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Momentum [1]: Walton, Respighi
RecommendedLiya Petrova (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Duncan Ward, Adam Laloum (piano)
Liya Petrova’s new recording of Walton’s Violin Concerto grips you from the outset. Her phrasing of the opening material ideally combines singing tone with subtle inflections of pulse and dynamic,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2023, Concerto Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2023, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Spirited, elegant and lively performances, recorded in appropriately vivid sound, of music by the ever-intriguing figure of WF Bach, the eldest son of Bach...What Gratton and Il Convito convey... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2016, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Baroque Instrumental
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At last – a masterful account of Handel’s harpsichord suites on the instrument for which they were written. Pierre Hantaï allows the music to breathe, with unfussy, clean playing. —
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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The performance by both the vocal and instrumental groups is, as one might expect, excellent. Soprano Maria Keohane has a bright voice and fine diction, while tenor Julian Prégarien can be powerful... —
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Record Review, 16th January 2021, Record of the Week
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Hantai responds sensitively to the myriad expressive nuances of these single-movement Sonatas, overlooking none of their subtleties and underlining their striking affective contrasts. —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2016, Winner - Clavecin
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2017, Editor's Choice
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What we have here is a wonderfully full yet transparent sound, greatly enhanced by the sheer quality of the voices, and recorded with such luxuriance that the only concessions to the thinner... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Choral
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There is an abundance of fairy-tale characterisation in this first instalment of a promised complete survey of Prokofiev’s sonatas…And story-telling fantasy, conveyed with a seemingly infinite... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2019, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2019, Winner - Piano
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Hantaï never makes the mistake of tearing into these pieces and wrestling them. If the music itself seems to approach organised chaos in places, his playing is always controlled, seeking out... —
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Diapason d’Or, November 2019, Nouveauté
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Editor's Choice
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The key to the success of these readings is that while they are rooted in transparency, they are vibrantly resonant, boldly directional and never brittle. The arias tend to portray the singers... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2018, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or, June 2018, Nouveauté
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