Grammy Awards
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Rachmaninov: The Bells & Symphonic Dances
RecommendedSymphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
This superlative performance…is one of those stratospherically accomplished, ‘cosmic’ ones that Jansons says he is always trying to attain… Jansons has Rachmaninov in his very soul; but he is... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2018, Recording of the Month
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Record Review, 3rd February 2018, Recording of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Choral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Choral Performance
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Diapason d’Or, April 2018, Nouveauté
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Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow: Symphony No. 10
RecommendedBoston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Powerful and beautifully crafted, this recording – the first from the relationship between DG and the Boston Symphony under Nelsons – is a hugely impressive sign of just what this ensemble/maestro... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st July 2015
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2015, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2015, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Winner - Orchestral
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Grammy Awards, 58th Awards (2015), Best Orchestral Performance
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The Philadelphia polish helps to highlight one of Price’s most endearing qualities: those kaleidoscopic orchestrations, with piquant detailing from all corners, including celesta and slide whistle...... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2021, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Winner - Best Orchestral Performance
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Record Review, Records of the Year 2021
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow: Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9
RecommendedBoston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Nelsons is spry and precisioned and his insistence on super-keen rhythm pays off big-time...The Fifth Symphony is quite marvellous...and like the Tenth should dominate the catalogue for a long... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th May 2016
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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Grammy Awards, 59th Awards (2016), Best Orchestral Performance
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Weinberg: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 21
RecommendedGidon Kremer (violin)
Kremerata Baltica, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
The Second Symphony in general conveys a message of vigour and youthful optimism…and it is presented here in a performance of consummate technical brilliance and sustained emotional conviction…Gražinytė-Tyla... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd May 2019
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Record Review, 11th May 2019, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Recording of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, Summer Issue 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Orchestral Performance
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Orchestral
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Conductor of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Recording of the Year
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Honeck’s Bruckner Ninth is the greatest I’ve heard since Giulini, and for me it surpasses any current rival. Bruckner collectors are known for being fiercely partisan about the conductors they... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Orchestral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Engineered Album (Classical)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen, Sinfonietta
RecommendedLucy Crowe (Vixen), Gerald Finley (Forester), Sophia Burgos (Fox), Jan Martiník (Badger/Parson), Peter Hoare (Mosquito/Rooster/Schoolmaster), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Harašta)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle
If this Vixen is good, the Sinfonietta is outstanding – arguably the best on disc, though you need to experience the work in a concert hall with the nine trumpets blazing. They’re supremely... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th September 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Nominee - Best Opera Recording
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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Recommended& other works for two pianos four hands
Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
The two-piano transcription is arguably as exhilarating as the full orchestration [of The Rite], and Andsnes and Hamelin offer a reading that is in turns thrilling, unsettling and beautiful…... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2018, Record of the Month
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Record Review, 10th February 2018, Recording of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Finalist - Instrumental
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2018
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Instrumental
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String Quartet RecommendedPittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
This is one of the best new Tchaikovsky Fifths I’ve heard for ages...even if this Fifth came with no coupling, I’d still recommend it. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2023, Recording of the Month
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Grammy Awards, 66th Awards (2024), Nominee - Best Engineered Classical Album
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th December 2023
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Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11 ‘The Year 1905‘
RecommendedBoston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Nelsons keeps a firm grip on the unfolding of the drama [in the 11th]. And here, as in the Fourth, his Boston Symphony Orchestra responds with supreme virtuosity from every section. Whether... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th July 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2018, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2018), Winner - Orchestral Performance
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Recording of the Year
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