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Alessandrini has opened a window on to Bach's music and let a refreshing current of air run through it — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2006, Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2005, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2005, Editor's Choice
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Bizet - L' Arlésienne Orchestral Suites
RecommendedLes Musiciens du Louvre & Chœur de l’opéra de Lyon, Marc Minkowski
I find it hard to know what to praise most, the vivid, taut rhythms of the various marches and dances… the sensuous orchestral colours of the quieter moments, of the passion that suddenly erupts…... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2008, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2008, Disc of the Month
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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My Armenia
Dedicated to the 100th Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide
Sergey Khachatryan (violin) & Lusine Khachatryan (piano)
Komitas’s glory lay in his choral arrangements of folk songs, but is represented here by the two arrangements for violin and piano and seven for piano solo: each has a truthful simplicity and... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2016, Editor's Choice
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Monteverdi: Il ottavo libro de madrigali, 1638 'Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi'
RecommendedConcerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini
This is a sublime example of the madrigalian art. The disc oozes a sense of intelligent poetic response. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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They certainly play with precision and verve, with a nod towards period practice in their approach to Mozart, but also with an implication that ‘Mozart’s music must be completely alive and continue... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Presto Editor's Choice, December 2018
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Piau negotiates with true French panache both the vocal and emotional highs and lows. Her voice is as sensual as Piaf, poetic as Greco, and with a chameleon-like sensitivity to the dramatic... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2012, Editor's Choice
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Opera, October 2012, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2004, Disc of the Month
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Franck: Symphonic Variations & Piano Pieces
RecommendedBertrand Chamayou (piano), Olivier Latry (harmonium)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stéphane Denève
This is an outstanding release in every way. In fact, I cannot recall another that included all Franck's masterpieces for the piano on a single disc and in which, moreover, every performance... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2010, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Musically she’s a chameleon, capable of completely changing her colour at the drop of a hat, and that versatility is what makes this new recording such a success...It’s a neat idea, which she... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, Recording of the Month
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Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 93 - 104 (the London Symphonies)
RecommendedLes Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble, Marc Minkowski
Marc Minkowski and his period-instrument band may be thought of as early music specialists, yet their approach is the reverse of doctrinaire...Those who feel they have heard some of these works... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2016, First Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2010, Winner - Symphonies
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