Pentatone
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This is a big voice with a warm Italianate tone and a fitting sense of the legato required for this repertoire. Verismo sobbing is kept to a minimum. Beczala knows exactly how to build the drama... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th May 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2020, Recording of the Month
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Opera, July 2020, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Arias from each role might as well have been tailor-made for Hallenberg’s pinpoint virtuosity and lyricism, communicative use of language, idiomatic embellishment, intelligently sculpted phrasing... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2017, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2017, Editor's Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Finalist - Opera
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Record Review, 8th July 2017, Recording of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Recital
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Jake Heggie: Unexpected Shadows
RecommendedJamie Barton (mezzo-soprano), Jake Heggie (piano), Matt Haimovitz (cello)
In her latest recording, Barton shows that she is a dab hand at contemporary repertoire and artistry on a more intimate scale...Throughout this recital, Barton and Heggie move seamlessly from... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2020, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Song
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Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Haydn - Die Schöpfung Christine Karg (soprano), Benjamin Bruns (tenor), Tareq Nazmi (bass), MDR Leipzig Radio Choir, Desdner Philharmonie, Marek Janowski
The performance is most successful in part 3, once the actual business of Creation is over and the first humans rejoice together, Christiane Karg combining sublimely with the two male soloists. — More…
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Albert Dohmen (Hans Sachs), Robert Dean Smith (Walther), Edith Haller (Eva), Dietrich Henschel (Beckmesser), Peter Sonn (David), Michelle Breedt (Magdalene), Georg Zeppenfeld (Pogner)
Rundfunkchor Berlin & Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski
[a good Meistersinger] should show teamwork among the soloists and a good balance between the conversational style of much of the singing and the grandeur of the orchestral accompaniment. On... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Finalist - Opera
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2012, Opera Choice
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Offer, Czech Songs Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
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Tchaikovsky: Works for Violin & Orchestra
Julia Fischer (violin)
Russian National Orchestra, Yakov Kreizberg
Fischer always knows when to lighten the mood, or how best to judge the tension and release of a musical paragraph, and in this she is supported to the hilt by a personable but never too overbearing... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2007, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2007, Editor's Choice
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Haydn: Stabat Mater
Birgitte Christensen, Kristina Hammarström, Steve Davislim, Christian Immler, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Kammerorchester Basel, René Jacobs
Jacobs is a conductor who always strives to inject as much drama as possible into his performances, and he vividly conveys the sobbing effects and the stabs of pain that run through the Stabat... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Choral
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Mendelssohn - Piano Trios
RecommendedJulia Fischer (violin), Daniel Muller-Schott (cello) & Jonathan Gilad (piano)
It's good to hear these great works played with full ardour by such a talented group of young musicians. — More…
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Building a Library, May 2015, First Choice
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Record Review, December 2007, Critics Disc of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2006, Editor's Choice
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