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George Benjamin: Written on Skin
Recommendedand Duet for piano and orchestra
Christopher Purves (The Protector), Barbara Hannigan (Agnès), Bejun Mehta (First Angel/Boy), Victoria Simmonds (Second Angel/Marie), Allan Clayton (Third Angel/John), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, George Benjamin
[Purves] expresses a brooding pride and menace that makes your skin crawl. [Hannigan] makes an electrifying transformation from doe-like submissiveness to sexual predator, and the powerfully... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Contemporary
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Premiere Award
2 CDs
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George Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence
RecommendedStéphane Degout (King), Barbara Hannigan (Isabel), Gyula Orendt (Gaveston/Stranger), Peter Hoare (Mortimer), Samuel Boden (Boy/Young King)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, George Benjamin
The singing—and the orchestra, conducted by the composer himself—is flawless...powerful singing and a balanced execution of sound give voice to a dramatic libretto and an arresting score, making... — More…
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Opera
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Opera Recording
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... it's a splendid album, superbly played and recorded. — More…
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The second volume in Martin Jones' 'Spanish Piano Music', could hardly be more enticing or delectable ... performed with rare sensetivity, immaculate dexterity and temperamental ardour ... such... — More…
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Sir Michael Tippett, 1905-1998: The Nimbus Recordings
Martino Tirimo (piano), Ernst Kovacic (violin), Gerard Caussé (viola), Alexander Baillie (cello), Craig Ogden (guitar)
Chorus of Opera North, English Northern Philharmonia, BBC Philharmonic, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Medici String Quartet, English String Orchestra, St. John's College Choir,...
[Nimbus'] commitment to preserving the composer's own readings of his music during his lifetime was noble, assiduous and beyond reproach ... The achievement, as revealed on this four-CD collection,... — More…
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Arguably the finest Italian bass of his time and acclaimed as the leading exponent of Don Giovanni, Cesare Siepi is heard here in roles central to his repertoire and lighter songs in which his... — More…
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Sutherland could indeed have made a serious career in the dramatic German Fach: she sounds an outstandingly fluent and natural exponent of the titlerole. Conductor Fritz Stiedry’s preserved... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Historic Recording
2 CDs
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Spirit of England II
Martin Jones (piano)
English String Orchestra, English Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, William Boughton
4 CDs
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