Opera , Opera Excerpts

Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow: Symphony No. 10

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons

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Stéphane Degout (baritone) Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon

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Michael Spyres (baritenor), Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset

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Sabine Devieilhe (soprano) Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon

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Paul Watkins (cello), Robert Murray (tenor) BBC Philharmonic, Edward Gardner

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Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2

London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

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Bizet - L' Arlésienne Orchestral Suites

Les Musiciens du Louvre & Chœur de l’opéra de Lyon, Marc Minkowski

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Sabine Devieilhe (soprano) & Alexandre Tharaud (piano) Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth

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Special offer. Saint-Saëns: Symphonic Poems - Le Carnaval des Animaux - l'Assassinat du Duc de Guise

Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth

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Great Works for Flute and Orchestra

Sharon Bezaly (flute) Residentie Orkest Den Haag, Neeme Järvi

Gramophone Magazine, November 2013, Editor's Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Concerto

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Images

Anna Lapwood (organ of Ely Cathedral)

Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Spatial Audio

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Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3

Gaston Litaize (organ) Orchestre de Paris, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim

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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Alpesh Chauhan

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Cleopatra - Baroque Arias

Les nuits de Paris

Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth

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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Regula Mühlemann (soprano) La Folia Barockorchester, Robin Peter Müller

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Felicity Lott (soprano) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi

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Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Kristjan Järvi

Presto Editor's Choice, April 2017
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Kaufmann: Wagner

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Markus Brück (bass-baritone) Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Donald Runnicles

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Sunday Times, 2013, Best of the Year
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Alison Balsom: Sound The Trumpet | Royal Music of Purcell and Handel

Alison Balsom (trumpet), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano) The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

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Benjamin Bernheim

Benjamin Bernheim (tenor) PKF Prague Philharmonia, Emmanuel Villaume

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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
Presto Editor's Choice, November 2019
International Opera Awards, 2020, Nominated - Solo Recital Recording
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Special offer. The Italian Intermezzo: Music without words

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda

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Special offer. Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat & Nights in the Gardens of Spain

Carlos Miguel Prieto, The Orchestra of the Americas, Alejandra Gómez Ordaz, Jorge Federico Osorio

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Beethoven: Fidelio

Lise Davidsen (Leonore), Christian Elsner (Florestan), Georg Zeppenfeld (Rocco), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Don Pizarro), Christina Landshamer (Marzelline), Cornel Frey (Jaquino), Günther Groissböck (Don Fernando), Dresdner Philharmoniker, Marek Janowski

Presto Editor's Choice, July 2021
International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Opera

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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
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New. Richard Strauss: Tone Poems and Interludes

Orchester der Oper Zürich, Gianandrea Noseda

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Rostropovich Encores

Alban Gerhardt (cello) & Markus Becker (piano)

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Il Tenore

Freddie De Tommaso (tenor), with Lise Davidsen (soprano), Natalya Romaniw (soprano), Aigul Akhmetshina (mezzo) Philharmonia Orchestra, Paolo Arrivabeni

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Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie Pyrénées Méditerranée, Michael Schønwandt

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Mussorgsky-Stokowski: Pictures at an Exhibition

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, José Serebrier

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Penguin Guide, Rosette

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Special offer. The Wagner Project

Matthias Goerne (baritone) The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding

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Special offer. The Art of the Prima Donna

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Chorus & Orchestra of the ROH, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

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Special offer. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Rimsky-Korsakov: Kitezh Suite

London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda

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Great Strauss Scenes

Christine Brewer (soprano), Eric Owens (bass-baritone) Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles

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BBC Music Magazine, October 2010, Opera Choice
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Wilhelm Furtwängler conducts Strauss & Wagner

Kirsten Flagstad Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

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L'Opéra | deluxe version

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Ludovic Tézier (baritone) Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Bertrand de Billy

Presto Recording of the Week, 15th September 2017
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International Opera Awards, 2018, Nominated - Solo Recital

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Arias for Guadagni | the first modern castrato

Iestyn Davies (countertenor) Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen

Gramophone Magazine, August 2012, Editor's Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2012, Winner - Recital

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L'Opéra | jewelcase version

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Ludovic Tézier (baritone), Sonya Yoncheva (soprano) Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Bertrand de Billy

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Puccini: La Rondine

Angela Gheorghiu (Magda/Anna), Roberto Alagna (Ruggero/Roberto), William Matteuzzi (Prunier), Inva Mula (Lisette), Alberto Renaldi (Rambaldo) London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi

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Rachmaninov - Solo Piano Works

Simon Trpčeski (piano)

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Écho

Joyce El-Khoury (soprano), Michael Spyres (tenor) The Hallé, Carlo Rizzi

The Times Records of the Year, 2017
International Opera Awards, 2018, Nominated - Solo Recital
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Nielsen: Orchestral Music

Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard

Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Orchestral
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Record Review, December 2007, Critics Disc of the Year
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Prokofiev for Two | All works transcribed for two pianos by Sergei Babayan.

Martha Argerich (piano) & Sergei Babayan (piano)

Presto Editor's Choice, March 2018
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Maria | Standard CD jewel version

Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Maxim Vengerov (violin) Orchestra La Scintilla & International Chamber Soloists, Ádám Fischer

Presto Recording of the Week, 12th November 2007
Gramophone Magazine, December 2007, Editor's Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - Recital

Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 & Wagner: Siegfried’s Funeral March

Gewandhausorchester, Andris Nelsons

Presto Recording of the Week, 20th April 2018
Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2018
Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Orchestral

Wagner - Overtures & Preludes

Lilo Brockhaus, Carlotta Ordassy, Barbro Ericson, Cvetka Ahlin, Helga Jenckel, Liselotte Rebmann, Danica Mastilovic, Ingrid Steger Wiener Philharmoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bamberger Symphoniker, Karl Böhm, Rafael Kubelik, Herbert von Karajan, Eugen Jochum, Otto Gerdes

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Martinu - Music from the opera Juliette

Magdalena Kožená (Juliette), Steve Davislim (Michel), Frédéric Goncalves, Michéle Lagrange & Nicolas Testé Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

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Valer Sabadus (countertenor), Nuria Rial (soprano) L’Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar

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Kate Lindsey (mezzo), Baptiste Trotignon (piano)

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Special offer. Richard Wagner: Famous Opera Scenes

Nikolai Lugansky (piano)

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Tristan - Vinyl Edition

Igor Levit (piano), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Franz Welser-Möst

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Gluck Arias

Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano), The Mozartists, Ian Page

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The Orchestral Organ

Jan Kraybill (organ)

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Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons

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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year

Jonas Kaufmann - Romantic Arias

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Marco Armiliato

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Visions of Prokofiev

Lisa Batiashvili (violin) Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

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Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114 (highlights)

Renée Fleming (Rusalka), Ben Heppner (Prince), Dolora Zajick (Jezibaba), Eva Urbanová (Foreign Princess), Franz Hawalta (Water Goblin) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Kühn Mixed Choir, Sir Charles Mackerras

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