Vocal, Brahms (composer)

Schubert: Schwanengesang & Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge

Gerald Finley (baritone), Julius Drake (piano)

Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2019, Editor's Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Solo Vocal

For Dieter: Hommage à Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

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Benjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano)

Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd May 2025
BBC Music Magazine, July 2025, Vocal Choice
Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2025, Special Project

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Soirée

Magdalena Kožená (mezzo), Sir Simon Rattle (piano), Rahel Rilling (violin), Wolfram Brandl (violin), Yulia Deyneka (viola), David Adorjan (cello), Andrew Marriner (clarinet)

Presto Recording of the Week, 13th September 2019
International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Assorted Program

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Lieder

Fatma Said (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Joseph Middleton (piano), Huw Montague Rendall (baritone), Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Anneleen Lenaerts (harp), Quatuor Arod

Presto Recording of the Week, 7th February 2025
Gramophone Magazine, April 2025, Editor's Choice
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025

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New. Melancolie

Konstantin Krimmel (baritone), Ammiel Bushakevitz (piano)

Special offer. Brahms: Works for chorus and orchestra

Ann Hallenberg (mezzo) Collegium Vocale Gent & Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Philippe Herreweghe

Presto Recording of the Week, 5th March 2012
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Choral Finalist
Gramophone Magazine, May 2012, Editor's Choice
BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, Choral & Song Choice

Lieder: Berg, Schumann, Wolf, Shostakovich, Brahms

Matthias Goerne (bass-baritone), Daniil Trifonov (piano)

Presto Editor's Choice, June 2022
Gramophone Magazine, October 2022, Editor's Choice
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music
Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year & Solo Vocal

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Special offer. Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge

Matthias Goerne (baritone) & Christoph Eschenbach (piano)

Presto Recording of the Week, 17th June 2016
Gramophone Magazine, September 2016, Editor's Choice
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Solo Vocal

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The Organ of Westminster Cathedral

Robert Quinney (Westminster Cathedral organ, Henry Willis III, 1922-32)

BBC Music Magazine, December 2006, Instrumental Choice
Gramophone Magazine, February 2007, Editor's Choice

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Ehnes & Armstrong Play Brahms & Schumann

James Ehnes (violin), Andrew Armstrong (piano)

Gramophone Magazine, December 2024, Editor's Choice

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Special offer. Brahms: Viola Sonatas & Zwei Gesange Op. 91

Antoine Tamestit (viola), Cédric Tiberghien (piano), Matthias Goerne (baritone)

Presto Editor's Choice, February 2021
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Chamber Music

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Special offer. Good Night!

Bertrand Chamayou (piano)

Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020, Editor's Choice
Presto Recording of the Week, 16th October 2020
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020

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Brahms: The Complete Songs Volume 6 (Ian Bostridge)

Ian Bostridge (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)

Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015

Lines of Life: Schubert & Kurtág

Benjamin Appl (baritone), György Kurtág (piano), James Baillieu (piano), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Csaba Bencze (trombone), Gergely Lukác (tuba)

International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Vocal Music
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
The New York Times, Best Classical Music Albums of 2025
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Shortlisted - Vocal

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Nostalgia | Brahms, Mussorgsky, Bartók

Brahms: Clarinet Quintet

Martin Fröst (clarinet), with Janine Jansen (violin), Boris Brovtsyn (violin), Maxim Rysanov (viola), Torleif Thedéen (cello), with Roland Pöntinen (piano), with Torleif Thedéen (cello) & Roland Pöntinen (piano) Br

Gramophone Magazine, July 2014, Editor's Choice
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Chamber

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Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Yefim Bronfman (piano)

Gramophone Magazine, November 2021, Editor's Choice
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Song

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Special offer. Poèmes d'un Jour

but I like to sing...

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Song

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Stéphane Degout (baritone) & Simon Lepper (piano)

Presto Editor's Choice, March 2019
Gramophone Magazine, May 2019, Editor's Choice
International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Vocal
Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice

Mahler: Kindertotenlieder and 3 Rückert Lieder and Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge

Kathleen Ferrier Vienna Philharmonic, Bruno Walter

Penguin Guide, Rosette

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Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol. 9 - Robin Tritschler

Robin Tritschler (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano), Harriet Burns (soprano)

The King's Singers - GOLD

The King's Singers

Gramophone Magazine, December 2017, Editor's Choice
Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Classical Compendium

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ELEGY

Joseph Middleton (piano), Mary Bevan (soprano)

Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2025, Editor's Choice
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025

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Special offer. Life Force

Peter Moore (trombone) & James Baillieu (piano)

BBC Music Magazine, September 2018, Recording of the Month

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Hans Hotter

Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Gerald Moore (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Anthony Bernard

Building a Library, September 1999, Mid-Price Choice
Penguin Guide, Rosette

Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol. 10 - Sophie Rennert

Sophie Rennert (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano), Lawrence Power (viola)

Special offer. Brahms Songbook, Vol. 2

Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Gramophone Magazine, October 2024, Editor's Choice
International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music

Special offer. Brahms & Wolf: Lieder

Reflection

Helene Grimaud (piano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Truls Mørk (cello) Staatskapelle Dresden, Esa-Pekka Salonen

BBC Music Magazine, February 2006, Orchestral Choice
Record Review, December 2006, Critics Disc of the Year
Gramophone Magazine, February 2006, Editor's Choice

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Florian Boesch (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Gramophone Awards, 2026 Shortlist, Song

Songs from the Arc of Life

Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (piano)

Voces 8

Daniel Hope (violin), Zürcher Kammerorchester (chamber orchestra), Benjamin Günst (violin), Jenö Lisztes (cimbalom), Omar Massa (bandoneon), Stephane Logerot (bass), Joscho Stephan (guitar), Jacques Ammon (piano), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp)

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Special offer. Grainger: Rambles & Reflections | Grainger's transcriptions of works by other composers

Piers Lane (piano)

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New. Bernard Haitink – Berlin, Vienna, Boston: Complete Recordings on Decca & Philips

Bernard Haitink

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The Very Best of Jacqueline Du Pré

Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Gerald Moore, Roy Jesson, Osian Ellis, John Williams, Pinchas Zukerman & Daniel Barenboim, Daniel Barenboim London Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

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Special offer. Tides of Life | Arrangements for string ensemble and baritone by David Matthews

Candida Thompson (violin) & Thomas Hampson (baritone) Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Netherlands Female Youth Choir

Presto Recording of the Week, 17th February 2017
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017

Special offer. Brahms - Lieder

Bernarda Fink (mezzo) & Roger Vignoles (piano)

Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Solo
Gramophone Magazine, May 2007, Editor's Choice

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Special offer. A Musical Zoo

Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Presto Editor's Choice, February 2021
BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, Choral & Song Choice

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Special offer. Brahms - Choral Works

Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman

Penguin Guide, Rosette

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Brahms: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3

Leonidas Kavakos (violin) & Yuja Wang (piano)

Gramophone Magazine, July 2014, Editor's Choice
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014

Paradise Lost

Anna Prohaska (soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

Presto Editor's Choice, April 2020
Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Song

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Blue Hour - Weber, Brahms, Mendelssohn

Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Yuja Wang (piano), Berliner Philharmoniker, Mariss Jansons

Opus Klassik Awards, 2019, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year (clarinet)
International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Assorted Program

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Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and Roger Vignoles

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano) & Roger Vignoles (piano)

Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Solo
BBC Music Magazine, April 2007, Choral & Song Choice

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Special offer. The World of Sacred Music

Choristers of St. Paul's Cathedral, John Scott (organ), The St. Anthony Singers, Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Semple (treble), Jonathan Chinchen (treble), Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, Peter White (organ), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Sir Geraint Evans (baritone), James Bowman (countertenor), Brighton Festival Chorus Goldsbrough Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Utah Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Welsh Orchestra, Christopher Dearnley, Sir Colin Davis, Sir Georg Solti, George Guest, Kurt Herbert Adler, Sir Neville Marriner, Julius Rudel, Sir Adrian Boult, Thomas Mansel, Laszlo Heltay

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The Record of Singing – The Very Best of Volumes 1-4 | From 1899 to the end of the 78 era: 1899-1952

Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Historic vocal
Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Historical
Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Historic vocal
Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Historic Reissue
Gramophone Awards, 1977, Winner - Historical

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Special offer. Kathleen Ferrier: The Legendary Edinburgh Recital, 1949

Kathleen Ferrier, Bruno Walter (piano)

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Aber Die Liebe - Johannes Brahms: Songs and Piano Works

Marie-Claude Chappuis (mezzo-soprano), Christian Chamorel, Hans Egidi, Quatuor Sine Nomine

International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music

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Michael Rabin Bell Telephone Hour 1: 1950-54

Michael Rabin (violin)

2 CDs: $16.75

New. Alexis Weissenberg: The Complete Warner Classics Edition

When Night Falls ...

Elina Garanča (mezzo), Raphaël Feuillâtre (guitar), Raimonds Pauls (piano), Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Malcolm Martineau (piano) Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria, Berlin Music Ensemble, Karel Mark Chichon

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Alexis Weissenberg (piano)

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Uncharted: Korngold - Brahms - Clara & Robert Schumann

Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen (countertenor), John Churchwell (piano)

Haydn All-Stars (Haydn, Ravel, Fontyn, Brahms)

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Trio Ernest

Gramophone Magazine, March 2024, Editor's Choice

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Selige Stunde | Romantic Songs

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano)

Presto Recording of the Week, 11th September 2020

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Brahms & Rheinberger - Masses & Motets

The Choir of Westminster Cathedral, Martin Baker (The Master of Music)

Songs of Rain

Karolina Errera (viola), Lilit Grigoryan (piano)

Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Young Talent

CD: $19.00

Brahms: The Complete Songs Volume 4 (Robert Holl)

Robert Holl (bass-baritone) & Graham Johnson (piano)