CD, Schubert (composer)
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These two discs hardly need reviewing: they contain perfect performances of two of the greatest symphonies ever written, recorded with extra directness and detail...I’d put these performances... — More…
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Record Review, 9th July 2022, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2022, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2022, Orchestral Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim: Piano Duos
RecommendedMozart, Schubert & Stravinsky
Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim (piano duo)
Stravinsky's Rite of Spring prompts several adjectives: brutal, revolutionary, relentless, terrifying...But elegant? Urbane, seductive, sensuous? This astonishing performance is all that and... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th October 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2014
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Mein Traum
RecommendedSchubert, Weber, Schumann
Stéphane Degout (baritone), Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Degout is convincing throughout, his expressive range spanning both ferocity and vulnerability...The real stars, though, are the period orchestra Pygmalion. The instrumental colours glow and... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2022, Choral & Song Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Karl Böhm's Beethoven is a compound of earth and fire. His VPO recording of Beethoven's Sixth of 1971 dominated the LP catalogue for over a decade, and has done pretty well on CD on its various... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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New,
William Steinberg & Boston Symphony Orchestra The complete RCA Victor Recordings
Boston Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg
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No point trying to fault anything: the lightness and flexibility of her touch takes the breath away, and her sound is at every moment transparently controlled, each piece displaying insight... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2012, Editor's Choice
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Well known for his deep scepticism and deliberate avoidance of performing tradition, Harnoncourt breathes new life into the music by looking afresh at the sources and encouraging his players... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2021, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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Building A Library, March 2024, Recommended Recording
4 CDs
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The Hollywood String Quartet play Schoenberg and Schubert
RecommendedAlvin Dinkin, Kurt Reher
The Hollywood String Quartet
This 1951 mono recording set the benchmark for many years, and so it probably did much to establish the current, questionable norms of tempo. But it's superb performance, played with skill... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2002, First Choice
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Building a Library, October 2007, Historic Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1994, Winner - Historic non-vocal
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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There’s real musicality here at the service of imaginative phrasing, with just enough added force to keep everything animated. A “Great” Symphony without longueurs is rare but this is one. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2022, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Forbidden, yet seldom forbidding, Appl’s exquisitely cultivated fruits are ripe for plucking, and deserve to be consumed with unalloyed relish! — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2023
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