Public Nomination (closed) Public Voting (closed) Your Choice IS Listeners' Choice
Thank you for coming, and bringing others, during the 11 days of the Public Voting Round of our 4th Listeners' Choice Award to meet, listen and vote for our 5 nominees who have gained exposure to cheering fans, proud supporters, enthusiastic cellists and music lovers from 73 countries on all 5 continents.
After we've counted Your Votes , the 4th annual Listeners' Choice Award goes to:
Duo Virtuoso
Murasaki Duo: Eric Kutz & Miko Kominami
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Duo Virtuoso Rossini | Martinu |
Ginastera | Piazzolla | Brahms
Hide player Trk 2 Martinu: Var on a Theme of Rossini (excerpt)
Murasaki Duo — Eric Kutz (cello) , Miko
Kominami (piano)
© 2015 Delos | Purchase at Amazon
Your Voice from nomination forms:
Sakura (Chicago, IL, USA)This is such a fun and electrifying program, perfect to showcase the musical and technical prowess of these two virtuosos!
PTChung (Toronto, ON, Canada)Great performance, fantastic programming and dynamic presentation make this CD a must-have!
Haydn | Wranitzky
Cello Concertos
Hide player Trk 9 Haydn: Concerto No. 2, 3rd movt. (excerpt)
Enrico Bronzi (cello and conductor) , Orchestra
di Padova e del Veneto
© 2015 Concerto | Purchase at Amazon
Your Voice from nomination forms:
Rossi (Milan, Italy)Gorgeous sound and really masterful playing!! The pairing of Haydn and Wranitzky is excellent!
Matteo UWS (New York, NY, USA)Bravo Enrico! This is the best performance I've heard in years.
Solitude Lanza | Lim | Saunders |
Dillon | Blondeau
Hide player Trk 2 Lanza: La Bataille de Caresme... (excerpt)
Séverine Ballon (cello and electronics)
with Mark Knoop (piano) for track 2
© 2015 æon | Purchase at Amazon
Your Voice from nomination forms:
MarieAMusik (Paris, France)This highly anticipated solo début disc of Séverine Ballon is truly a tour de force!!
Rick (Boston, MA, USA)Evocative, powerful and captivating — a tremendous success for Ballon and experimental music.
Violoncellokonzerte
D'Albert | Bruch | Dohnányi
David Pia (cello) , Ulf Schirmer (conductor) , Münchner Rundfunkorchester
© 2015 Farao | Purchase at Amazon
Your Voice from nomination forms:
Schmidt (Munich, Germany)An exquisite performance by David Pia. I fell in love with the d'Albert concerto!
KYC50 (New York, NY, USA)Wonderful CD and delightful performance! Thank you David Pia and Ulf Schirmer for this enchanting and intriguing program.
20thC Women Composers
Beach | Boulanger | Clarke
Hide player Trk 4 Boulanger: D'un soir triste (excerpt)
Trio des Alpes — Mirjam Tschopp (violin) ,
Claude Hauri (cello) , Corrado Greco (piano)
with Lorna Windsor (soprano) tracks 9-12
© 2015 Dynamic | Purchase at Amazon
Your Voice from nomination forms:
Colombo (Ticino, Switzerland)Tschopp, Hauri and Greco are outstanding individually, and when the three join forces as a trio, their performance is magnifico!
Annette (Washington, DC, USA)Trio des Alpes gave a breathtaking performance of these wonderfully beautiful and fascinating works.
