Orchid Classics - up to 25% off selected titles
Until 2nd September, we are offering up to 25% off selected Orchid Classics titles on CD, Vinyl, & Downloads.
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Pellucid, fluent accounts of all five works from the classy Canadian pianist...Gaspard is a particular delight (Ondine shimmers and ripples, Le gibet is properly uncanny, and the notorious technical... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2017
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Ravel's tantalising stylistic confluence of ancient and modern comes bubbling to the surface in the Tesla Quartet's captivating account of his only String Quartet. An outstanding recording debut. —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2018, Chamber Choice
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Special offer. Gabriela Montero & Maurice Ravel: Piano Concertos
Gabriela Montero (piano)
The Orchestra of the Americas, Carlos Miguel Prieto
Hold onto your hats! There is rarely a lack of energy where Gabriela Montero is concerned and this disc featuring her own Piano Concerto is no exception…The overall impression is of an affirmatory,... —
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Special offer. Coco: Origins
George Enescu; Francis Poulenc; Lili Boulanger; Jenö Hubay; Maurice Ravel; Claude Debussy
Coco Tomita (violin), Simon Callaghan (piano)
This is a fresh, consistently stimulating account of Ravel’s sonata, all the more effective for its avoidance of special pleading..[in the finale] Tomita and Callaghan hit a groove facilitating... —
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they approach it with a heightened feeling for Ravel’s sophistication in manipulating his motifs...Nimbly articulated, the Schubert is similarly fastidious, and the symphonic aspirations of... —
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Special offer. The Enescu Project
Cécile Agator (violin), Flore-Anne Brosseau (viola), Samuel Etienne (cello), Nicolas Dautricourt (violin), Romuald Grimbert-Barré, Ludovic Levionnois, Edouard Sapey-Triomphe, Benedict Klöckner (cello), Maya Koch, David Gaillard, Capriccio Quartet
This is collegial, congenial playing – true to the music’s spirit. —
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If you need any convincing that the choice of title for this album is an appropriate one, just listen to the dreamy intermezzo of Poulenc’s sonata for violin and piano, FP 119: in the hands... —
