CD, Balakirev (composer)
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an outstanding young artist at work...the early Tchaikovsky Scherzo brims over with panache and relish; and Islamey rivals even Berezovsky for the title of cleanest and most exhilarating account.... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th June 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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A charm of lullabies, or an excess? If anyone could convince you that mostly slow and soft can work as an album sequence, it would be sonic magician Bertrand Chamayou...Within the narrow compass... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th October 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 - Balakirev: Islamey
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling, Kirill Kondrashin
The way we hurtle towards the roaring declamation of the DSCH monogram in the central climax is wonderfully defiant. — More…
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Hyperion's new release is full of music that mixes Chopinesque grace with Russian-bear grandiosity. Driver is the sort of pianist who can handle both, delivering performances of poise, power... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2011, Instrumental Choice
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It’s the second half of this disc that surely justifies the epithet ‘Russian spectacular’. I doubt whether you’d hear a more pulsating and brilliantly executed performance of the Lyapunov orchestration... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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For fans of the contemporary virtuoso, this disc is not only stupendously recorded, but a sign that standards these days are extraordinarily high in this area. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2008, Editor's Choice
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[Scheherazade] is a work that well demonstrates the orchestra's virtues, which include not only a fine set of principals who have their individual voices in the brighly hued scoring but an overall... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th August 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2014
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This set, with beautiful restorations and a booklet containing insightful essays and complete documentation, makes clear that the world suffered the loss of an extraordinary talent who abundantly... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2021, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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