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Vocal, Vocal (Orchestral), Barber (composer)
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Special offer. Barber: The Complete Songs
RecommendedDylan Perez (piano), Samantha Clarke, Soraya Mafi, Louise Kemény, Mary Bevan (sopranos), Fleur Barron (mezzo), Jess Dandy (contralto), Nicky Spence (tenor), Dominic Sedgwick, Julien Van Mellaerts (baritones), William Thomas (bass)
Navarra String Quartet
Dylan Perez’s pianism is consistently insightful without obtruding – a tall order for any accompanist – and his curating of the entire project is masterly...These two discs undoubtedly set a... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Song
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The tracks for voice and piano are a highlight. Bullock’s performance of ‘City Called Heaven’, a traditional Black spiritual in an arrangement by Hall Johnson, is quite something...The jazz-based... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, Choral & Song Choice
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Record Review, 7th January 2023, Record of the Week
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year, Solo Vocal
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Young Talent of the Year
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Grammy Awards, 66th Awards (2024), Winner - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Vocal
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Special offer. The World Feels Dusty
RecommendedSongs by Barber, Chausson, Copland, Debussy and Wallen
Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)
The Chausson is infallibly paced, both musicians instinctively knowing where a phrase is heading and where each moment of intensity lands. The orchestrally conceived piano writing shimmers,... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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New. BRITTEN: Les Illuminations, Op. 18 (en français and in English) • BARBER: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24
Julia Kogan (soloist), Andrew Walton (editing engineer)
Britten Sinfonia, Steven Lloyd-Gonzalez
Partnered by the Britten Sinfonia in fine form under Steven Lloyd Gonzalez, Kogan is radiantly commanding in the more driven parts of Les Illuminations, such as 'Fanfare' and 'Villes'. — More…
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Barber: Orchestral Works Volume 5
Karina Gauvin (soprano) & Thomas Trotter (organ)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Marin Alsop
Karina Gauvin and Marin Alsop take a nostalgic view of Knoxville: Summer of 1915. Theirs is an adult's bittersweet reminiscence rather than a child's innocent view. The outer sections sway slowly,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2004, Disc of the Month
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Femmes Fatales - Soprano Heroines from the Orient
Seljan Nasibili (soprano), National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine; Yalchin Adigezalov
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Distant Light
RecommendedRenée Fleming (soprano)
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
[The Strand Settings] already seems a classic with its declamatory vocal ardour, orchestral finesse, and communicative confluence of styles, from tinkling minimalism to a snatch of mock Handel.... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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A Concert for Ukraine
RecommendedVladyslav Buialskyi (baritone), Lise Davidsen (soprano), Jamie Barton (mezzo-soprano), Piotr Beczala (tenor), Ryan Speedo Green (bass-baritone), Elza van den Heever (soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
This is a moving record of the Metropolitan Opera’s concert in solidarity with Ukraine, back in March, when the war was in its early days. A stirring Ukrainian national anthem and Silvestrov’s... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Nominee - Best Classical Compendium
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Leontyne Price - Samuel Barber
RecommendedLeontyne Price (soprano)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Thomas Schippers
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Grammy Awards, 12th Awards (1969), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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International Classical Music Awards, 2017, Winner - Historical
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