Presto Recordings of the Year, Schumann (composer)
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Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts Mendelssohn & Schumann
RecommendedMaria João Pires (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
[Pires] has the enviable ability to make everything sound fresh but natural, and her tone is enchanting...The definition on [the Blu-ray] is superb and the camera work actually helps the viewer... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th October 2014
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Dvorak & Schumann: Piano Concertos
RecommendedStephen Hough (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Hough joins forces with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons for a robust, grand reading that nonetheless leaves room for lyricism and introspection…[but it's in the... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st April 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2016
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Clara & Robert Schumann: Piano Concertos
RecommendedBeatrice Rana (piano), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Rana throws herself into both concertos with vim, vigour and virtuosity to spare, demonstrating just what kindred spirits Robert and Clara were...It’s Clara’s Concerto that stands out above... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Concerto
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Schumann: Konzertstück for four horns RecommendedMarkus Maskuniitty (horn), Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
The playing of Maskuniitty and his three colleagues is simply superb, with exemplary balance between them and the thrilling arpeggio swoops in the last movement. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2019
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2019, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Concerto
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Concerto
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Alfred Brendel: Live in Vienna RecommendedAlfred Brendel (piano)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle
This [the Brahms] is playing of tremendous incisiveness, highly energetic in both physical and intellectual terms. Brendel traces a powerful thread of development and logic through the set’s... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th March 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2018, Re-issue/Archive of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Chopin Evocations
RecommendedDaniil Trifonov (piano), with Sergei Babayan (piano)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev
In this work, Trifonov staves off potential sentimentality and produces – as usual – an exquisite tone…Some listeners will undoubtedly miss the epic nature of the original orchestration, but... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th October 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - instrumental (piano)
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Schumann: Violin Concerto
RecommendedIsabelle Faust (violin), with Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) & Alexander Melnikov (piano)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado
The great advantage of presenting Schumann on period instruments is brilliantly demonstrated here. Pablo Heras-Casado and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra's urgent account of the orchestral accompaniment... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd March 2015
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2015, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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For the Love of Brahms
RecommendedJoshua Bell (violin) & Steven Isserlis (cello), Jeremy Denk (piano)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Here’s an unconducted Double Concerto transformed into pure chamber music, in which two old friends spar amicably with the lithe support of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. There’s an... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Schumann: Cello Concerto, Piano Trio No. 1
RecommendedJean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Isabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (fortepiano)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado
Melnikov marshals the crystalline timbres of his 1847 Streicher fortepiano with panache and clarity without in any way sacrificing the urgency of the musical argument … Intimacy also lies at... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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