CD, Schmidt, F (composer)
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Järvi is an almost ideal interpreter of this composer, not only managing to bring transparency and luminosity to Schmidt’s often thickly textured orchestration, but also keeping a tight rein... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Winner - Orchestral
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[Berman invests] sufficient energy and dedication in his interpretations to allow the music to speak directly and fervently to the listener. It ’s also clear that members of the orchestra, the... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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The two Franz Schmidt quartet quartets have been recorded before by the Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet for Preiser though the performances, dating from the 1960s, fell short of distinction. The... — More…
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The conductor and three of the cast may now be deceased but what, almost 45 years on, remains the only complete account in modern times at least give this flawed opera a fighting chance. — More…
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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Franz Schmidt: Variations on a Hussar’s Song, Phantasiestuck, Chaconne
Jasminka Stancul (piano)
Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Alexander Rumpf
I very much expect that this excellent disc will contribute to the ongoing re-evaluation of Schmidt’s musical reputation — More…
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Franz Schmidt: Organ Works - Elisabeth Ullmann On the Great Organ of Votivkirche
Elisabeth Ullmann (organ)
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Dimitri Mitropoulos conducts Schoenberg, Scriabin & Schmidt
RecommendedVienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos
an essential two-disc set for admirers of Dimitri Mitropoulos, the Philharmonic orchestras of New York and Vienna, and, for that matter, 20th century music...muscular, fleet-footed, impassioned... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2009, First Choice
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