CD, Balakirev (composer)
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an outstanding young artist at work...the early Tchaikovsky Scherzo brims over with panache and relish; and Islamey rivals even Berezovsky for the title of cleanest and most exhilarating account.... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th June 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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A charm of lullabies, or an excess? If anyone could convince you that mostly slow and soft can work as an album sequence, it would be sonic magician Bertrand Chamayou...Within the narrow compass... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th October 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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[Scheherazade] is a work that well demonstrates the orchestra's virtues, which include not only a fine set of principals who have their individual voices in the brighly hued scoring but an overall... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th August 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2014
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Gergiev’s passion for Rachmaninov is evident in his recordings of the three symphonies with the London Symphony Orchestra...The early Symphony No 1 (1895), so dismally received at its first... — More…
4 SACDs + Blu-ray Audio
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The LSO plays, as always, splendidly for Valery Gergiev. The general excellence and detail of their performance is remarkable. — More…
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Special offer. The Romantic Piano Concerto 5 - Balakirev and Rimsky-Korsakov
Malcolm Binns (piano)
English Northern Philharmonia, David Lloyd-Jones
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Balakirev: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, Piano Concerto & other orchestral works
Howard Shelley (piano)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky
Altogether the Chandos set offers a good introduction to Balakirev's orchestral work… — More…
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As to Grimwood’s performances, they are compelling, fearless and nuanced, bearing all the hallmarks of having been in his fingers for a long time. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Special offer. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 - Balakirev: Islamey
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling, Kirill Kondrashin
The way we hurtle towards the roaring declamation of the DSCH monogram in the central climax is wonderfully defiant. — More…
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Awards:
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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