Grand Prix
GRAND PRIX is the new home for landmark recordings by Deutsche Grammophon's greatest artists. These are performances singled out for praise by the leading critics of Europe, North America and Asia. Selections for GRAND PRIX are handpicked from the past three decades of DG and Archiv Produktion prize-winning releases, both digital and analogue, and from every corner of the catalogues.
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Bernstein was never one to underplay the emotion of any piece that he conducted, and that intensity leads to a thrilling performance of the Fifth Symphony with the Vienna Phiharmonic. He wrings... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2016, First Choice
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Bernstein conveys the harrowing wartime narrative of the Leningrad with overwhelming emotional power, dispelling any lingering doubts about the greatness of Shostakovich's work. Recorded 20... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 33rd Awards (1990), Best Orchestral Performance
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Building A Library, December 2021, Recommended Recording
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Bartók - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedMaurizio Pollini (piano), Shlomo Mintz (violin)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Bartók and Pollini were made for one another - the bite and energy and odd restraint of these masterworks is ideally caught. Mintz does full justice to the Two Portraits. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Concerto
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Grammy Awards, 22nd Awards (1979), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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No doubt [Rostropovich’s] influence from the centre of the string texture contributes to the eloquence of the famous Adagio, which, like the performance as a whole, is strongly, even dramatically,... — More…
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Haydn: The Creation
Recommended(sung in German)
Sylvia McNair, Donna Brown, Michael Schade, Gerald Finley & Rodney Gilfry
The Monteverdi Choir & The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
With Gardiner's first down-beat it's obvious that Chaos's days are numbered.
Not that 'days' (strictly speaking) are in question till the mighty words have been spoken, and then, in this performance,... — More…Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 1997, Winner - Choral
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Johann David Heinichen was a contemporary of Bach and one of an important group of musicians employed by the Dresden court during the 1720s and 1730s. As well as being an inventive composer,... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1993, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suites Nos. 1 & 2 and Carmen Entr'actes
RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
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Building a Library, July 2011, First Choice
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Vivaldi, Tartini & Boccherini: Cello Concertos
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Orchestra of the Collegium Musicum, Paul Sacher
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Mendelssohn & Bruch: Violin Concertos
Shlomo Mintz (violin)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
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Rossini: Stabat Mater
Katia Ricciarelli, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Dalmacio Gonzales & Ruggero Raimondi
Philharmonia Orchestra & Philharmonia Chorus, Carlo Maria Giulini
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