Presto Recordings of the Year, Romantic (era)
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RecommendedMusic for Violin & Piano by Bartók, Poulenc & Ravel
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Polina Leschenko (piano)
Playing of such consummate ease combined with involvement and attention to detail...Simply, this is one of the finest, most musically sensitive recordings to have come my way for some time,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2018, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th February 2018
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2018, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2018
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Chamber
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Stravinsky: The Firebird & Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq d'Or
RecommendedRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Petrenko’s preference for slow tempos over flexible drama might make for fidgety audiences in the concert hall…It just about works on CD, and then all hell’s let loose in perfectly-balanced... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th December 2018
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an outstanding young artist at work...the early Tchaikovsky Scherzo brims over with panache and relish; and Islamey rivals even Berezovsky for the title of cleanest and most exhilarating account.... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th June 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Les Siècles combine elegance and joie de vivre to keep the feet tapping. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2023, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Four Pieces - Four Pianos
RecommendedSchubert, Chopin, Liszt, Stravinsky
Alexander Melnikov (pianos)
They are all works requiring formidable technical ability, and pianist Alexander Melnikov brings clarity of touch and virtuoso flair to them all, transferring as if effortlessly from instrument... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th January 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2018, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2018
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Winner - Instrumental
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This is certainly a golden age collection from Trifonov, and it’s admirable that these two discs are always more about the music than about him...If I were to choose a compendium of Russian... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th November 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2021, Recording of the Month
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Opus Klassik, 2021, Instrumentalist of the Year
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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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In general these are honest, respectful performances. In Dukas’s ballet music La Péri, the complex details are never allowed to swamp the logical argument, and the same goes for the second suite... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022, Debut Recording
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Antal Doráti: The Mercury Masters RecommendedThe Mono Recordings
Antal Dorati, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
this is a special release because of the importance of these Mercury recordings in the history of symphonic music in America. The majority of the material (22 of the 31 CDs) has never been released... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - Box Set of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Historical
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Kazuki Yamada conducts Roussel, Debussy & Poulenc
RecommendedOrchestre de la Suisse Romande, Kazuki Yamada
Nicely done, with the OSR woodwind and strings playing with poise and Yamada controlling the narrow dynamic range with great skill…Yamada’s way with Roussel is high-voltage if occasionally raw... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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