CD, Weber (composer)
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Special offer. In The Shadows
RecommendedMichael Spyres (baritenor), Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
this is another fine, fascinating album from an unusually interesting and intelligent artist, handsomely recorded. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st March 2024
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Solo Vocal Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
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International Opera Awards, 2024, Winner - Recording (Solo Recital)
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winners 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Mein Traum
RecommendedSchubert, Weber, Schumann
Stéphane Degout (baritone), Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Degout is convincing throughout, his expressive range spanning both ferocity and vulnerability...The real stars, though, are the period orchestra Pygmalion. The instrumental colours glow and... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2022, Choral & Song Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Weber: Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra
RecommendedRonald Brautigam (fortepiano), Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens
Both concertos have a presto finale which calls for dazzling virtuosity – something which Brautigam has in spades: his fearless pyrotechnics are truly astounding. He’s stylishly supported by... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Concerto
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Weber: Der Freischütz
RecommendedMaximilian Schmitt (Max), Polina Pasztircsák (Agathe), Kateryna Kasper (Ännchen), Dimitry Ivashchenko (Kaspar), Yannick Debus (Kilian), Matthias Winckhler (Kuno), Christian Immler (Hermit), Max Urlacher (Samiel)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, René Jacobs
If it all convinces that’s because Jacobs has an absolute instinct for Weber’s score. The horns of the Freiburger Barockorchester are almost a character in their own right in this Romantic opera... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th April 2022
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Record Review, 29th April 2022, Record of the Week
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Opera, July 2022, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Opera
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Opera
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Weber: Der Freischütz
RecommendedChristine Brewer (Agathe), Sally Matthews (Ännchen), Lars Woldt (Kaspar), Simon O’Neill (Max), Stephan Loges (Ottokar/Zamiel), Martin Snell (Kuno), Gidon Saks (A Hermit), Marcus Farnsworth (Kilian), Lucy Hall (Bridesmaids)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis
This is a sincere reading of the work, but sincerity should not be confused with a lack of sophistication. The orchestral textures are pristine, the tempos and colours bracing and plaintive,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th May 2013
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Special offer. Weber: Der Freischütz
RecommendedLise Davidsen (Agathe), Andreas Schager (Max), Sofia Fomina (Ännchen), Alan Held (Kaspar), Markus Eiche (Ottokar), Franz-Josef Selig (Eremit)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony, MDR Leipzig Radio Choir, Marek Janowski
It is carefully done, and due attention is paid to Weber’s inventive score, but the result is frankly pedestrian…There’s good singing here, led by Lise Davidsen’s sweet-toned Agathe, who sings... — More…
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Record Review, 26th October 2019, Disc of the Week
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Opera
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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El-Khoury is never less than stylish with precisely the vocal agility that this repertoire requires. So there’s nimble and accurate coloratura and a full complement of brightly burnished top... — More…
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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International Opera Awards, 2018, Nominated - Solo Recital
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Opera, October 2017, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Recital
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Fröst Plays Weber
Clarinet Concertos
Martin Fröst (clarinet)
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow
The Swedish clarinettist Martin Fröst plays with admirable virtuosity and smoothness of tone, and it’s hard to imagine the music better performed. — More…
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Special offer. Magda Tagliaferro: The Complete 78-rpm solo and concerto recordings
Magda Tagliaferro (piano)
This well-rounded set argues for a more prominent position among 20th-century pianists than Tagliaferro has generally been accorded in the anglophone literature. It also affords the pleasure... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2020, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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