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Debussy: Nocturnes, Jeux, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
RecommendedLes Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
Both works are essentially about desire, and their sensuality is heightened here not only by their juxtaposition but by the dark warmth of Les Siècles’ period-instrument sound and the restrained... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2018, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2018
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Record Review, 22nd December 2018, Disc of the Week
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This Is Rattle
Grime, Ades. Birtwistle, Knussen & Elgar
Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
The dazzling panache of the LSO’s playing has you wondering all over again at the mesmerising range of options that Adès’s ear and technical command can summon…And Elgar’s Enigma Variations... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2019, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
RecommendedCarlos Acosta (Romeo) & Tamara Rojo (Juliet), José Martín (Mercutio) & Thiago Soares (Tybalt)
Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Boris Gruzin
As… the star-crossed lovers… the inspirational Carlos Acosta and the facially so expressive Tamara Rojo… galvanising conducted by Gruzin… all flaming testosterone thanks not only to Acosta and... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2010, DVD Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2010, DVD of the Month
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Life with Czech Music - Janacek & Martinu
RecommendedElisabeth Söderström (soprano), Drahomira Drobkova (contralto), Frantisek Livora (tenor), Richard Novak (bass), Jan Hora (organ), Kvetoslava Nemeckova (soprano), Leo Marian Vodicka (tenor), Vaclav Zitek (baritone), Josef Ruzicka (piano), Jan Bouse (timpani), Eva Urbanova (soprano), Bernarda Fink...
Even the recording acoustic is warm, enough sometimes to curl the music’s edges and smudge away little details. But Mackerras’s handling of this repertoire is so fresh, so responsive to the... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Choral
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Talbot, J: The Winter's Tale
RecommendedEdward Watson (Leontes), Sarah Lamb (Perdita), Zenaida Yanowsky (Paulina), Steven McRae (Florizel), Federico Bonelli (Polizenes), Lauren Cuthbertson (Hermione)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, David Briskin
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Barbara Hannigan (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
Every nuance [of The Rite] is crafted, each detail considered, yet there is still a sense of danger and visceral power…Rattle and the LSO are joined, usurped even, by the extraordinary Barbara... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, Orchestral Choice
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This captures much of the peerless tone-colour, shape, drive and above all those hushed dynamics of [the] performance, awarded what feels like an infinite silence at the end...Abbado's pacing... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - DVD Performance
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2011, DVD of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, DVD Award Winner
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New,
Hérold: La Fille mal gardée Carlos Acosta (Colas), Marianela Nuñez (Lise), William Tuckett (Widow Simone) & Jonathan Howells (Alain)
The Royal Ballet & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Anthony Twiner
La fille mal gardée is sheer perfection, Nuñez and Acosta are unsurpassable respectively in the feminine grace and masculine confidence of Ashton's Lise and Colas, and their mimetic skills... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z630
Julia Bullock (Teculihuatzin/Dona Luisa), Vince Yi (Hunahpu), Nadine Koutcher (Dona Isabel), Christophe Dumaux (Ixbalanque), Markus Brutscher (Don Pedrarias Davila), Noah Stewart (Don Pedro de Alvarado), Maritxell Carrero (Leonor)
MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis
the camerawork has incredible intimacy and musical sensitivity…the MusicAeterna Choir and Orchestra of Perm Opera hug every hairpin and cleave to the exotic timbres of the continuo…sopranos... — More…
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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