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Vocal, Vocal (Orchestral), Britten (composer)
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Contemplation
RecommendedHuw Montague Rendall (baritone), Opéra Orchestre Normandie Rouen, Ben Glassberg
The first thing one notices in this wide-ranging recital from rising baritone Huw Montague Rendall is his seriousness of purpose...There’s also top-rank work from the orchestra and conductor;... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2024, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2024, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024, Shortlisted - Debut Solo Album
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Winners, Voice & Ensemble
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International Opera Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Solo Recording
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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
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Britten: War Requiem
RecommendedHeather Harper (soprano). Philip Langridge (tenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone), Roderick Elms (organ)
London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral, Richard Hickox
'Drawing on a disciplined and dedicated response from his London Symphony forces, Hickox masterminds a stirring display (ideally balanced by the Couzens production team) that scales genuine... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Engineering
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It almost goes without saying that the performances are magnificent...Warmly supported by the Orchestre Victor Hugo under Jean-François Verdier and captured in glowing sound, Piau has created... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Britten: War Requiem
RecommendedHeather Harper (soprano), Philip Langridge (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone), Martyn Hill (tenor)
Choristers of St Paul`s Cathedral, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Richard Hickox
Britten's War Requiem is the composer's most public statement of his pacifism.
The work is cast in six movements and calls for massive forces: full chorus, soprano soloist and full orchestra... — More…Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Engineering
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Building a Library, June 2017, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Visions Illuminées
RecommendedMary Bevan (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)
12 Ensemble, Ruisi Quartet
The heart of the recital is a radiantly searching performance of Britten’s Les illuminations...Bevan’s ability to combine warmth with refreshing vigour is to the fore in Chausson’s Chanson perpétuelle... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Eve finds her voice as Prohaska and Drake navigate Eden’s bright spots and murkier corners. A heady selection of songs to intoxicate the senses; vivid storytelling and musicality. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Song
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This set gives an invaluable historical cross-section of Antipodean singers in both commercial and rare archive recordings. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2017, Re-issue of the Month
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The Bamberg musicians are too interested in the sheer, the precise and the subtle [in the Ravel] to stumble into cheap exoticism. The colours are sharp in Britten’s Quatre chansons françaises,... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Record Review, 3rd June 2017, Recording of the Week
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I Wonder As I Wander
RecommendedBeethoven, Schubert, Mahler & Britten
James Newby (baritone), Joseph Middleton (piano)
These are songs for the still grey skies of winter, filled with yearning for the other – whether a love unrequited or lost, a life that falls bitterly short, a homeland viewed from exile – coloured... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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