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Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 & Myaskovsky: Symphony No. 27
RecommendedOslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Curiously, perhaps, it’s the interpretation of the less well-known and distinctive symphony which wins this disc its five stars...Although the bittersweet bucolics of Myaskovsky’s 27th could... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st May 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Delius: A Mass of Life
RecommendedRoderick Williams (baritone), Gemma Summerfield (soprano), Claudia Huckle (contralto), Bror Magnus Tødenes (tenor), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edvard Grieg Kor, Collegium Musicum Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Mark Elder
Williams brings a degree less heroic grit than some rivals, but compensates richly by his intelligent pointing of Nietzsche’s headily symbolic text, and his generously lyrical tone...But it’s... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th November 2023
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Choral
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Choral
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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Coming soon. Bizzarrie!
Caroline Eidsten Dahl, Tomasz Pokrzywiński, Astrid Kirschner, Thomas C. Boysen, Karl Nyhlin, Oslo Circles
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Scriabin: Symphony No. 2 & Piano Concerto
RecommendedKirill Gerstein (piano)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Petrenko is the ideal interpreter for this ripe overheated music…The Oslo Philharmonic responds with brilliantly incisive ensemble…Gerstein makes the most of Scriabin’s poetic writing with some... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th December 2017
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Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, Don Juan & Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
RecommendedCatherine Bullock (viola), Louisa Tuck (cello), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
The lunatic, the lover and the joker are of imagination all infinite in these supremely vivid interpretations…Petrenko takes his time over the first unravelling of the melancholy knight’s wits…A... —
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Record Review, 19th October 2019, Disc of the Week
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2020, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2020, Orchestral Choice
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Arne Nordheim: The Tempest
Suite From the Ballet
Beate Mordal, Jeremy Carpenter, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
A marvellous recording: I urge everyone to buy this and be enraptured. —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female & Male Singers of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Prokofiev: Symphony No. 7, Op. 131 - Myaskovsky: Sinfonietta, Op. 68, No. 2
RecommendedOslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Petrenko makes a persuasive case for this underrated and lovable work [the Prokofiev], aided by superb orchestral playing and glowing sound. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Scheherazade & Russian Easter Festival Overture
RecommendedOslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
What results from these insights is a Scheherazade that makes even some famous rivals seem lazy and careless. Here we get finesse and detailed music-making that brings delight back to a score... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th June 2020
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Scriabin: Symphony No. 1 & Prometheus
RecommendedKirill Gerstein (piano)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Choir, Vasily Petrenko
Never discursive or splashy, Petrenko’s forensic view of the composer may not please those brought up on Soviet-era music-making but I found it very persuasive. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st September 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Jon Oivind Ness: Marmaele/Morkganga
Marianne Baudouin Lie, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra & Opera, Trondheim Sympony Orchestra & Opera, Kai Grinde Myrann
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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