CD, Glass, P (composer)
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Ólafsson’s interpretations inhabit a unique, distinct and extraordinary world all their own...[he] possesses that rare gift of illuminating a familiar work in unexpected ways, revealing hidden... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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This is an achievement on a pretty spectacular new level, and the range of musical sensibility she demonstrates here is vast...her rhythmic sense [in the Ligeti] keeps the music aloft and totally... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2024, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2024, Insturmental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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This is a highly considered collection of performances, with close attention paid to phrasing, articulation and voicing. Lapwood has successfully delivered an album that cements her status as... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Solo Instrumental Recording of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Young Talent of the Year
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The collection of minimalist works by John Corigliano, Bryce Dessner, EsaPekka Salonen, Philip Glass, Meredith Monk and Fain himself are persuasively played, with a fittingly anxious vibrato.... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2026, Editor's Choice
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Four Hands
RecommendedAlexandre Tharaud (piano), Bruce Liu (piano), David Fray (piano), Beatrice Rana (piano), Nicholas Angelich (piano), Alexander Melnikov (piano), Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Gautier Capuçon (piano), Juliette (piano), Michel Dalberto (piano), Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Momo Kodama (piano), Mariam Batsashvili...
One of Tharaud’s aims is to reveal repertoire which has been largely lost, and in this respect he is resoundingly successful...Everything here has charm, and radiates what should always be the... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th May 2024
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2024, Instrumental Choice
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Sonic Wires
Katia Labèque (piano), Marielle Labèque (piano), David Chalmin (guitar), Bryce Dessner (guitar)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2025, Innovative Listening Experience
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Although there are plenty of theatrics, the playing is tight, with the voices carefully balanced in Glass's Echorus. The album's natural transitions are aided by the treatment Delirium Musicum... —
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The Best of Philip Glass
Philip Glass (organ, piano), Philip Glass Ensemble (miscellaneous ensemble), Janice Pendarvis (vocal), Jack Kripl (flute, bass clarinet, clarinet, piccolo, soprano saxophone), Richard Peck (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone), Jon Gibson (soprano saxophone), Linda Moss (viola), Lois Martin (viola),...
