Saint-Saëns - Danse macabre, Op. 40
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Saint-Saëns: Symphonic Poems - Le Carnaval des Animaux - l'Assassinat du Duc de Guise
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One of his many virtues is that he’s not afraid of making his orchestra play very, very quietly; another is that, where a composer has not noted dynamics, Roth feels free to invent them, and... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th November 2023
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2023, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2023, Editor's Choice
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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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Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3
RecommendedGaston Litaize (organ)
Orchestre de Paris, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim
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Building a Library, February 2015, First Choice
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Dance!
Daniel Hope (violin), Zürcher Kammerorchester (chamber orchestra), Benjamin Günst (violin), Jenö Lisztes (cimbalom), Omar Massa (bandoneon), Stephane Logerot (bass), Joscho Stephan (guitar), Jacques Ammon (piano), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp)
There are...treasures, all led by this charismatic musician with great verve and style in a hugely enjoyable and imaginative programme delivered with all of Hope’s customary panache. — More…
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Un Frisson Français - A century of French song
Susan Graham (mezzo soprano) & Malcolm Martineau (piano)
The familiar here appears in unusual contexts and alongside a scattering of rarities. The performers are at one in their fluency, delicate rubato and avoidance of Anglo-Saxon archness, within... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Vocal Finalist
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Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre RecommendedKyung Wha Chung (violin)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit
It's enough to make you weep – Saint-Saëns wrote his first tune at the age of three, analysed Mozart's Don Giovanni from the full score when he was five, and at 10 claimed he could play all... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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This is pure pleasure...a collection of sparkling gems...The RSNO is on top form, with shimmering strings, colourful woodwind and swaggering brass, full of wit, colour and joie de vivre. The... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2012, Orchestral Choice
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Latry’s characteristic integrity and virtuosic verve illuminate everything he touches – particularly in the lascivious glissando that ends his own arrangement of Falla’s Ritual Fire Dance…when... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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The French Romantic sensibility is clearly audible across this beautifully played selection: texture and atmosphere are everything, tension ebbs and flows. — More…
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