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Concertos, Strauss, R (composer)
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A Golden Cello Decade, 1878-1888
RecommendedSteven Isserlis (cello), Connie Shih (piano), Olivia Jageurs (harp)
No cellist alive can match the eloquent intent of Steven Isserlis’s line. Every phrase he threads through the warm embrace of Connie Shih’s pianism is articulated and ‘breathed’ with the ardour... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th November 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2022, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Chamber
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The Romantic Violin Concerto 16 - Busoni & Strauss
RecommendedTanja Becker-Bender (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Garry Walker
Becker-Bender plays with enthusiasm and accuracy, and when she finally hits a whimsical melody about six minutes in[to the Busoni], it's charming and skittish...There's plenty of virtuosic solo... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st July 2014
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Mozart & Strauss: Oboe Concertos
Cristina Gómez Godoy (oboe), West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim
Godoy’s tone has an exceptional purity and beauty, without a trace of narcissism, and her musicianship is as gifted as it gets...the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra’s contribution is state-of-the-art,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2022, Concerto Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben & Burleske
Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
Authoritative from the first bar’s fleshy bass, Antonio Pappano’s bel canto approach to Strauss’s mock-epic hero cultivates beauty of sound even in usually bombastically noisy stretches such... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 53 - Reger & Strauss
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Ilan Volkov
this is one of the most lucid, as well as passionate, readings of the [Reger] I have heard. Hamelin never makes the deep left-hand bass writing in the first movement sound heavy, and he plays... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Concerto
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Op. 55 'Eroica' - Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1, Op. 11 (Live)
William Caballero (horn)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
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Special offer. Strauss Alliance
RecommendedBoston Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Strauss: Ein Heldenleben & Burleske
Denis Kozhukhin (piano)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Albrecht
Kozhukhin, making light of the awkwardness and difficulty of Strauss’s writing, proves a brilliantly fleet and mercurial soloist: there’s no shortage of heroics but his playing is meltingly... — More…
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Special offer. R. Strauss: Don Quixote & Horn Concerto No. 2
RecommendedPierre Fournier (cello), Giusto Cappone (viola), Norbert Hauptmann (horn)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
The Berlin players clearly enjoy the orchestral effects Strauss calls for, including the bleating wind and brass in the episode where Don Quixote encounters a flock of sheep and mistakes them... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2020, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Richard Strauss
Renaud Capuçon (violin), Wiener Symphoniker, Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Petr Popelka, Seiji Ozawa
The Vienna Symphony is luxurious in the Concerto, against which Capuçon’s poise and precision contrast beautifully. There’s a mournful simplicity to the Sonata and the Piano Quartet channels... — More…
