Vocal, Songs, Korngold (composer)
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For Dieter: Hommage à Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
RecommendedBenjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano)
Benjamin Appl’s singing is thoughtful and enjoyable.The voice sometimes uncannily recalls that of his guru...Appl and his artistic partners deserve huge credit for making this imaginative, moving... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd May 2025
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2025, Vocal Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2025, Special Project
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Shakespeare Songs
RecommendedIan Bostridge (tenor), Antonio Pappano (piano), Elizabeth Kenny (lute), Adam Walker (flute), Lawrence Power (viola), Michael Collins (clarinet)
Five songs from Finzi’s incomparable Let us Garlands Bring see the tenor’s head voice floating sympathetically through the melismatic vowels and ever-shifting metres of Finzi’s most sensitive... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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Grammy Awards, 59th Awards (2016), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Parton’s sound is agreeably brilliant, bright, open and high-lying...Lepper often breathes magic into less inspired compositions. Some of these composers are famous for over-egging, but this... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - Debut Solo Album
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The Record of Singing – The Very Best of Volumes 1-4
RecommendedFrom 1899 to the end of the 78 era: 1899-1952
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Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Historic vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Historical
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Historic vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Historic Reissue
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Gramophone Awards, 1977, Winner - Historical
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Uncharted: Korngold - Brahms - Clara & Robert Schumann
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen (countertenor), John Churchwell (piano)
Nussbaum Cohen’s countertenor is characterised by its richness and warmth, wielded with great technical skill; it’s a voice which has considerable, often surprising, heft and depth allowing... —
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Verklärte Nacht
RecommendedSchoenberg - Fried - Lehár - Korngold
Christine Rice (mezzo), Stuart Skelton (tenor), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Across the programme Edward Gardner is preternaturally attentive, nailing the volatile blend of schmaltz and suffering that underpins the Lehár; and cloaking the moonbathing opening of the Fried... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st January 2021
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Korngold - Sonnett fur Wien
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), William Dazeley (baritone) & Iain Burnside (piano)
Both singers respond magnificently to Korngold's testing vocal lines, with their wide leaps and need for solid legato. Connolly's rich mezzo comes into its own here, the opening lines of 'Mond,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2009, Editor's Choice
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Trails of Creativity: Music from Between the Wars 1918 – 1938
David Frühwirth (violin), Henri Sigfridsson (piano)
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Editor's Choice
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Connolly woos her audience with the calling-card for any and every mezzo: Haydn's dramatic cantata, Arianna a Naxos. And every second of its nervous and emotional life - its hopes, fears and... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2006, Editor's Choice
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