Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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Special offer. Korngold: Symphony in F sharp, Theme and Variations & Straussiana
RecommendedSinfonia of London, John Wilson
The playing of the Sinfonia of London is astonishingly brilliant, with Hollywood-dream glories in the string tone. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th August 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2019, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2019, Recording of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, November 2019, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Winner - Orchestral
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Offenbach Colorature
RecommendedJodie Devos (soprano)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Laurent Campellone
This is a marriage made in musical heaven with the young Dutch soprano Jodie Devos reminding us just how gifted Jacques Offenbach was as a composer…She’s a gravity-defying coloratura soprano... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2019, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Recital
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Vocal
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There are moments when the music seems to call for a grandeur which this instrument can't produce, but with this recording Schubert's pianistic world is fundamentally transformed. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th April 2019
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Record Review, 20th April 2019, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2019, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Recording of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Solo Music
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2019
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Special offer. An English Coronation, 1902-1953
RecommendedEdward VII, George V, George VI, Elizabeth II
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh
Some may find the extensive spoken liturgy excessive but such is Simon Russell Beale’s compelling delivery that the sheer beauty of the words offers a musical diversion of a different kind.... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2019
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Diapason d’Or, September 2019, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Vocal
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Choral
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Choral
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Weinberg: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 21
RecommendedGidon Kremer (violin)
Kremerata Baltica, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
The Second Symphony in general conveys a message of vigour and youthful optimism…and it is presented here in a performance of consummate technical brilliance and sustained emotional conviction…Gražinytė-Tyla... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd May 2019
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Record Review, 11th May 2019, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Recording of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, Summer Issue 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Orchestral Performance
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Orchestral
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Conductor of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Recording of the Year
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Under Mahan Esfahani’s fleet fingers, and even fleeter imagination, the toccatas positively fly. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd August 2019
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Instrumental
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[El sombrero de tres picos] The performance quickly settles down into one of the most witty, colorful, and absorbing sensual of the work’s recent outings. — More…
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Diapason d’Or, October 2019, Nouveauté
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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I find Rana nothing less than spectacular. Like Argerich, her volatility grips your attention, and it is coupled with musicianship of a high order. [La Valse] Rana is at her very best here,... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2019, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or, November 2019, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Libertà!
RecommendedMozart & The Opera
Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Siobhan Stagg (soprano), Serena Malfi (mezzo), Linard Vrielink (tenor), John Chest (baritone), Nahuel di Pierro (bass-baritone)
Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Pichon’s approach is ingenious…Sabine Devieilhe is the show’s star. Her distinctive soprano excels not only in the fiery passage work of ‘Da Schlagt’ (from Mozart’s Der Schauspieldirektor) but... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Vocal International Classical Music Awards 2019 Nominee - Vocal
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Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Violin Concerto, Photoptosis, Die Soldaten Vocal Symphony
RecommendedLeila Josefowicz (violin), Anu Komsi (soprano), Jeni Packalen (soprano), Hilary Summers (contralto), Peter Tantsits (tenor), Ville Rusanen (baritone), Juha Uusitalo (bass)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
In Zimmermann’s Violin Concerto…beauty is to the fore ina performance from Lelia Josefowicz that is more elasticated and lyrical (than, say, Thomas Zehetmair) while the Finnish Radio Symphony... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Assorted Program
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