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Mozart: Mass in C minor, K427 'Great'
RecommendedCarolyn Sampson (soprano), Olivia Vermeulen (alto), Makoto Sakurada (tenor), Christian Immler (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Stripping the score right back, Suzuki makes musicianship dominate. He taps into the subtle arts of his fellow performers, especially Carolyn Sampson, to create a benchmark performance…Sampson... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2017, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2016, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Choral
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Building a Library, September 2020, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. French Bel Canto Arias
RecommendedLisette Oropesa (soprano), Sachsischer Staatsopernchor, Dresdner Philharmonie, Corrado Rovaris
Her voice is both pure and full-bodied, with an extensive range in terms of both tessitura and characterisation, allowing her to do justice to the many different moods showcased on this recording,... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2022, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year & Solo Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
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International Opera Awards, 2023, Winner - Solo Recording
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New. Ludwig van Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas I
Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (fortepiano)
Everywhere is colour, drama and thought-filled expressive detail... the intimacy and sensitively weighted balancing of this conversation, and the natural immediacy of Andrew Keener’s capturing... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Editor's Choice
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This is a delight: sprightly, well-articulated playing which bounds with vitality. The Archduke starts in an almost improvisatory spirit...The energy of the performance is driven by the pianist... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2023, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2023, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, May 2025, Recommended Recording
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Building A Library, September 2025, Recommended Recording (Archduke)
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the most striking aspects of Podger’s playing throughout this recital (compared to most 20th-century ‘golden-agers’), is her enhanced range of tone and articulation, her vastly more flexible... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Recording of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Winner - Instrumental
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Solo Instrumental
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Instrumental
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the highly accomplished Chiaroscuro promote an ‘Ibragimovian’ view of Beethoven that is above all dynamic, intelligent, agile and argumentative, with much vividly attenuated phrasing added to... —
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Record Review, Records of the Year 2021
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Building A Library, May 2022, Also Recommended
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Special offer. C.P.E. Bach: Sonatas For Keyboard & Violin
RecommendedRachel Podger (violin), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
Their music-making is infectiously spontaneous yet tellingly ‘considered’ – seamless rapport and impeccably-judged articulation delighting in a stream of illuminating felicities. CPE Bach’s... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023
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The Chiaroscuro Quartet are particularly good at capturing the more forward-looking moments…Their use of gut strings and a historically-informed approach produces focused tone throughout; the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2018
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Record Review, 17th November 2018, Disc of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Chamber Music
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The Chiaroscuro Quartet revel in the composer's play of ideas...It was the interpretation of No. 5 that blind-sided me on a first listening...This is a deeply absorbing reading, and can make... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2017, Disc of the month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Building a Library, February 2018, Recommended Recording
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Johann Wilhelm Wilms: The Piano Concertos, Vol. 1
RecommendedRonald Brautigam (piano), Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens
Brautigam and Willens plainly believe in this music: they collaborated on the editions used, and create performances of lightness and transparency, matched by the recording’s clarity. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st July 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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