Vocal , Vocal (Chamber)

Janáček: The Diary of One Who Disappeared | & other works

Nicky Spence (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Václava Housková (mezzo), VOICE, Victoria Samek (clarinet)

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Record Review, 6th July 2019
Gramophone Magazine, August 2019, Recording of the Month
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Vocal
Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Winner - Vocal
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020
Gramophone Awards, 2020, Winner - Solo Vocal

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

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

Presto Editor's Choice, February 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Chamber Music

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Broken Branches

Karim Sulayman (tenor), Sean Shibe (guitar)

Presto Recording of the Week, 12th May 2023
Grammy Awards, 66th Awards (2024), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

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Vaughan Williams: The Complete Symphonies

Ian Bostridge (tenor), Sarah Chang (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Orchestral
Gramophone Awards, 1990, Winner - Orchestral
Building A Library, May 2022, Recommended Recording

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Barber - Songs

Gerald Finley (baritone) & Julius Drake (piano) The Aronowitz Ensemble

BBC Music Magazine, December 2007, Choral & Song Choice
Gramophone Magazine, January 2008, Disc of the Month
Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - Solo Vocal

Special offer. Dame Janet Baker - Grandi Voci

Dame Janet Baker

Penguin Guide, Rosette

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Debussy Songs Volume 4

Lucy Crowe (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano) with Jennifer France (soprano), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Lucy Wakeford (harp)

Gramophone Magazine, March 2018, Editor's Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Solo Vocal

Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge & other songs

Nicky Spence (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Timothy Ridout (viola), Piatti Quartet

BBC Music Magazine, May 2022, Choral & Song Choice
Presto Editor's Choice, April 2022
Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Song
International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Chamber Music

Barber: The Complete Songs

Dylan 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

Presto Editor's Choice, May 2022
BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, Recording of the Month
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Song

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Special offer. La Passione | Haydn, Mozart & Beethoven

Christina Landshamer (soprano), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck

Record Review, 6th August 2022, Record of the Week
International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Assorted Programs

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Igor Stravinsky: Late Works

Cappella Amsterdam, Noord Nederlands Orkest, Daniel Reuss

Gramophone Magazine, February 2026, Editor's Choice

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

Kathleen Ferrier Vienna Philharmonic, Bruno Walter

Penguin Guide, Rosette

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Respighi: Vetrate di chiesa, Il tramonto & Trittico botticelliano

Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano) John Neschling

Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd February 2018
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
Diapason d’Or, March 2018, Nouveauté

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Berg: Lyric Suite

Renée Fleming (soprano) Emerson String Quartet

BBC Music Magazine, December 2015, Chamber Choice
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Chamber

Special offer. Ravel: The Complete Works With Piano

François-Xavier Poizat (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Simone Menezes

Gramophone Magazine, November 2024, Recording of the Month

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Special offer. Harrison Birtwistle: Chamber Music

Amy Freston (soprano), Adrian Brendel (cello), Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Till Fellner (piano), Roderick Williams (baritone)

Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Contemporary

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Special offer. A Lad's Love

Brian Giebler (tenor), Steven McGhee, Katie Hyun, Ben Russell, Jessica Meyer, Michael Katz, Reginald Mobley

Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

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Special offer. British Music Collection - Britten & Walton

Peter Pears (tenor), Dennis Brain (horn), Edith Sitwell (narrator) Boyd Neel String Orchestra, English Opera Group Ensemble, Benjamin Britten, Anthony Collins

Building a Library, November 1999, Historic Choice
Penguin Guide, Rosette

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Vaughan Williams | Anniversary Collectors Edition

George Maran, Ivor Newton (piano), Betty Dolemore (soprano), Robert Speaight (narrator), Harry Gabb (organ) London String Quartet, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Luton Choral Society, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, Sir Henry Wood

Penguin Guide, Rosette

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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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Saint-Saëns: Songs

François Le Roux (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano), Krysia Osostowicz (violin), Philippa Davies (flute)

Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording

Pierrot Portraits

Claire Booth (soprano), Ensemble 360

BBC Music Magazine, December 2024, Choral & Song Choice
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024

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Vaughan Williams: Songs

John Mark Ainsley (tenor) The Nash Ensemble

Building a Library, March 2001, First Choice

Respighi: Works for String Quartet

Brodsky Quartet, Anne Sofie von Otter

Penguin Guide, Rosette

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Special offer. Britten: Les Illuminations

Karina Gauvin (soprano) Les Violons du Roy, Jean-Marie Zeitouni

Building a Library, June 2015, First Choice

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Schoenberg, Berg & Webern: Complete Works for String Quartet

Sandrine Piau (soprano), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto) Quatuor Diotima

Gramophone Magazine, June 2016, Editor's Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Chamber

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Special offer. Le Bal Des Animaux

Sophie Karthäuser (soprano), Eugene Asti (piano)

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Special offer. Une Flûte Invisible… | An Imaginary Chamber Opera in Six Scenes. Works by Saint-Saëns, Godard, Caplet, Debussy & Roussel

Sandrine Piau (soprano), Hervé Lamy (tenor), Gilles de Talhouët (flute) & Arthur Schoonderwoerd (piano)

BBC Music Magazine, September 2006, Chamber Choice

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Vaughan Williams: Landscapes

Cyrille Dubois (tenor), Anne Le Bozec, Louise Desjardins, Emeline Concé, Baptiste Gibier, Louis Rodde, Julien Dieudegard

Gramophone Awards, 2026 Finalist, Voice & Ensemble

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Mozart Live 1978

Jessye Norman (soprano), Hugh Maguire (violin), Alfred Brendel (piano) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

Gramophone Magazine, September 2018, Reissue/Archive of the Month

The English Song Series Volume 15 - Finzi 2

Roderick Williams (baritone) & Iain Burnside (piano) Sacconi Quartet

Building a Library, December 2006, First Choice

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Pierre Boulez conducts Ravel

Philippe Entremont (piano), Jill Gomez (soprano), Jose van Dam (baritone), Heather Harper (soprano), Jessye Norman (soprano) Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Camerata Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra (members), Cleveand Chorus, Members of the Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez, Eugene Ormandy

Grammy Awards, 18th Awards (1975), Best Engineered Album, Classical
Grammy Awards, 18th Awards (1975), Best Orchestral Performance
Grammy Awards, 27th Awards (1984), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

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Special offer. Britten; Complete Music With Guitar & Voice

Duilio Meucci (guitar), Marcello Nardis (tenor)

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Special offer. Strauss: Horn Concertos

Barry Tuckwell (horn) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy

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Respighi: Orchestral Works

Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano), São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, John Neschling

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The English Song Series Volume 22 - Benjamin Britten

Roderick Williams (baritone) & Iain Burnside (piano)

Gramophone Awards, 2012, Finalist - Solo Vocal
Gramophone Magazine, June 2012, Editor's Choice

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Britten Songs

Ian Bostridge (tenor), Sir Antonio Pappano (piano), Xuefei Yang (guitar)

Presto Recording of the Week, 29th April 2013
Gramophone Magazine, June 2013, Editor's Choice

The Complete Songs of Ravel

Lorna Anderson, Sarah Dufresne (sopranos), Julie Boulianne, Paula Murrihy (mezzos), Dafydd Jones, Nicky Spence (tenors), John Chest, Simon Keenlyside (baritones), William Thomas (bass), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Gramophone Magazine, May 2025, Editor's Choice
BBC Music Magazine, June 2025, Vocal Choice

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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

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Special offer. My True Love Hath My Heart: English Songs

Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) & Malcolm Martineau (piano)

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Sì, Sì, Sì, Sì! | Rossini Opera Arias & Duets

Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto), Patrizia Ciofi (soprano) Orchestre national de Montpellier Occitanie, Enrique Mazzola

Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Recital
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017

Steve Reich: Collected Works

Steve Reich, Mahan Esfahani (early keyboard instruments), Steve Reich Ensemble (miscellaneous ensemble), Kronos Quartet (string quartet), Pat Metheny (guitar), Maya Beiser (cello), Colin Currie (percussion), Ensemble Intercontemporain (chamber ensemble), San Francisco Symphony, London Symphony Orchestra, Theatre of Voices, Los Angeles Master Chorale, London Sinfonietta, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Synergy Vocals, Edo de Waart, Michael Tilson Thomas, Paul Hillier, Susanna Mälkki, Jaap van Zweden

The Times, Best Classical Box Sets Christmas 2025
The New York Times, Best Classical Music Albums of 2025

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Special offer. Alfredo Bonavera conducts Martucci & Respighi

Carol Madalin (mezzo-soprano) English Chamber Orchestra, Alfredo Bonavera

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Histoires naturelles

Stéphane Degout (baritone), Cédric Tiberghien (piano), Matteo Cesari (flute), Alexis Descharmes (cello)

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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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Debussy: The Complete Works

Artists include Martha Argerich, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Samson François, Renaud Capuçon, Natalie Dessay, André Cluytens, François-Xavier Roth, Jean Martinon, Michel Plasson, Kent Nagano and Carlo Maria Giulini

Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Archive

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Meridian Arts Ensemble - Timbrando

Meridian Arts Ensemble

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Kaija Saariaho: Trios

Anssi Karttunen (cello), Pia Freund (soprano), Tuija Hakkila (piano), Mikael Helasvuo (alto flute), Steven Dann (viola), Florent Jodelet (percussion) Zebra Trio

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Coming soon. Uyaras - The Enchanted Voice

Bruno de Sá (soprano), Opéra Orchestre Normandie Rouen, Comunicantus Choir, Pierre Dumoussaud

Walton - Chamber Music

John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Craig Ogden (guitar) The Nash Ensemble

Gramophone Magazine, November 2002, Editor's Choice

Romantic Residues | Songs for tenor and harp

James Gilchrist (tenor), Alison Nicholls (harp) & Jaime Martin (flute)

Special offer. Berio To Sing

Lucile Richardot, Les Cris de Paris, Geoffroy Jourdain

International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal

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Maestro – Music by Leonard Bernstein

Victoria Ruggiero (piano), Nick Blaemire, Mallory Portnoy, Kate Eastman, Antonia Butler (vocalist), Michael Clarke (vocalist), Mark Brown (vocalist), Tony Yazbeck (vocalist), Clyde Alves (vocalist), Jay Armstrong Johnson (vocalist), Ruth Mense (piano), Dicky Tarrach (drumkit), Thissy Thiers (bassguitar), Bradley Cooper (speaker), Alex Lacamoire (piano), Malakai Bayoh (soprano), Ann De Renais (soprano), Philip John Sheffield (tenor), Samuel Oladeinde (baritone), Carey Mulligan, Zachary Booth, Rosa Feola (soprano), Isabel Leonard (mezzo-soprano), Shirley Ellis, London Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Louis Armstrong Quintet, Lewisohn Stadium Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Philadelphia Symphonic Choir, London Symphony Chorus, The Orchestra Now, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Leonard Bernstein

Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Film Music/Score of the Year

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Very Best of English Song

Dame Janet Baker (mezzo), Gerald Moore (piano), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), David Willison (piano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Janet Craxton (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano), Robert Lloyd (bass), Nina Walker (piano), Frederick Harvey (baritone), Jack Byfield (piano), Sir Philip Ledger (piano), Robert Tear (tenor), André Previn (piano), Fenella Fielding, Michael Flanders, Alfred Deller (countertenor), Desmond Dupré (lute), Michael Chance (countertenor), Christopher Wilson (lute), Dame Emma Kirkby (soprano), Anthony Rooley (lute), Charles Daniels (tenor), David Miller (lute), Nancy Argenta (soprano), Nigel North (lute), John Toll (harpsichord), Paul Nicholson (harpsichord), Richard Boothby (lute), Owen Brannigan (bass), Ernest Lush (piano), Ian Wallace (bass-baritone), Donald Swann (piano), Michael Flanders & Donald Swann, Alan Civil (horn), John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone), Wilfred Brown (tenor), Benjamin Luxon (bass-baritone), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Pauline Lowbury (violin), John Noble (baritone) Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Fretwork, London Symphony Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, Choir of King's College Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir David Willcocks, Christopher Finzi, Norman Del Mar, Vernon Handley, Nicholas Cleobury, Sir Charles Groves, Bernard Haitink, George Weldon

Building a Library, June 2018, Also recommended
Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended orchestral version (Songs of Travel)

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Sarah Fox: Mozart Concert Arias

Sarah Fox (soprano), Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla Y León, Roberto Forés Veses, Malcolm Martineau (piano)

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Special offer. Maria Mater Meretrix

Anna Prohaska (soprano), Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Camerata Bern

Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Female Singer of the Year

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On Wenlock Edge

James Gilchrist (tenor), Anna Tilbrook (piano), Michael Cox (flute), Gareth Hulse (cor anglais) Fitzwilliam String Quartet

Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Solo Vocal