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BELA BARTOK / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Bartok / Brahms: Violin Concertos Janine Jansen (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Decca / CD - released 22/Jan/2016 ] "Jansen gives us a lyric reading [of the Brahms] of rare inwardness and beauty...it is a performance that marries meditation with motion, such is the suppleness of Jansen's and Pappano's feel for the concerto's larger symphonic movement" Gramophone |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Martha Argerich: Complete Chopin Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon Martha Argerich (piano) with Mischa Maisky (cello) Mstislav Rostropovich (cello & conductor) / London Symphony & National Symphony Orchestras [ Deutsche Grammophon / 5 CD Box Set - released 5/Jun/2016 ] This 5 CD set brings together Martha Argerich's complete studio, live and radio recordings on Deutsche Grammophon, and documents her special, intuitive and passionate relationship with Chopin's music. |
FRANZ LISZT
Transcendental - Daniil Trifonov Plays Franz Liszt [complete Etudes] Daniil Trifonov (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 29/Nov/2016 ] "Trifonov's is the best kind of virtuoso playing, where one is hardly aware of the notes being played, allowing one to simply bask in the genius of Liszt's musical narrative and the transcendant execution of an awesomely gifted pianist." Gramophone |
ADAM / ALLEGRI / CACCINI / GOUNOD / MOZART / VASKS / etc
Elina Garanca: Meditation Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano) / Latvian Radio Choir, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken, Karel Mark Chichon [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 24/Sep/2014 ] "In addition to her sumptuous voice, Elina Garanca brings a spaciousness and generosity to her phrasing that are especially appealing in a recital designed for easy listening" OperaNews |
ALBENIZ / BEETHOVEN / CHOPIN / PROKOFIEV
Live in Vienna Lang Lang (piano) [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "...let me say at once that the youthful excess and rampant exhibitionism of much of Lang Lang's earliest work is today transformed into playing which for the greater part is as stylish and perceptive as it is brilliant." Editor's Choice Gramophone... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 'Scottish' / Hebrides Overture, Op. 26 (with Schumann - Piano Concerto) Maria João Pires (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ LSO Live SACD + BLU-RAY / 2 Hybrid SACD/DVD - released 10/Nov/2014 ] "a reading formed by life experience…Pires is supported by conductor and orchestra magnificently...I've never heard so much of the orchestral colour and detail in any other Schumann recording … My anticipation that this might be a special recording h |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos 1, 2 & 5 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ ONYX / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] "Alive and articulate, these three performances remind us that it's just as possible to be stunned by an original interpretation of a familiar symphony." RECORDING OF THE YEAR 2017 BBC Music Magazine |
DELIUS / ELGAR / HOLST / MOERAN / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
The Lark Ascending Tasmin Little (violin) BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Nov/2013 ] "A sumptuous offering all round!" Gramophone Editor's Choice Jan 2014... |