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Hi Res Download, Rodrigo (composer)
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This bright and driven Concierto de Aranjuez [is] played with a clarity that manages to achieve the shock of the new despite being the world’s best known concerto for his instrument. Garcia’s... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2020
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With his resplendent mezzo-soprano-ish tone quality and ease of vocal production, the much-awarded Hugh Cutting represents a new level in the evolution of the countertenor voice in this debut... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2025, Editor's Choice
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The New York Times, Best Classical Music Albums of 2025
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Special offer. Zaytoun
Haitham Haidar (soloist), Abdul-Wahab Kayyali, Sylvain Bergeron, Amanda Keesmaat, Abraham Ross, Tanya LaPerrière
His voice has an unmannered directness which goes straight to the heart, whether it's in Monteverdi's 'Nigra sum' or in the sweet simplicity of a paean to Jesus commonly sung in Arab churches... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2025, Vocal Choice
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Pilar Lorengar
RecommendedBerlin, 1959 - 1962
Pilar Lorengar, Richard Klemm (viola da gamba), Siegfried Behrend (guitar), Hertha Klust (piano)
RIAS-Kammerchor, RIAS-Orchester RSO Berlin & Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
[an] abundance of delights … if you want to revel in the beauty and freshness of one of the postwar era’s most lovable soprano voices in its youthful prime, this is a set to head for. —
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Opera, September 2014, Recording of the Month
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Building a Library, July 2019, Also Recommended
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Miloš: Aranjuez
RecommendedMiloš Karadaglić (guitar)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Miloš Karadaglić has a feather-light touch, honeyed tone and warm bass. Musical details are well thought through, and - like a good pianist pedalling - he knows when, and how long, to let notes... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th February 2014
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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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... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th August 2022
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Garcia’s smooth, rich and sweet sound and impeccable virtuosity, in a spacey and warm acoustic, may not be a totally individual voice yet. But this [is] a delight for everyone, from the curious... —
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O’Brien is a patrician artist who plays with a gorgeous, pure tone, elegant phrasing, and remarkable fluidity in even the most demanding passages. She is also a keenly imaginative artist; one... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Rodrigo: Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. 2
Ricardo Gallen (guitar)
Asturias Symphony Orchestra, Maximiano Valdes
The focus of these three volumes is on concertos, the most popular and arguably the best segment of Rodrigo's orchestral music. The best known are those for guitar and orchestra, of the very... —
