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CD, Weill, K (composer)
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The Kurt Weill Album
RecommendedKatharine Mehrling (Anna), Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Joana Mallwitz
Mallwitz and her orchestra play every note with meaning. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd August 2024
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2024, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2025, Conductor of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Winners, Orchestral
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New. In Search of Youkali: Songs of Kurt Weill
Katie Bray (mezzo), William Vann (piano), Murray Grainger (accordion), Marianne Schofield (double bass)
Bray and Vann have been developing this programme together for years, and it shows in their easy fluency; the other two instruments are used tellingly, painting in subtle rather than primary... — More…
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Forbidden, yet seldom forbidding, Appl’s exquisitely cultivated fruits are ripe for plucking, and deserve to be consumed with unalloyed relish! — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2023
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New. Kurt Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins
Wallis Giunta (mezzo-soprano), Jennifer France (soprano), Katarina Andreasson (violin), Benjamin Herzl, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Hk Gruber
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Special offer. Quiet City
RecommendedAlison Balsom (trumpet), Tom Poster (piano), Nicholas Daniel (cor anglais), Britten Sinfonia, Scott Stroman
Revisiting the improvisatory practice of jazz icons with highly idiosyncratic techniques can fall flat, but Balsom and the Britten Sinfonia make it work. They are entirely idiomatic and wonderfully... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th August 2022
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Special offer. Dance With Me
RecommendedLUDWIG Orchestra, Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Lucienne Rénaudin-Vary (trumpet), Berlage Saxophone Quartet
The tautness of the Ludwig Orchestra’s playing – augmented in four dances by the Berlage Saxophone Quartet – echoes that of the best bands of the big band era, and the arrangements are not only... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th March 2022
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Special offer. Kaleidoscope
RecommendedFatma Said (soprano), Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Sascha Goetzel
Said vaults effortlessly across stylistic boundaries, often via dazzling arrangements by her collaborator Tim Allhoff. And that Whitney Houston track? Even diehard sceptics will be moved by... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd September 2022
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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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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year & Solo Vocal
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Weill & Vasks: Violin Concertos
Anthony Marwood (violin & conductor)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Anthony Marwood has championed the Vasks over a number of years and delivers a wonderfully moving and intense performance of the solo part. The strings of the Academy of St Martins in the Fields... — More…
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Kurt Weill: Love Life
Orchestra of Opera North and James Holmes featuring Themba Mvula, Quirijn de Lang and Stephanie Corley, Stephanie Corley (soloist), Quirijn de Lang (soloist), Themba Mvula (soloist), Orchestra of Opera North and James Holmes featuring Chorus Of Opera North, Orchestra of Opera North and James Holmes...
Weill is not always on top form: but it's an interesting piece, here given a second chance to succeed, and expertly done. — More…
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