Naxos
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Ádám Fischer and the Danish Chamber Orchestra are by no means the first to have tackled the Brahms symphonies with similarly pared-down forces, and the leaner sound often works to the music’s... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Fischer must have conducted more Haydn than anyone alive. And after half a century’s immersion in these symphonies his delight in the composer’s unpredictable inventiveness and (in the finales)... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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…Petrenko's interpretation of the Ninth unleashes the full ferocity of threatening developments and proves that the Moderato, however spare, remains as eloquent a slow movement as any in Shostakovich's... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2009, Editor's Choice
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Brahms: Violin Concerto & Double Concerto
Tianwa Yang (violin), Gabriel Schwabe (cello)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Antoni Wit
She has technique to spare, produces a gloriously open sonority on her 1730 Guarneri del Gesù, and possesses a vibrant musical personality ideal for the recording studio. The clarity of her... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Concerto
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65
RecommendedRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
The way Petrenko follows the finale's course away from its central confrontations towards its exhausted, wary truce rings as true as in any recorded version I can recall. So there are the makings... —
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Building a Library, November 2013, First Choice
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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And the Bridge is Love
RecommendedEnglish Music for Strings
Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)
English Chamber Orchestra
as a conductor, he evidently has the ability to make a difference to collective performance-level (the English Chamber Orchestra plays characteristically and vividly at every point) while not... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Special offer. George Rochberg: Symphony No. 5
RecommendedSaarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon-Gee
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Finzi: Clarinet Concerto, Five Bagatelles & other works
RecommendedRobert Plane (clarinet) & Lesley Hatfield (violin)
Northern Sinfonia, Howard Griffiths
This is a highly commanding performance of Finzi's gorgeous Clarinet Concerto from Northern Sinfonia principal, Robert Plane. With his bright, singing tone and effortless technical mastery,... —
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Building a Library, December 2006, Budget Choice
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Everything about his playing is lucid and well balanced, eschewing rhetorical excess and over-rich pedalling, and instead allowing the music to speak unencumbered by performerly ego. Technical... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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