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KOLA (Keep On Listening Awards) 2024

A Czech Celebration

1. Novák: Concentus Biilugus (for Piano Four-Hands and String Orchestra); Choreae Vernales (for Flute, String Orchestra, Harp and Celesta); Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra. Dora Novak-Wilmington and Karel Košárek (pianos), Clara Nováková (flute), Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tomáš Netopil (cond.) Supraphon

2. Dvořák: Symphony No. 6; Overtures: Selma sedlák, Vanda, Hussite. Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Pietari Inkinen (cond.) SWR Music

3. Songs by Martinu, Dvořák, Krása and Haas. Magdalena Kožená (soprano), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle (cond.) PentaTone

Three Boxed Sets and Complete(d) Editions

4. The George Crumb Complete Works Edition. Various Artists. Bridge Records

5. The Allan Pettersson Complete Works Edition. Various Artists. BIS Records

6. Michael Tilson Thomas: The Complete DG and Argo Recordings

Creative Programing and Major Discoveries

7. Brahms: Reimagined Orchestrations

11 Chorale Preludes (Orchestrated by Virgil Thomson) “Black Swan” (Intermezzo Op. 118 No. 2, Orchestrated by Bright Sheng) Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor (Orchestrated by Arnold Schoenberg) Kansas City Symphony, Michael Stern (cond.) Reference Recordings

Brahms Reimagined Orchestrations

8. Castelnuovo-Tedesco: String Quartets Nos. 1-3. Quartetto Adorno (Naxos)

Stellar Standards

9. Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3, Piano Sonata No. 7. Steward Goodyear (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton (cond.) Orchid Classics

DISC OF THE YEAR

10. Suppé: Fantasia symphonica, Orchestral Overtures & Preludes. Tönkunstler-Orchester, Ola Rudner (cond.) Naxos