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Shibe brings a lively charisma and a vibrant array of musical colour to the album, conjuring everything from 17th-century lute to Arabic oud across this wide-reaching programme. Sulayman’s performance... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th May 2023
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Grammy Awards, 66th Awards (2024), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Chamayou certainly possesses the scintillating technique and broad palette of tonal colour required for Messiaen’s extraordinary music. As is clear from the thunderous explosions under the bells... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Solo Instrumental
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Piano
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The famed King’s Singers attention to pin-point pitching, slick ensemble, and deft balances between the voices are present in abundance. The two Beatles arrangements are particularly successful…The... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2017, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Classical Compendium
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Taken at face value, the order and selection of works seems entirely random…However, the eccentric programme is carefully considered; repeated listening reveals new parallels between the pieces.... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, Instrumental Choice
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2018, Nouveauté
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2019, Solo Recital (flute)
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Here's another enlightened programme from the young German Schumann Quartet...Haydn's Sunrise is freshly radiant in their hands, the Menuett almost swung with an elastic rhythmic bounce, the... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2017, Chamber Choice
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Schallplattenkritik Awards, 2017, Winner - Jahrespreis
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Special offer. Takemitsu: Spectral Canticle
Jakob Kellermann (guitar), Vivane Hagner (violin), BBC Philharmonic, Christian Karlsen
Jakob Kellermann’s playing matches the refinement of Takemitsu’s textures, opened out for the listener by immaculate engineering, which scores over a live experience with the balance problems... — More…
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Takemitsu's work in the final decade of his life was gentle, full of tenderness, sentiment and sighs. But he never entirely discarded the starker beauty of his earlier work. Air distills much... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2003, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Assorted Program
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Special offer. Alison Balsom: Seraph
RecommendedAlison Balsom (trumpet)
Scottish Ensemble, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Renes
Seraph may not quite be another Veni, Veni Emmanuel...But it's still very enjoyable, from the Haydn-tinged jollity of the first movement, through a mysterious and lyrical slow movement to the... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th February 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2012, Editor's Choice
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