Harmonia Mundi
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Berlioz & Ravel: Song Cycles
RecommendedBernarda Fink (mezzo)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano
Bernarda Fink's strong, flexible voice is well matched to all that Ravel asks of her, from the lively snapshots of the Greek folksongs to the long, languorous lines of Shéhérazade. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd July 2007
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…these are full-blooded performances that leave the listener in no doubt as to the music's fervour and urgency. In the Wanderer Trio's hands, the coda of the D minor Trio's first movement is... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Chamber Choice
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a joy from start to finish —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2007, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2002, Editor's Choice
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A one-time pupil of Brendel, his former teacher's influence perhaps shows in such touches as the increased urgency at the point where the second subject of the opening work turns from major... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2005, Editor's Choice
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Bach, J S: Motets, BWV225-230
RecommendedSibylla Rubens, Maria Cristina Kiehr, Bernarda Fink, Gerd Türk & Peter Kooy
RIAS-Kammerchor & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs
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Building a Library, June 2005, Highly Recommended
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Bartok - Violin Sonatas
RecommendedIsabelle Faust (violin), with Ewa Kupiec (piano), with Florent Boffard (piano)
…outstanding…full of grit and fantasy —
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Gramophone Awards, 1997, Winner - Young Artist of the Year
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Mozart: Keyboard Music Volume 2
Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
Paul McNulty, Divisov, Czech Republic, 2008, after Anton Walter & Sohn, Vienna, c. 1802, unequal temperament - A = 430
deeply-felt performances of some of the very greatest among the solo keyboard works...these performances leave a strong impression. Among the highlights is Bezuidenhout's expressive account... —
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Using Classical bows, the variety of nuance and colour these players derive from gradations of vibrato and bow pressure alone constitutes a masterclass in quartet playing. Yet it is the sheer... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2014, Editor's Choice
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Their playing is clean, polished, razor sharp, yet there’s nothing sterile about these performances, which bristle with energy, dynamic contrasts and dramatic gestures… Above all, there’s a... —
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Diapason d’Or, March 2020, Découverte
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