SACD, Schumann (composer)
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Special offer. Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50
RecommendedSally Matthews (Peri), Mark Padmore (narrator), Kate Royal (soprano), Bernarda Fink (alto), Andrew Staples (tenor), Florian Boesch (bass), Soloists from Guildhall School (Quartet)
London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle
Vivid detail and clear choral textures come over quite stunningly on both formats, but the Blu-ray has the edge...Sally Matthews doesn't quite catch the ethereal quality Gardiner's Barbara Bonney... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th October 2015
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2016, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2015
2 SACDs + Blu-ray Audio
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The art of vocal duetting is exemplified at its best in this recital by two of today’s finest British singers, working with an accompanist of equal merit…each singer has solo items…Yet the most... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Solo Vocal
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Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts Mendelssohn & Schumann
RecommendedMaria João Pires (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
[Pires] has the enviable ability to make everything sound fresh but natural, and her tone is enchanting...The definition on [the Blu-ray] is superb and the camera work actually helps the viewer... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th October 2014
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Simon Rattle conducts Schumann’s Symphonies
Recorded live at the Berlin Philharmonie in February und November 2013
Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle
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Gardiner [goes] all out for visceral sensation. The London performances bring the music most readily to life. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th September 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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Generally, these performances are thrilling, and Bis’s engineering team complements them with equally thrilling recorded sound. If you want a box of Schumann symphonies in something approaching... — More…
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Brahms: Cello Sonatas & Schumann: Fünf Stücke im Volkston
Christian Poltéra (cello), Ronald Brautigam (piano)
The duo fill their phrasing, rhythm and sense of momentum with bracing fresh air, bringing maximum exhilaration to a work that too often can seem to lack it. Poltéra’s tone leaps and glows –... — More…
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R. Schumann: Piano Trios, Vol. 2
Malin Broman, Jesper Svedberg, Simon Crawford-Phillips, Lawrence Power
Kungsbacka Piano Trio
eminently satisfying…the Kungsbacka players clearly feel no need to apologise or make excuses for Schumann’s last excursion into piano trio territory. — More…
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Right from that wonderful opening fanfare, the ‘Spring’ has a sense of confident, intelligent, loving engagement with the music, well served by the recording team, which carried me right through... — More…
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Mozart, Schumann & Others: Clarinet Trios
Michael Collins (clarinet), Isabelle van Keulen (viola, violin), Michael McHale (piano)
Wigmore Soloists
With peerless clarinet tone from Michael Collins, volatile viola phrasing from Isabelle van Keulen and brightfingered pianism from Michael McHale – three founding members of the recently formed... — More…
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