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Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Alexandre Kantorow (piano)
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow
The virtuosity is breathtaking, yet nothing is hard-pressed, for the younger Kantorow has that hallmark of the greatest performers of always appearing to have plenty of time...In short, this... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, Concerto Choice
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Schallplattenkritik Quarterly Critics Choice, Autumn 2022, Orchestral Music & Concertos
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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Gramophone Awards, 2023, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos 3, 4 & 5 'L'Égyptien' Alexandre Kantorow (piano)
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow
It is no hardship to review yet another Saint-Saëns piano concerto recording when it is as good as this…Believe me, [Kantorow] is the real deal – a firebreathing virtuoso with a poetic charm... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or, September 2019, Nouveauté
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Concerto
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Saint-Saëns: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
and other works
Truls Mørk (cello), Louis Lortie (piano), Hélène Mercier (piano) & Alasdair Malloy (glass harmonica)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
[Mørk's] noble command is ideal in the darkly blazing, virtuosic second concerto. One of our great lyric instrumentalists, he gives a deeply-felt, but never over-dramatised performance, a piercing... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2016, Editor's Choice
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Synergy Sharon Bezaly (flute), Michala Petri (recorder), Björn Gäfvert (harpsichord, organ), Michael Collins (clarinet), Walter Auer (flute), Bram van Sambeek (bassoon)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Urban Svensson, Thomas Dausgaard, Michael Collins
Bezaly makes a playful return to the BIS recording studio for a series of performances rooted in collaboration and musical camaraderie. In this programme of concertos and chamber works, Bezaly’s... — More…
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A delightful and thoughtful debut disc from the Orsino Ensemble...Supplemented by Pavel Kolesnikov’s insightful pianism, the Orsinos draw on its core quintet of leading wind players. The entire... — More…
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Creating Timeless Classics
Martin Helmchen (piano), Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe), Vesko Eschkenazy (violin), Julia Fischer (violin), Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Jonathan Gilad (piano), Mari Kodama (piano), Arabella Steinbacher (violin), Andrew Marriner (clarinet), Nareh Arghamanyan (piano), Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Antoine...
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To encounter a programme featuring some of the core works in the horn repertoire played on historically appropriate instruments with such effortless musicianship and technical ease really takes... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Finalist - Chamber
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Rhapsodie: Fantasie: Poéme
Music for Horn and Orchestra
Ben Jacks (horn)
Orchestra Victoria & The Queensland Orchestra, Barry Tuckwell
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Saint-Saëns: Concertos
Emil Gilels (piano), Isaac Stern (violin), Msistlav Rostropovitch (cello), Arthur Grumiaux (violin)
Societe des concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, Philadelphia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Concerts Lamoureux, André Clutyens, Eugene Ormandy, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Jean Fournet
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Saint-Saëns: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 & Suite for Cello and Orchestra
Christine Walevska (cello)
Orchestre National de l’Opéra de Monte Carlo, Eliahu Inbal
Driven performances of the Concertos; greater affection in the slighter works — More…
