Search Results: GRAMFIN23
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Poetic Tone Pictures, Op.85 Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 11/Nov/2022 ] "Andsnes is the first big name to champion the Poetic Tone Pictures. We need more highprofile pianists on major labels to show the same initiative and introduce their fans to piano music beyond the safe, predictable and over-recorded." Gramophone |
CARLO GESUALDO
Gesualdo: Madrigali, Libri Quinto & Sesto Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 5/May/2023 ] those who have thought of Gesualdo as a one-trick pony ('Moro lasso' and all that …) now have more than six hours' evidence to the contrary." Gramophone Award Finalist 2023 - Early Music |
ROBERT & CLARA SCHUMANN / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Benjamin Grosvenor - Schumann & Brahms Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 7/Apr/2023 ] "All in all, this is an album that reaffirms Grosvenor's status as one of the most accomplished pianists around." Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2023 |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Concertos pour piano -Melodies Cédric Tiberghien, Stéphane Degout, Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/May/2022 ] Les Siècles continue their successful series of Ravel recordings on period instruments under François-Xavier Roth, with Cédric Tiberghien at the piano and baritone Stéphane Degout. |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: String Quartets Nos 1 & 3 Gringolts Quartet [ BIS SACD / CD - released 1/Apr/2022 ] "Like the other release in this series, this is an essential purchase. As before this BIS SACD is beautifully recorded by Swiss Radio, well presented and with scholarly notes. Very highly recommended." MusicWeb recommended June 2022 |
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szymanowski: Piano Works Krystian Zimerman (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 14/Oct/2022 ] "Zimerman has all the quick-wittedness and nimbleness called for, not to mention power and agility." Gramophone Award WINNER 2023 - Piano |
WILLIAM BOLCOM
Bolcom: The complete rags Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 3/Jun/2022 ] 'Bolcom is lucky in having such a musician to provide him with these authoritative accounts of his music.' Gramophone Award Finalist 2023 - Piano |
LULLY / HANDEL / VIVALDI / VINCI / PORPORA / SARRO / HASSE / etc
Michael Spyres - Contra-Tenor Michael Spyres (tenor) / Il Pomo d'Oro, Francesco Corti [ Warner / Erato / CD - released 21/Apr/2023 ] "Michael Spyres's now famous range coupled with his superb sense of drama and glorious technique singles him out - once again - as one of the finest opera singers before us today. " Gramophone Award Finalist 2023 - Voice & Ensemble |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Turandot (Complete Opera) Sondra Radvanovsky, Jonas Kaufmann, Ermonela Jaho, Michele Pertusi / Orchestra e Coro dell'Accadmia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2023 ] "A Turandot for the ages? This recording holds its own against venerable competition and, in the original Alfano completion, is unique." Gramophone Award Finalist 2023 - Opera |
EDWARD ELGAR / ERNEST BLOCH
Elgar (arr. Tertis) - Viola Concerto / Bloch: Suite for Viola and Orchestra Timothy Ridout (viola) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 13/Jan/2023 ] "Ridout is a strong, personable player whose deft handling of the Scherzo and heartfelt playing of the Adagio make the concerto's central episodes exceptionally memorable." Gramophone Award WINNER 2023 - Concerto |
