Saint-Saëns - Le carnaval des animaux: Le Cygne
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Orchestral » Symphonic Poems
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The playing here, disarmingly gentle yet tonally seductive, has a songful use of vibrato that recalls the expressive manners of Pierre Fournier and du Pré herself…A most rewarding CD then, sure... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Newcomer (cello)
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Saint-Saëns - Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedChristian Poltéra (cello) & Kathryn Stott (piano)
Why do these sonatas so rarely appear in recitals? Saint-Saëns's sensuous poeticism and ingenious craftsmanship are wonderfully combined in them. Despite Poltéra's elegance, it is the more... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2010, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Gerhardt has a honeyed, liquid tone all his own. He has created a well-contrasted programme that clearly took a long time to research and hone...This is cello playing of exquisite sophistication... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2011, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2011, Editor's Choice
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Benjamin Grosvenor plays Rhapsody in Blue
RecommendedBenjamin Grosvenor (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, James Judd
reservations pale into Beckmesserish scratchings besides the delights of this disc and especially of Grosvenor's pianism. I can only concur with other critics who hear in his tone and phrasing... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th August 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2012, Editor's Choice
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Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 - Franck, Fauré & Poulenc
Bruno Philippe (cello), Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach, Tanguy de Williencourt (piano)
Philippe possesses a lovely tone in lyrical items such as Fauré’s Romance and Après un rêve, and technically is well up to all the challenges. His best interpretation is of the Poulenc Cello... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2024, Recording of the Month
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The Romantic Cello Concerto, Vol. 5: Saint-Saëns
Natalie Clein (cello), Antje Weithaas (violin), Julia Lynch (piano) & Judith Keaney (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze
It is the light airiness of Natalie Clein's approach that works so well here...she finds a golden timbre and fleet elegance, matched by Andrew Manze and the effervescent BBC Scottish forces.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2014, Concerto Choice
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If IKEA were to make a cello, this would be it…Sow how does it sound? In Steven Isserlis’s hands, remarkably fine – though he only uses it for a handful of evocative miniatures…On Isserlis’s... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, Chamber Choice
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Almost everything by Bolet is worth acquiring, but this collection is particularly valuable, coming from the period just after he had finally attracted some attention for his Liszt-playing…Bolet... —
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Complices
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello, piano), Alexandre Tharaud (piano, cello), Raphaël Imbert (soloist), Stéphanie-Marie Degand, La Diane française
Queyras and Tharaud clearly enjoy the process as well as the freedom of interpretation and presentation that the encore gives. But there is a niggling feeling here of something missing, and... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Editor's Choice
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