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Every phrase, every note of this Op. 109 sounds deeply thought-through...This disc continues the progress of Ólafsson as one of the great individual pianists of our time, imaginative and original... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st November 2025
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2026, Recording of the Month
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an essential recommendation for any collection. These are performances which seem to present a Beethoven 'for the ages', a distillation of a long interpretative tradition, without concern for... —
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Gramophone Magazine, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Building a Library, October 1999, First Choice
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Building a Library, October 2007, First Choice
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Building a Library, January 2016, First Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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The performances on this new release are as accomplished as we would expect from players of this calibre. —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2023, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Building A Library, January 2024, Recommended Recording (String Quintet No. 3)
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Winners, Winner - Chamber
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Zimerman takes us into a place of deep introspection, finding vast universes within. The recorded sound, by Rainer Maillard, is beautifully judged, combining gentleness with absolute clarity…This... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th September 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2017, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Finalist - Instrumental
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International Classical Music Awards, 2018, Winner - Solo Instrument
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Baritenor
RecommendedMichael Spyres (baritenor), Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Marko Letonja
Spyres has a remarkable range and is a consummate vocal chameleon too...in a truly remarkable finale to his ‘Largo al factotum’, Rossini’s Figaro is indeed all things to all men vocally. What... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th September 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2021, Recording of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, October 2021, Nouveauté
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Opera, December 2021, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2021
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Winner - Voice & Ensemble
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Mozart: Requiem
RecommendedChadi Lazreq (treble), Ying Fang (soprano), Beth Taylor (mezzo), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Alex Rosen (bass)
Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Pichon and his superb choir and period instrument orchestra, Pygmalion, move the discussion on by sensitively adding their own interpretive layer in this beautiful and truly moving programme. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th October 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Choral
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2024
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Shortlist, Choral
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Paganini: 24 Caprices
Recommendedplus Caprices by Berlioz, Cervelló, Kreisler, Ortiz, Saint-Saëns, Sarasate, Wieniawski
María Dueñas (violin), Itamar Golan (piano), Boris Kuschnir (violin), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Mihhail Gerts
The Paganini Caprices have energy in the bowing from the outset, confident octaves and portamento, and impeccable double stops...You could listen straight through, but I’d recommend random shuffling... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th February 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2025, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Winners, Instrumental
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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The New York Times, Best Classical Music Albums of 2025
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Dynastie: Bach Concertos
RecommendedJean Rondeau (harpsichord), Sophie Gent, Louis Creac'h (violin), Fanny Paccoud (viola), Antoine Touche (cello), Thomas de Pierrefeu (contrabass) & Evolène Kiener (bassoon)
This spirited and eloquently ornamented playing serves the music of JS Bach and three of his sons uncommonly well —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2017, Concerto Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Finalist - Concerto
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Special offer. French Bel Canto Arias
RecommendedLisette Oropesa (soprano), Sachsischer Staatsopernchor, Dresdner Philharmonie, Corrado Rovaris
Her voice is both pure and full-bodied, with an extensive range in terms of both tessitura and characterisation, allowing her to do justice to the many different moods showcased on this recording,... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2022, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year & Solo Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
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International Opera Awards, 2023, Winner - Solo Recording
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Contemplation
RecommendedHuw Montague Rendall (baritone), Opéra Orchestre Normandie Rouen, Ben Glassberg
The first thing one notices in this wide-ranging recital from rising baritone Huw Montague Rendall is his seriousness of purpose...There’s also top-rank work from the orchestra and conductor;... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2024, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2024, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024, Shortlisted - Debut Solo Album
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Winners, Voice & Ensemble
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International Opera Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Solo Recording
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