Harmonia Mundi
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Steger's virtuosity is, from a listener's viewpoint and indeed from his own, breathtaking, and he loses no opportunity in demonstrating it. For my taste, though, there is too much gimmickry... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2014, Editor's Choice
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Astonishingly insightful playing, musically captivating and technically blemishless. Each and every phrase rings so completely true that one can't imagine the music being played any other way. —
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Building a Library, January 2012, Recommended Recording
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the period players of Cuarteto Casals reveal an intimate uderstanding of the special qualities of Mozart's quartet style...virtually every phrase is brought to life and coloured by some variations... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2014, Editor's Choice
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Gesualdo: Sacrae Cantiones, Liber Secundus, a6 e a7, 1603
RecommendedVocalConsort Berlin, James Wood
we are treated to an amazing kaleidoscope of singing styles and choral effects...this world premiere recording provides an outstanding contribution in the anniversary year of Gesualdo's death. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th March 2013
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Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 & Cello Sonata
Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello), Pascal Amoyel (piano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Pascal Rophé
[Bertrand] wears the piece lightly, dancing rather than carving through it, with a silvery line that can be ghostly or piercing but never gruff…her bright, neat staccato is effective even if... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2013, Editor's Choice
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[7th Sonata] his reading, which is quite riveting, lies in the wider range of expression he derives from the music. He brings his talent for color to the fore, and everything is so clear and... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Solo Music
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Philippe Herreweghe… employ a choir of two or three voices to a part, with good singers, and has opted for a warm resonant acoustic. In 'Respicit Dominus'… there are constant inflections of... —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2009
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Handel: Concerti a Due Cori
RecommendedPetra Müllejans
Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz
Divided into two large groups, the Freiburg period players relish the distinctive sounds of their instruments, with particularly strongly flavoured oboes and proud horns. The vital overall sound... —
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Building a Library, May 2018, Recommended Recording
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Gimeno and his Luxembourg orchestra turn to the atmospheric Firebird and neoclassical Apollon musagète. The dark fairytale magic of the ballet is missed, but the lean lines of the second come... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Record Review, 3rd June 2023, Record of the Week
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