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Zimerman takes us into a place of deep introspection, finding vast universes within. The recorded sound, by Rainer Maillard, is beautifully judged, combining gentleness with absolute clarity…This... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th September 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2017, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Finalist - Instrumental
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International Classical Music Awards, 2018, Winner - Solo Instrument
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Dvorak: Quintets Op. 81 & 97
RecommendedBoris Giltburg (piano), Pavel Nikl (viola)
Pavel Haas Quartet
Throughout the slow movement, the playing of the solo lines is captivating…The Haas Quartet with Boris Giltburg provide both relaxation and a strong sense of purposeful energy…Excellently recorded,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2017, Recording of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th October 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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Building a Library, April 2018, Recommended Recording
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Winner - Chamber
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Berlioz: Les Troyens
RecommendedJoyce DiDonato (Didon), Michael Spyres (Énée), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Cassandre), Orchestre et Choeur philharmonique de Strasbourg, Badischer Staatsopernchor, Choeur de l’Opéra du Rhin, John Nelson
Nelson drives the drama with unforced tempos but ample theatrical vitality and grandeur…Spyres isn’t as heroic an Aeneas as Jon Vickers…but sings with lyrical grace and spirit and decent if not... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th November 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2017, Recording of the Month
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Winner - Opera
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International Opera Awards, 2018, Winner - Complete Opera Recording
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Record Review, 25th November 2017, Recording of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Winner - Opera
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Recording of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Opera Recording (19th century)
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Opera
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Čičić's distinctive sound - sweet, slightly dry and exquisitely centred - is ideal for the taut beauty of Carbonelli's solo lines. Crucially, Čičić fleshes out the composer's ideas, filling rests... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd June 2017
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2017, Chamber Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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The Wagner Project
RecommendedMatthias Goerne (baritone)
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding
Goerne does misery masterfully … As Goerne’s Wotan kisses Brünnhilde to sleep, the moment is so intimate that (depending on your speakers) you might even feel a peck on the cheek. Yet this isn’t... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th November 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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Record Review, 23rd December 2017, Recording of the Week
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Opera
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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op. 61 & Overture, Op. 21
RecommendedCeri-Lyn Cissone (narrator), Alexander Knox (narrator) & Frankie Wakefield (narrator)
London Symphony Orchestra & The Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
…much to enjoy here…pinpoint precision of melody-carrying flutes and violins, the sure footed bass and above all a sense that the composer is being taken seriously. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd February 2017
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2017, Orchestral Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2017, Winner - Musique Symphonique
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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Haydn: The Seasons, Hob.XXI:3
RecommendedCarolyn Sampson (soprano), Jeremy Ovenden (tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass)
Wrocław Baroque Orchestra, Wrocław Philharmonic Choir, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh
the performance matches the high standards of McCreesh's previous grand choral projects...McCreesh revels in Haydn's masterly skills in writing for orchestra, choir and soloists...The choir's... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th March 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2017, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2017, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Choral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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Record Review, 29th April 2017, Recording of the Week
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Scriabin: Symphony No. 2 & Piano Concerto
RecommendedKirill Gerstein (piano)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Petrenko is the ideal interpreter for this ripe overheated music…The Oslo Philharmonic responds with brilliantly incisive ensemble…Gerstein makes the most of Scriabin’s poetic writing with some... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th December 2017
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 25 & 26
RecommendedFrancesco Piemontesi (piano)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Andrew Manze
Piemontesi’s playing is mostly magnificent, with crystalline clarity, radiant tone and eloquent phrasing. In the fine and intriguing cadenzas, he shines with surety of purpose — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th August 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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His Brahms is as vital, impulsive and rhythmic as all his work strives to be – though not as sheerly dynamic as one might have imagined – but there is blend and bloom, too...he truly listens... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th May 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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