Warner Classics
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Both [the Thalberg and Liszt paraphrases] are delivered with Batsashvili’s trademark expressiveness and finely calibrated control, and in the Liszt she finds a way to let her sound unfurl like... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2022, Instrumental Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrumental
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Puccini: La Bohème
RecommendedVictoria de los Angeles, Jussi Björling, Fernando Corena, Robert Merrill, Giorgio Tozzi
The Columbus Boychoir & RCA Victor Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
A classic, with extra electricity derived from the hasty recording, with Beecham's living, vivid conducting and a superb cast, both stellar and supporting, even though the mono sound is less... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2008, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Hans Hotter
RecommendedHans Hotter (bass-baritone), Gerald Moore (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Anthony Bernard
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Building a Library, September 1999, Mid-Price Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Cole Porter in Hollywood
RecommendedAnna-Jane Casey, Kim Criswell, Matthew Ford, Sarah Fox, Richard Morrison
John Wilson Orchestra, John Wilson
The orchestral performances here display all of the virtues that have come to be associated with Wilson and his band: plenty of ‘front’ on the brass-playing, liberal vibrato from the strings... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th October 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Janusz Wawrowski - Phoenix
Violin Concertos by Ludomir Rózycki & Tchaikovsky
Janusz Wawrowski (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Grzegorz Nowak
Anyone who has thrilled to Heifetz’s and Perlman’s recordings of this enchanting area of the repertoire will find Wawrowski’s dazzling, silvery-toned performance in very silvery-toned performance... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Concerto
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Mozart & Strauss: Oboe Concertos
Cristina Gómez Godoy (oboe), West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim
Godoy’s tone has an exceptional purity and beauty, without a trace of narcissism, and her musicianship is as gifted as it gets...the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra’s contribution is state-of-the-art,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2022, Concerto Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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Prokofiev & Sibelius - Violin Concertos
RecommendedVilde Frang (violin)
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Thomas Søndergård
Frang heralds one of the freshest and most vital accounts of this familiar and frequently recorded work [the Sibelius concerto] in recent years. On display from the off is a vivid sense of intellectual... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2019, Recommended Recording
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Puccini: La Rondine
RecommendedAngela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Inva Mulla Tchako, William Matteuzzi
London Voices, London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
It couldn't be more welcome when a recording transforms a work, as this one does, setting it on a new plane. Larondine ('The Swallow'), Puccini's ill-timed attempt to emulate Lehár in the world... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1997, Recording of the Year
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Foulds: Three Mantras, Lyra Celtica, Apotheosis & Mirage
Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano) & Daniel Hope (violin)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
and Youth Chorus, Sakari Oramo
Sakari Oramo programmed plenty of 20th-century British music during his Birmingham tenure, a policy which bore spectacular fruit with this enterprising disc devoted to Manchester-born John Foulds.... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2005, Finalist - Orchestral
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2004, Editor's Choice
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Bostridge is at his best in those pieces requiring technically adroit command and intelligent poise...The sunlight returns at the end when Bostridge serves up a wonderfully captivating performance... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2022
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