Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 70 - Beach, Chaminade & Howell
RecommendedBeach, Chaminade & Howell: Piano Concertos
Danny Driver (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rebecca Miller
Pick of the bunch is the Concerto by Amy Beach…Danny Driver is a highly accomplished soloist, if occasionally lacking in Romantic flexibility; the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Rebecca... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Concerto
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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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Building A Library, January 2022, Featured Recording
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Haydn & CPE Bach: Cello Concertos
RecommendedSteven Isserlis (cello/director)
The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
His interpretations, graceful and finely-etched before, now have a more rugged depth, and the new variants on his own cadenzas speak of experience…His own arrangement of Mozart’s heavenly ‘Geme... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2017, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Classical Instrumental Solo
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Finalist - Concerto
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Cecilia & Sol: Dolce Duello RecommendedDeluxe Hardcover 1CD (Limited Edition)
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Sol Gabetta (cello)
Cappella Gabetta, Andres Gabetta
Bartoli and cellist Sol Gabetta make for valiant duelling partners who converse, parry and riposte in spirited combat. Bartoli is velvet-toned, vivacious and voluptuous as ever. Her diction... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th November 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2018, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, Opera Choice
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Dynastie: Bach Concertos
RecommendedJean Rondeau (harpsichord), Sophie Gent, Louis Creac'h (violin), Fanny Paccoud (viola), Antoine Touche (cello), Thomas de Pierrefeu (contrabass) & Evolène Kiener (bassoon)
This spirited and eloquently ornamented playing serves the music of JS Bach and three of his sons uncommonly well — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2017, Concerto Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Finalist - Concerto
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Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica, Concerto for Two Pianos & Four Last Songs
RecommendedMari Eriksmoen (soprano), Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier (pianos), Roderick Williams (baritone)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Either [Lortie] or Hélène Mercier could probably polish off the original [Concerto] by themselves, but their partnership develops its intensity without strain, particularly attractive in rich... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th September 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Diapason d’Or, December 2017, Nouveauté
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Ravel: Piano Concertos & Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain
RecommendedSteven Osborne (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ludovic Morlot
Full of colour, both Osborne’s poetry and his exceptional touch are to the fore, the sparkling cascades in the final movement being especially breathtaking…strong performances of a programme... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd June 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Record Review, 22nd July 2017, Recording of the Week
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Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto & Symphony No. 5
RecommendedIsabelle Faust (violin)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado
Faust is the Wise Child of the violin world, combining the innocent exuberance of a prodigy with a commanding intellectual depth that carries all before it…If the Reformation is harder to love... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th August 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Scriabin: Symphony No. 2 & Piano Concerto
RecommendedKirill Gerstein (piano)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Petrenko is the ideal interpreter for this ripe overheated music…The Oslo Philharmonic responds with brilliantly incisive ensemble…Gerstein makes the most of Scriabin’s poetic writing with some... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th December 2017
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 25 & 26
RecommendedFrancesco Piemontesi (piano)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Andrew Manze
Piemontesi’s playing is mostly magnificent, with crystalline clarity, radiant tone and eloquent phrasing. In the fine and intriguing cadenzas, he shines with surety of purpose — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th August 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 & Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
RecommendedGrigory Sokolov (piano)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Trevor Pinnock, Yan Pascal Tortelier
Sokolov is now on a don't-touch-me pinnacle...the two concertos here present the zenith of his art. An ideal partnership with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra under Trevor Pinnock's direction performing... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th March 2017
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2017, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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