Premio Abbiati del disco 2024

Francesca Dego’s Brahms/Busoni recording on Chandos honoured with the Premio Abbiati 2024, Italy’s most prestigious music award, presented by the Italian Music Critics Association. The motivation for the prize:

“Francesca Dego pays homage to Ferruccio Busoni on the centenary of his death with an album in which she places his Concerto, a rare listening experience even on record, alongside its famous counterpart by Johannes Brahms. Two pages intertwined by musical references that Dego interprets with brilliant expressiveness through the strong, clear sound of her instrument, well supported by the orchestral blend produced by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted with eloquent flow by Dalia Stasevska.”