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This new release of Mendelssohn’s complete symphonies confirms the symbiotic relationship Järvi has forged with the orchestra, and is jam-packed with exciting, at times electrifying, music-making...Many... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2024, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2024, Orchestral Choice
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Beethoven: Leonore
RecommendedMarlis Petersen (Leonore), Maximilian Schmitt (Florestan), Dimitry Ivashchenko (Rocco), Johannes Weisser (Pizarro), Robin Johannsen (Marzelline), Johannes Chum (Jaqino), Tareq Nazmi (Don Fernando), Florian Feth, Julian Popken (Two Prisoners)
Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs
Of the principals only Johannes Weisser’s Don Pizarro disappoints, and even he is strong in the dialogue. Jacobs’s tempos are fast – sometimes a bit skittishly so – and the sublimity one looks... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Record Review, 7th December 2019, Record of the Week
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th December 2019
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International Opera Awards, 2020, Nominated - Complete Opera Recording
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Opera, March 2020, Disc of the Month
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year (Petersen)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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Haydn: Stabat Mater
Birgitte Christensen, Kristina Hammarström, Steve Davislim, Christian Immler, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Kammerorchester Basel, René Jacobs
Jacobs is a conductor who always strives to inject as much drama as possible into his performances, and he vividly conveys the sobbing effects and the stabs of pain that run through the Stabat... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Choral
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Weber: Der Freischütz
RecommendedMaximilian Schmitt (Max), Polina Pasztircsák (Agathe), Kateryna Kasper (Ännchen), Dimitry Ivashchenko (Kaspar), Yannick Debus (Kilian), Matthias Winckhler (Kuno), Christian Immler (Hermit), Max Urlacher (Samiel)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, René Jacobs
If it all convinces that’s because Jacobs has an absolute instinct for Weber’s score. The horns of the Freiburger Barockorchester are almost a character in their own right in this Romantic opera... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th April 2022
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Record Review, 29th April 2022, Record of the Week
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Opera, July 2022, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Opera
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Opera
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Ravel: Complete Orchestral Works
RecommendedYuja Wang (piano), Ray Chen (violin)
Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Lionel Bringuier
When it comes to the works common to all sets – Pavane pour un infante defunte, Rapsodie espagnole, La valse, Valses nobles et sentimentales…Bringuier’s ear for style and mood, shaping and phrasing,... — More…
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Building A Library, February 2022, Also Recommended
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 & Choral Fantasy
Christiane Karg (soprano), Sophie Harmsen (mezzo), Werner Güra (tenor), Florian Boesch (baritone), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Pablo Heras-Casado
It goes beyond [Hogwood and Norrington], not in the remarkable speed at which it all moves, but in the intensity with which every player invests his part in its fury and wildness…I hadn’t heard... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2020, Orchestral Choice
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 & Brahms: Nänie
Mauro Peter (tenor), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bass baritone), Ekaterina Semenchuk (mezzo-soprano), Rachel Harnisch (soprano)
Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, James Gaffigan
Gaffigan is meticulous in his observance of the composer’s dynamic markings…The drama in the finale is vividly captured by Gaffigan. His tempo for the Symphony’s slow movement, too, is ideal,... — More…
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14 CDs
$79.00
