concert is consummate and her memory almost faultless. With a warmly lyrical opening, and a touch responding to the variegated requirements of the score, she makes... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, Historical Choice
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His sound is bright, muscular and clean, and he brings out all the wit and delicacy of Haydn’s invention; his articulation is immaculate no matter how fast he goes; and he responds imaginatively... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Best Collection
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Lasting between three-and-a-half and six minutes, these highly idiomatic works are a testament to the intimate, tactile nature of the connection between instrument and player, and the appeal... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, Instrumental Choice
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Gundula Janowitz - The Last Recital (In Memoriam Maria Callas)
Recorded Live at the Herodes Atticus Odeon, Athens, Greece, 16 September, 1999
Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Charles Spencer (piano)
[Janowitz] is in remarkably fresh voice throughout. There’s a certain loss of bloom, inevitably, and an occasional brittleness of intonation, but the unique sound is unmistakable, the delivery... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2017, Re-issue of the Month
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The Stradgrass Sessions
Tessa Lark, Sierra Hull, Edgar Meyer (double bass), Michael Cleveland, Jon Batiste (piano & bandleader)
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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How refreshing and deeply compelling to encounter Alexandra Papastefanou’s no-holds-barred, red-blooded, freely yet subtly pedalled responses to this era-defining compendium. As if entranced... —
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His account of Chopin’s F minor Fantaisie reflects his ability to generate small surprises by stressing a phrase or presenting a bar in an unexpected colour. His treatment of Chopin’s Nocturne... —
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The 1956 Nixa-Westminster stereo recordings Volume 1
Sir Adrian Boult (narration)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Walton Symphony...comes up more brightly than previously: it's an intensely rhythmic performance...the slow movement builds surely and passionately, and the finale comes as the culmination... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2010, Re-issue of the Month
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FRIBBINS: Cello Concerto • Gommecourt • Folk Songs
Sebastian Comberti (cello), Johan Randvere (piano), Saša Mirković (viola), London Mozart Players, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Jürgen Bruns, Robertas Šervenikas
