CD, Debussy (composer)
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He’s done it again…it is clear from the outset that this is no lazy selection of favourites…His playing never feels self-indulgent of inappropriate…There is never any doubt that this is Ólafsson’s... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th March 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, Recording of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, May 2020, Nouveauté
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Solo Instrumental Recital (Piano)
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Dynamic ranges are wide, with Ravel's crescendos not underplayed in any mistaken attempt at classicism, and rubatos are applied with tactful expressivity. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th October 2009
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Building a Library, March 2009, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2008, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Chamber
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Newcomer of the Year
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Building a Library, January 2019, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, March 2020, Recommended Recording
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This is more than a flawless recital played with technical bravura and a born soloist’s confidence. Abduraimov is a major pianist, worth talking about in the same breath as the international... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd January 2021
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Record Review, 23rd January 2021, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Piano
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Special offer. Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande Suite & Schoenberg: Pelléas & Mélisande
RecommendedOrchestre de La Suisse Romande, Jonathan Nott
Nott’s orchestral suite arranged from Debussy’s opera is both substantial and imaginatively devised... it is played here with a consistent loveliness that absorbs and appeals in its own right. — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th November 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Fresh-faced charm pervades this astutely curated disc…Far from a marriage of convenience, Lewis and Osborne are long-standing duo partners, complementing each other perfectly in lightly-worn... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th March 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2021, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Piano
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021
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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet plays Ravel, Debussy & Massenet
RecommendedJean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier
[Bavouzet] turns in a performance of the Fantaisie that illuminates this uneven yet magical work like no other. As to the Ravel concertos, I have no hesitation in saying these are the greatest... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Winner - Concerto
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Orchestral Award Winner
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Imaginative, sensitive programming has been a constant feature of Ruby Hughes’s collaborations; and this latest with the perennially adventurous Manchester Collective is no exception...A disc... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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Sunday Times, 20 Best Classical Albums of 2024
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Debussy: Sonatas & Trios
RecommendedEmmanuel Pahud (flute), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Edgar Moreau (cello), Gerard Caussé (viola), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp)
A sense of joy in collegial music-making pervades these performances. Unlike many, violinist Renaud Capuçon and pianist Bertrand Chamayou and their colleagues do not avoid the vein of sensual... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Winner - Chamber
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also recommended
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Record Review, 2nd December 2017, Recording of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Winner - Chamber
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Orchestral players will travel long distances to make music with [Wilson] and this recording shows why…It’s far from being all noise, the woodwind in particular being exquisitely agile…All the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2020, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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This is a highly considered collection of performances, with close attention paid to phrasing, articulation and voicing. Lapwood has successfully delivered an album that cements her status as... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Solo Instrumental Recording of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Young Talent of the Year
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