Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Walton: Symphony No. 1 & Violin Concerto
RecommendedTasmin Little (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Little's way with the virtuoso passages is a notch less headlong than [on her earlier recording], allowing the ear to savour her phenomenal accuracy, yet with no loss of fire...Gardner and the... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st April 2014
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2014, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2014, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2014
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Building A Library, July 2022, Also Recommended
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4
RecommendedMaria João Pires (piano)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding
Never for a moment does she over-reach herself or force pace and sonority...Few pianists have ever been more true to their own lights and it is hardly surprising that her many performances of... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Winner - Concerto
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Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 - 5
RecommendedJean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda
Throughout, Bavouzet displays a light touch and laudable levels of physical stamina, with a firm grasp of the very different personalities of each piece. Noseda and the BBC Philharmonic perform... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2014, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Building a Library, May 2017, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Winner - Concerto
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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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Weinberg: Orchestral & Chamber Works
RecommendedGidon Kremer (violin & director), Daniil Grishin (viola), Giedre Dirvanauskaite (cello), Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Kremerata Baltica
Kremer and his associates deliver incisive, committed performances...a fascinating piece, performed here with great brilliance. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Dvorak: Cello Concerto RecommendedAlisa Weilerstein (cello)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek
Above all, she reveals the profound relationship between the solo part and Dvořák’s radiantly detailed orchestration in one of the f inest ensemble performances of the last 30 years. With Bělohlávek... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2014, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Concerto
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedDenis Matsuev (piano)
Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
An energetic reading, robust, demonstrative, flashy…Let us bow before the purely technical qualties of Matsuev, who swallows the deadliest features with speed and sometimes staggering accuracy. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2014, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Janáček: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
RecommendedJean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
we have a fine interpreter of Janáček and a distinguished orchestra...Orchestral ensemble is good though not always the intonation. still, the remaining movements are more compelling, with vivid... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th September 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Sir Arnold Bax: Four Orchestral Pieces & Phantasy
RecommendedPhilip Dukes (viola)
BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis
Dukes deliver the Phantasy's solo part with a forthright energy that seems to thwart loveliness of tone. In every other department these performances could hardly be finer. The orchestral playing... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st September 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Shostakovich: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 RecommendedTruls Mørk (cello)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
there is little doubt that the present performance of the First Concerto is even more incisive than its predecessor...Petrenko draws out a wealth of fascinating detail from the orchestral accompaniment...The... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th April 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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