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Orchestral players will travel long distances to make music with [Wilson] and this recording shows why…It’s far from being all noise, the woodwind in particular being exquisitely agile…All the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2020, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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In John Wilson's account [of The Sorcerer's Apprentice] the drama is calibrated to a T with virtuosity and precision aplenty, from the first purposely placed pizzicato 'plop' to that unearthly... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st May 2026
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Special offer. L'heure exquise: Alice Coote
A French Songbook
Alice Coote (mezzo) & Graham Johnson (piano)
The beauty of Alice Coote’s mezzo-soprano glows with radiance. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Solo Vocal
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The Mendelssohn Variations come over as truly 'sérieuses', on a par with anything by his friend Schumann, thanks to Hough's vivid characterisation and dramatic flair. And if the 'Arietta' of... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2009, Disc of the Month
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it's a superlative performance [of Alborada del gracioso] by any standards, including repeated notes that turn me green with envy. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd September 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Musique Adorable
Felicity Lott (soprano) William Burden (tenor) Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Graham Johnson(piano)
Adorable indeed … these songs steal into the heart. This is a set made for a lifetime's listening and enjoyment —
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This will lift the spirits...The brass of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande are full of verve, nicely crisp yet harrumphing when needed, while the woodwind are markedly less acidic than in... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2013, Orchestral Choice
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the RLPO dance with a combination of grace and snap, while a sense of latent energy permeates elsewhere, bursting forth with panache in 'Le matin d'un jour de fête' even if the conclusion is... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st October 2025
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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The over-modestly titled Pièces pittoresques are really his Preludes, ten varied sound poems which search the soul and come up with not angst nor rage, but a unique combination of joy, vulnerability,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2006, Editor's Choice
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Je te veux
Julie Fuchs, Alphonse Cemin (piano, contrabass), Félicien Brut (accordion), Davide Vittone (contrabass), Alexis Cardenas (violin), Levy Sekgapane (contrabass), Florent Baffi (bass)
You'd have to be pretty stony-hearted not to be at least a little smitten with this amiable saunter through the Belle Époque...Clearly having a ball, French soprano Julie Fuchs leads the way... —
