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Grammy Awards, 50th Awards (2007)
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Special offer. Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
RecommendedDorothea Röschmann (soprano) & Thomas Quasthoff (baritone)
Berliner Philharmoniker & Rundfunkchor Berlin, Simon Rattle
…this is a very impressive account of Brahms's German Requiem, deeply considered and most beautifully played and sung. The full, warm sound he draws from the Berlin Philharmonic has a sombre... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2007, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Winner - Choral
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Grammy Awards, 50th Awards (2007), Best Choral Performance
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Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel
RecommendedRebecca Evans (Gretel), Jennifer Larmore (Hansel), Jane Henschel (The Witch), Rosalind Plowright (Gertrude), Robert Hayward (Peter), Sarah Tynan (Dew Fairy), Diana Montague (Sandman), Sarah Coppen (Cuckoo)
Philharmonia Orchestra & New London Children’s Choir, Sir Charles Mackerras
What distinguishes this version is primarily the vigorous and large-scale conducting of Sir Charles Mackerras. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2007, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2007, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 50th Awards (2007), Best Opera Recording
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Grammy Awards, 50th Awards (2007), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Grammy Awards, 50th Awards (2007), Best Orchestral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 50th Awards (2007), Classical Album of the Year
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Barber, Walton and Korngold: Violin Concertos
RecommendedJames Ehnes (violin)
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey
It's an inspired coupling, as well as a generous one, to have these three high-romantic concertos together. James Ehnes gives superb performances, bringing out their full emotional thrust without... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Grammy Awards, 50th Awards (2007), Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)
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Cloudburst is the central piece here, a dazzling kaleidoscope of busy clamour, arcing lyricism, solo and spoken passages, sighing, handbells, wind chimes, inter alia. Whitacre was only 22 when... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 50th Awards (2007), Nominated - Best Choral Performance
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Simultaneously sad and uplifting, you’ll be hard pushed to find a performance to match this one for emotional intensity and ability to move the listener...Hunt Lieberson’s rich, pure voice,... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Contemporary
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Grammy Awards, 50th Awards (2007), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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As a pupil and disciple of Claudio Arrau. Ohlsson cultivates a richness of tone which some listeners might find too Brahmsian. But besides the depth, Ohlsson plays crisply, and is never in... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 50th Awards (2007), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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The 'rainbow colours' hinted at in Prokofiev's inspiration, lines by the poet Konstantin Balmont, are fully captured in this chameleonic performance. There are mysteries and passing hints of... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 50th Awards (2007), Best Chamber Music Recording
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Awards:
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Grammy Awards, 50th Awards (2007), Best Chamber Music Recording
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