CD, Hindemith (composer)
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Infinite Voyage
RecommendedBarbara Hannigan (soprano), Bertrand Chamayou (piano)
Emerson String Quartet
Much the finest experience comes in Schoenberg’s quartet, where the Emerson Quartet ’s playing masterfully combines forensic technical precision and expressive warmth. And Hannigan’s identif... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th September 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2023, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Paul Hindemith / Alfred Schnittke
RecommendedAnna Gourari (piano), Orchestra Dell Svizzera Italiana / Markus Poschner
She extracts a dizzying range of colours from Hindemith’s ingeniously constructed score...The string section of the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana under Markus Poschner responds incisively... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2024, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 2, Hindemith: String Quartet No. 4 & Walton: String Quartet
RecommendedHollywood String Quartet
Although many accounts of the Prokofiev have appeared over the years, none has approached, let alone surpassed, the Hollywood version of the Second Quartet. The same would no doubt apply to... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Each is played with terrific dexterity and fluidity. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Müller-Schott ends this formidable unaccompanied recital with Pablo Casals’s Song of the Birds, played with the intense focus, the sense of line and the gleaming purity of tone that characterises... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2020, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Solo Instrumental Recital (Cello)
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Special offer. Hindemith: Der Schwanendreher
Luca Ranieri (viola), Orchestra Ico Suoni Del Sud, Marco Moresco
Hindemith subtitled Der Schwanendreber a 'Concerto after Old Folk Songs for viola and small orchestra', and Luca Ranieri emphasises the songful character of the solo part on his new recording... —
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Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 - Hindemith: Violin Concerto
Alexandra Tirsu (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
This is an exquisite debut album from Alexandra Tirsu: fierce, intense and emotionally charged. Shostakovich emerges anguished, ironic, deeply understood, tempered by moments of tender beauty... —
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New. Ariadni’s Thread / Giorgos Panagiotidis (ensemble Modern)
Giorgos Panagiotidis (violin), Ueli Wiget (piano), Jagdish Mistry (violin)
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Voyage of a sea-god
Laurence Perkins (bassoon), Michael Hancock (piano), Amy Thompson (bassoon), Matthew Kitteringham (bassoon), Catriona McDermid (bassoon), Eira Lynn Jones (harp), Susie Mészáros (viola), Michael Escreet (double bass), Carducci Quartet, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, William Goodchild
It’s an extensive programme, encompassing a variety of styles and forces ranging from bassoon solo to small orchestral ensembles. There are some real treats, such as Bantock’s splendidly imaginative... —
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Their playing is phenomenally accomplished…This is likely to be one of the chamber discs of the year. —
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Chamber
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