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Berlioz: Requiem
Javier Camarena (tenor), Chorus Santa Cecilia, Concertgebouworkest, Antonio Pappano
One could go on about the beauties and musical virtues of this release, but suffice to say that it is by far the best Berlioz Requiem in years. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Choral
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The magical art of the transcriber clearly lives on in the French capital: just listen to the Prokofiev Toccata and your jaw is guaranteed to drop in amazement! — More…
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Berlioz: Harold en Italie
RecommendedJames Ehnes (viola), James Ehnes (violin)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Davis and his production team have worked hard to keep James Ehnes's quite ravishingly beautiful playing in focus..It sounds as if Davis sees the work as more lyrical and Romantic...than as a... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette
Sasha Cooke (mezzo), Nicholas Phan (tenor), Luca Pisaroni (bass-baritone)
San Francisco Symphony & San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas
There is much to admire: buoyant energy, sparkling lightness (in the Queen Mab Scherzo), mostly well-balanced textures and acceptable if not quite native French. Yet after one hearing I felt... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Choral
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Claudio Abbado: The Last Concert
Recorded in May 2013, Philharmonie Berlin
Deborah York (soprano), Stella Doufexis (mezzo-soprano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
The legendary Abbado transparency is evident throughout this account [of the Mendelssohn] – a textural refinement that steers clear of preciousness and ever draws attention to itself. What needs... — More…
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Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 (Requiem)
Bror Magnus Tødenes (tenor)
Choir of Collegiûm Mûsicûm, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Choir, Eikanger-Bjørsvik Musikklag, Musicians from the Bergen Philharmonic Youth Orchestra & Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
[Gardner] has the measure of this work – of its pacing, its contrasts and, not least, of its idiosyncrasies. Among my favourite moments here is the momentous hush before the final ‘mors stupebit’…Achieving... — More…
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Berlioz: La damnation de Faust
Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano), Bryan Hymel (tenor), Christopher Purves (baritone), Gábor Bretz (bass)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Guildhall School Singers, Tiffin Children's Chorus, Tiffin Girls' Choir, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Sir Simon Rattle
The work and its style – especially the virtuosity and panache required – have clearly remained in the orchestra’s collective memory…Overall it’s a tightly organised and carefully paced achievement... — More…
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Record Review, 23rd March 2019, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Opera
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Mephistopheles And Other Bad Guys
Kevin Short (bass-baritone)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille, Lawrence Foster
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All the soloists are excellent, and thoughtful casting among the four baritones and bass-baritones has allotted the Israelite father to Matthew Brook, who brings just that touch of extra warmth... — More…
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Gatti’s reading is poised and energetic, lucid and detailed. Its unconventional emphasis on scene-painting over sweeping gesture yields some fascinating results in the opening movements…the Royal... — More…
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