CD, Alkan (composer)
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A charm of lullabies, or an excess? If anyone could convince you that mostly slow and soft can work as an album sequence, it would be sonic magician Bertrand Chamayou...Within the narrow compass... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th October 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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If you are yet to be convinced by Valentin Alkan's music, this intelligent and magnificently played programme, displaying contrasting sides of the composer's personality, is for you. As for... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Instrumental
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2007, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2007, Editor's Choice
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Wee is a sensation; there’s no other word to describe his jaw-dropping playing. This is the Australian pianist’s debut album, and it’s a blockbuster. All of this is captured in the most spectacular... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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it's a superlative performance [of Alborada del gracioso] by any standards, including repeated notes that turn me green with envy. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd September 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012, Editor's Choice
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Liu finds a rare – miraculous – balance between the liquidity that works so well in Chopin and the lightly plucked style that retains the essence of Rameau’s originally harpsichord-based music. —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Young Talent of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Not only does Nolan’s playing exhibit a death-defying virtuosity, Signum’s richly spacious recording is guaranteed to put the swankiest of speaker systems through its paces. —
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Designed for children and amateurs, their charms are generally underrated by professionals – but Levit finds beauty in them, expressed with a warm touch and pleasing emotional directness. —
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Special offer. French Cello Sonatas, Vol.3: Alkan & Farrenc
Marina Tarasova (cello), Ivan Sokolov (piano)
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as with all harpsichord music played on the piano, it is the overtones one misses most. This doesn't detract in any way from Poon's way with the French Impressionists, borne of a rare affinity... —
