Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 1 'A Sea Symphony' RecommendedKatherine Broderick (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone)
Hallé, Hallé Choir, Hallé Youth Choir, Schola Cantorum of Oxford, Ad Solem, Sir Mark Elder
Mark Elder's Vaughan Williams cycle with The Halle is turning out to be the finest since the two by Adrian Boult - and the opening bars of this live recording of A Sea Symphony show why. The... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th September 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Brahms & Bruckner: Motets
RecommendedMark Templeton (trombone), Helen Vollam (trombone), Patrick Jackman (trombone), Alexander Mason (organ)
Tenebrae, Nigel Short
Nigel Short and Tenebrae have come up with a beautifully balanced and contrasted programme…The beauty of sound and dignified expression of intensity that Tenebrae create in the opening of the... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Disc of the month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Choral Winner
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Building a Library, December 2017, First Choice
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Building a Library, December 2017, First Choice
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Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232 RecommendedHannah Morrison (soprano), Esther Brazil (mezzo), Meg Bragle (alto), Kate Symonds-Joy (alto), Peter Davoren (tenor), Nick Pritchard (tenor), Alex Ashworth (bass), David Shipley (bass)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Gardiner’s second recording of the B minor Mass is a predictably exhilarating experience. The opening Kyrie, paced to perfection, leaves one amazed afresh…the chorus (which supplies the mostly... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Baroque Vocal
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Maxwell Davies & Panufnik: Symphonies No. 10
RecommendedMarkus Butter (baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Sir Antonio Pappano
Highly charged fervour animates the symphony’s discourse on creativity. — 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 - Contemporary
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Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50
RecommendedSally Matthews (Peri), Mark Padmore (narrator), Kate Royal (soprano), Bernarda Fink (alto), Andrew Staples (tenor), Florian Boesch (bass), Soloists from Guildhall School (Quartet)
London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle
Vivid detail and clear choral textures come over quite stunningly on both formats, but the Blu-ray has the edge...Sally Matthews doesn't quite catch the ethereal quality Gardiner's Barbara Bonney... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th October 2015
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2016, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2015
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Joyce & Tony
RecommendedLive at the Wigmore Hall
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) & Antonio Pappano (piano)
both of these artists know how to deliver popular material with skill and grace...[in the Haydn] DiDonato's interpretative imagination matches Tony Pappano's thoughtful and pianistic approach...[Pappano]... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Solo Vocal
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Grammy Awards, 58th Awards (2015), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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International Classical Music Awards, 2016, Winner - Vocal Recital
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Contrapunctus really knows what to do with these pieces and from the very first item...the tuning is superb and the ensemble rock solid. Moreover, Owen Rees's interpretations are revelatory... — More…
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2015, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato RecommendedGillian Webster (soprano), Laurence Kilsby (treble), Jeremy Ovenden (tenor), Peter Harvey (baritone), Ashley Riches (bass), William Whitehead (organ)
Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh
The choral elements are scrupulously handled by the Gabrieli Consort, and the soloists are choice. Gillian Webster is the light, bright soprano, Laurence Kilsby the delightful treble tenor Jeremy... — More…
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Shostakovich: Cantatas
RecommendedAleksei Tanovitski (bass) & Kostiantin Andrejev (tenor)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Narva Boys Choir & Estonian Concert Choir, Paavo Järvi
Bass Alexei Tanovitski could be more nuanced, but there's no faulting the Estonians' open, searing sounds...Bright, open children's voices join authentic choral fervour and the engineering gives... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th May 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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The Mass requires singers of the highest calibre and the Scholars rise magnificently to the challenge - both literally and figuratively speaking. The sopranos sing with razor-sharp precision,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Choral Finalist
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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