Edward Gardner
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Sibelius: In the Stream of Life
RecommendedSongs by Sibelius
Gerald Finley (bass-baritone)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
a highly memorable disc. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th December 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Solo Vocal
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
RecommendedAlwyn Mellor (soprano), Anna Larsson (mezzo-soprano), Stuart Skelton (tenor), Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (tenor), James Creswell (bass) & Sir Thomas Allen (speaker)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Edward Gardner
The hero is Edward Gardner, under whose wonderfully flexible beat this hyper-Romantic music positively breathes in long lyrical phrases and paragraphs. Nor are the excitements lacking: the coda... — More…
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Building a Library, March 2017, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Verklärte Nacht
RecommendedSchoenberg - Fried - Lehár - Korngold
Christine Rice (mezzo), Stuart Skelton (tenor), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Across the programme Edward Gardner is preternaturally attentive, nailing the volatile blend of schmaltz and suffering that underpins the Lehár; and cloaking the moonbathing opening of the Fried... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st January 2021
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Sibelius: Luonnotar; Tapiola & Spring Song
RecommendedLise Davidsen (soprano), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
[Davidsen's] breath control and even fullness of tone across a two-octave range prove radiantly equal to Sibelius’s uncompromising demands. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd July 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Lutosławski: Vocal Works
Lucy Crowe (soprano), Christopher Purves (baritone), Toby Spence (tenor)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Toby Spence is on mellifluous form here, and Christopher Purves is no less subtle in the nocturnal cycle Les espaces du sommeil...An attractively varied, highly accomplished release. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2011, Editor's Choice
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Edward Gardner conducts Britten
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Maxim Rysanov (viola)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
The Charm is a total winner, wrapped by Matthews in string woodwind sleep-music so familiar from the Nocturne and phrased by Connolly with alternate tenderness and edginess. Maxim Rysanov compels... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2011, Editor's Choice
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This CD represents something of a triumph not for one young artist but for two. ENO's new music director, Edward Gardner, conducts the accompaniments, with the Academy of St Martin's on fine... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2007, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2007, Disc of the Month
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Alison Balsom - Caprice
Popular Trumpet Works
Alison Balsom (trumpet)
Göteborgs Symfoniker, Edward Gardner
The young British trumpeter Alison Balsom is a real star: resplendent and well-varied tone, crisp attack, absolute ease of production throughout the range. — More…
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Susan Gritton sings Britten, Delius & Finzi
Susan Gritton (soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
...there is much to admire in [Gritton's] delicate, considered vocalism, as well as in her refined musicianship...With the BBC string players on sterling form, Finzi's haunting blend of lyricism... — More…
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