Miklos perenyi biography of martin
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Since his concerto debut at the age of ten, the English ‘cellist Richard Harwood has performed in major venues throughout the world including the Royal Albert, Wigmore, Carnegie and Suntory Halls, NCPA Beijing, Musikverein, Concertgebouw and Alte Oper.
As concerto soloist, Richard has worked with conductors such as Mark Wigglesworth, Vasily Petrenko, Case Scaglione, Stanislav Kochanovsky, Okko Kamu, and Yehudi Menuhin, and with numerous orchestras including The Philharmonia, RTÉ NSO, Auckland Philharmonia and Ural Philharmonic.
As chamber musician, he has collaborated with the Jerusalem and Endellion Quartets, Joshua Bell, Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, Olivier Charlier, Benjamin Schmid, Alena Baeva, Murray Perahia, Martin Roscoe, Peter Donohoe and Julius Drake, among others.
Richard’s discography includes a debut disc (EMI Classics) with pianist Christoph Berner, Composing Without The Picture (Resonus); a solo album of concert works written by film composers, Christopher Gunning’s Cello Concerto and Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, both on Signum and with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He is regularly featured as a soloist on movie soundtracks, one of the most prominent being Patrick Doyle’s score to Kenneth Branagh’s Murder On The Orient Express.
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Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete Music for Piano and Violoncello
MIDEM Classical Award, Chamber Music category
Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, Jahrespreis
Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, Bestenliste 4/2004
Fono Forum, Empfehlung des Monats
Gramophone, Editor’s Choice
Stereophile, Recording of the month
Gramofon (Hungary), Klassisches Album des Jahres
Two master musicians explore Beethoven’s output for cello and piano: six sonatas and three sets of variations. They span Beethoven’s career and make for a fascinating and rewarding musical journey in a relatively compact way. Perényi and Schiff bring many years of practical experience to bear and it shows in every bar. A masterly survey.
James Jolly, Gramophone
The pairing of instrumental personalities is the source of the richness in these works and the key to their success in performance. And here these two Hungarians, both in their 50’s, seem to have found much common ground, both in their aggressive, assured playing and the way in which both men were obviously dedicated to bringing something new out of these very familiar works. …
Another challenge is the notion that either the cello or the piano is meant to be the minor voice. … In this recording, both instrumentalists are equal pa
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Ludwig front Beethoven
Complete Penalization for Softness and Violoncello
András Schiff piano
Miklós Perényi violoncello
Recorded Dec 2001 contemporary August 2002 at Reitstadel Neumarkt
Engineer: Stephan Schellmann
Executive Producer: Manfred Eicher
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