CD, Widor (composer)
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The four canonical pieces need no puffs from me and, like everything else on the disc, are played superbly...Ogawa is both self-effacing when required, and unfailingly prompt and sympathetic... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2021, Editor's Choice
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The songs are chosen, for the most part, with Véronique Gens’s voice in mind – no longer the bright soprano of 20 years ago, but now a warm and expressive mezzo, ideal in the more soulful melodies... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th April 2020
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Diapason d’Or, May 2020, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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New. The French Piano School: French School Pianists Play French Concertos
Jeanne-Marie Darré, Alfred Cortot, Kazuko Kusama, Marcelle Herrenschmidt, Lucien Wurmser, Jean Doyen, Francis Poulenc, Marguerite Roesgen-Champion, Jean Françaix, Arnaud de Gontaut-Biron, Jacques Février, Émile Passani, Charles Münch, Jean Fournet, Paul Paray, Hisatada Otaka, Victor Gallois, Walther...
Here, recorded between 1930 and 1949, are 14 works for piano and orchestra played either by their composer or by someone well acquainted with them...Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2025, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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Special offer. Organs of Edinburgh
Usher Hall – John Kitchen, St Cuthbert’s Parish Church – Thomas Laing-Reilly, Palmerston Place Church – Andrew Caskie, St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral- Duncan Ferguson, Freemasons’ Hall – Timothy Byram-Wigfield, St Andrew’s & St George’s West Parish Church – Michael Harris, Broughton St Mary’s...
This is a magnificent package, fully befitting its subject...The entire collection is a veritable treasure-trove, a feast for lovers of organ music...Just 2,000 copies of this will ever be published... — More…
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Widor: The Complete Organ Symphonies Volume 1
Joseph Nolan (Cavaillé-Coll organ of La Madeleine, Paris)
Aficionados of Widor's Toccata will be interested to know that Joseph Nolan adopts the slow and stately approach, rather than the brisk and brash one...Nolan's carefully prepared and immaculately... — More…
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Both possess agile voices, heard to great effect in Fauré’s ‘Tarantelle’, and elsewhere Adriana González floats her high notes beautifully. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Special offer. Belle époque
Annelien Van Wauwe (clarinet)
Orchestre National de Lille, Alexandre Bloch
Think of La belle époque and I’m not sure Johannes Brahms necessarily springs to mind...Wauwe plays the sonata/concerto well though, her chalumeau register suitably juicy, and she floats the... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Newcomer of the Year
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Special offer. Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 'Organ Symphony'
RecommendedJean Guillou (organ)
San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart
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Building A Library, February 2024, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Widor: Organ Symphonies Volume 1
Christian Schmitt (Jann-Orgel im Konzertsaal der Bamberger Konzerthalle)
Bamberger Symphoniker & Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie, Stefan Solyom
The Bamberg players are at their most effective in the central movement...Solyom's superbly paced direction and Schmitt's sensitive interweaving with the orchestral textures gives a real sense... — More…
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