SACD, Fauré (composer)
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Fauré: The Complete music for cello & piano
RecommendedAndreas Brantelid (cello) & Bengt Forsberg (piano)
Brantelid’s light, bright, satiny tone suits Fauré’s style down to the ground – more of a high tenor than a hefty baritone – and Forsberg brings the composer’s piano writing into shimmering... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th June 2017
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Isserlis and regular partner Connie Shih are perfect hosts, ensuring it all flows with deceptive ease, setting the scene with the wistful nobility of Hahn’s Variations chantantes sur un air... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2021
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Fauré: Requiem
Tom Pickard (treble) & Gerald Finley (baritone)
Choir of King's College Cambridge & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Cleobury
an engaging and admirable performance … what’s not to like about this release? Highly recommended. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2014, Disc of the month
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Special offer. Fauré: Requiem
RecommendedGrace Davidson (soprano) & William Gaunt (baritone), Gordan Nikolitch (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble, Tenebrae, Nigel Short
The playing of the London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble and their leader Gordon Nikolitch and the singing of Tenebrae and the two soloists are all exemplary. The problems here are not... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2013, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, July 2016, First Choice
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If IKEA were to make a cello, this would be it…Sow how does it sound? In Steven Isserlis’s hands, remarkably fine – though he only uses it for a handful of evocative miniatures…On Isserlis’s... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, Chamber Choice
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Harp recitals are almost bound to be appealing, such is the instrument’s seductiveness, but this one has substance, too. — More…
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A Verlaine Songbook
Carolyn Sampson sings settings of poems by Paul Verlaine
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)
The discovery of the disc are the songs by ‘Poldowski’ – a pseudonym for Régine Wieniawski…her songs prove nothing short of fabulous: warm, energetic and melodic, with a deep-set richness of... — More…
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Rysanov has previously demonstrated that there is far more to the instrument than Romantic brooding, but this disc finds him exploring that cliche...and the playing is utterly sublime, especially... — More…
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The Swedish-based Israeli has phenomenal strength and versatility, combined with crystalline clarity of sound. Her 24-carat gold, custom-built Muramatsu flute is reminiscent of James Galway,... — More…
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