SACD, Grieg (composer)
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Grieg: Piano Concerto & Incidental Music to 'Peer Gynt'
RecommendedJean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Lise Davidsen (soprano), Ann-Helen Moen (soprano), Victoria Nava (soprano), Johannes Weisser (baritone), Håkon Høgemo (Hardanger Fiddle)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Choirs, Edward Gardner
Gardner and the splendid team tackle the whole work with all the verve and drama one could possible want…But perhaps most illuminating is the contribution of Håkon Høgemo on the Hardanger fiddle,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th January 2018
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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…the engineering… is exemplary in every way, conveying the warm acoustics of Bergen's Grieg Hall with thrilling presence. …playing so enchantingly musical that occasionally one might have thought... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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What [Grieg] does with folk material is so enchanting that, in this beautiful incarnation with the Bergen players delivering so freshly and responding so well to Gardner’s rhythmic drive in... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, Orchestral Choice
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Hemsing’s elegant taking-flight is signalled beautifully just after the opening piano chords of Op. 8…Trpčescki twinkles and scintillates…the finales are still relatively weak spots in the three... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Kozhukhin plays Mendelssohn with an almost business-like elegance…the mechanics of this pianist’s impressive hands trump the expressivity of an imagined singer’s voice. Grieg’s straightforwardly... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2019, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Youthful passion occasionally pushes him to stylistic excess...but for most of the time he’s beauty incarnate and in perfect step with his composers’ various voices. He’s also blessed with a... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Hear My Words: Choral Classics from St John’s
Timothy Ravalde (organ), Timothy Ravalde (organ) & Helen Scarbrough (cor anglais), Timothy Ravalde (organ) & Graham Walker (cello)
Choir of St John’s College, Andrew Nethsingha
the poised, sentient performance of Allegri's famous Miserere opening the disc bespeaks dedicated preparation, both technical and spiritual. I like the spatial variegations drawn by [Andrew... — More…
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Grieg & Mozart: Piano Concertos
Andreas Domjanic (piano)
Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, Johannes Klumpp
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De Profundis: Sacred Repertoire for Male Choir
Andrew Canning (organ), Elin Rombo (soprano)
Orphei Drängar male choir, Cecilia Rydinger Alin
Mainly unfamiliar repertoire, in warmly blended performances by one of Sweden's oldest male-voice choirs. Rossini's Preghiera stands out for its charm and lightness of touch. The sound is plushly... — More…
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Grieg: Peer Gynt, incidental music, Op. 23
Svein Sturla Hungnes, Kari Simonsen, Andrea Bræin Hovig, Bjørn Willberg Andersen, Ståle Bjørnhaug (actors), Håkan Hagegård (baritone), Marita Solberg (soprano) (Solveig), Ingebjørg Kosmo (mezzo-soprano), Kari Postma (soprano), Hilde Haraldsen Sveen (soprano), Iikka Leppänen (bass-baritone), Torbjørn...
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