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Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff, Denissov: Cello Sonatas
Victor Julien-Laferrière (cello), Jonas Vitaud (piano)
The disc opens with a performance of Shostakovich’s Cello Sonata which, if neither the weightiest nor the most brilliant on disc, yields to no one in pure musicality. Julien-Laferrière has a... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Chamber Music
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If I had to characterise Chouchane Siranossian [in terms of the disc’s title], I would plump for angelic for the simple beauty of her playing, which belies the toughness of the music by being... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2017, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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There are myriad good things to say about this album...Pilsan, at only 26 years old, is already a fine communicator of Bach’s rhetoric. —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice 2021
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The work’s intense atmosphere is beautifully caught here by pianist-conductor Reinbert de Leeuw and the perfectly balanced vocal forces of Collegium Vocale Gent. With the addition of three Latin... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2019
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Ravel/Debussy: String Quartets & Chausson: Perpetuelle
RecommendedKate Lindsey (mezzo-soprano) & Alphonse Cemin (piano)
Quatuor Van Kuijk
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Building a Library, March 2020, Also Recommended
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International Opera Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Solo Recording
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The performances exquisitely capture the shifting nuances and moods of a programme with a French bias, yet decidedly international in spirit…There is no doubt here that Stéphany’s is a highly... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2018
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Capriccio Barockorchester means business right from the tightly rhythmic opening of the Fourth Concerto, with the bright sound emphasising the gutsy attack of the strings and tang of the winds…[Siranossian]... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Concerto
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Wolfgang Rihm: Jakob Lenz
Georg Nigl, Henry Waddington, John Graham-Hall
La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra, Franck Ollu, Andrea Breth (director)
Jakob Lenz is a deeply absorbing music drama that is not meant as entertainment. If you are a listener who finds Wozzeck too emotionally draining, I would recommend staying away. But if you... —
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Diapason d’Or, September 2019, Vidéo
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Video Performance
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