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Davidsen’s grandly sized soprano is headed for Wagner and other dramatic operas, but we know from recital appearances that she is also a very appreciable artist in solo song. Everything here... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th January 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2022, Recording of the Month
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Record Review, 15th January 2022
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Song
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2022
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A charm of lullabies, or an excess? If anyone could convince you that mostly slow and soft can work as an album sequence, it would be sonic magician Bertrand Chamayou...Within the narrow compass... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th October 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Grieg: Piano Concerto & Incidental Music to 'Peer Gynt' RecommendedJean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Lise Davidsen (soprano), Ann-Helen Moen (soprano), Victoria Nava (soprano), Johannes Weisser (baritone), Håkon Høgemo (Hardanger Fiddle)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Choirs, Edward Gardner
Gardner and the splendid team tackle the whole work with all the verve and drama one could possible want…But perhaps most illuminating is the contribution of Håkon Høgemo on the Hardanger fiddle,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th January 2018
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Hough is up there with the best; may we never take his excellence for granted. ..Hough's detachment - it's a small thing - is also telling in its way, the detail and overview consistently in... — More…
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Lines Written During a Sleepless Night RecommendedLouise Alder (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)
Alder needs her linguistic wits about her – pianist Joseph Middleton too as he responds to or prefigures her changing colours and inflections. Both triumph across a nightscape in which dreaming... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd January 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Mendelssohn, Grieg & Hough: Cello Sonatas
RecommendedSteven Isserlis (cello) & Stephen Hough (piano)
If any reminder were needed that Steven Isserlis is at the top of his game, this is it...Their opening Allegro agitato is a thrilling tour de force, Isserlis sinewy and febrile, Hough's sound... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Kozhukhin plays Mendelssohn with an almost business-like elegance…the mechanics of this pianist’s impressive hands trump the expressivity of an imagined singer’s voice. Grieg’s straightforwardly... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2019, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Chopin Evocations
RecommendedDaniil Trifonov (piano), with Sergei Babayan (piano)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev
In this work, Trifonov staves off potential sentimentality and produces – as usual – an exquisite tone…Some listeners will undoubtedly miss the epic nature of the original orchestration, but... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th October 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - instrumental (piano)
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