Warner Classics
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Simon Rattle has clearly forged a deep bond with the Berlin Philharmonic during his tenure, and the playing is never less than superb, with every section of the orchestra ideally responsive.... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st August 2009
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Rattle steals the prize in the three scherzo: Purgatorio is devilishly fast and sly, Schnelle Viertel explosive, and the lightning switches of mood in the Allegro pesante handled with flair. — More…
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Building a Library, September 2000, First Choice
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Building a Library, March 2011, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Recording of the Year
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The arrangement [of the Kreutzer Sonata] works quite well in the more excitable moments of the outer movements, particularly given the stunning virtuosity not only of Radulović himself, but... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2024, Editor's Choice
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In his booklet note, violinist Augustin Hadelich highlights the Britten...Yet, perhaps precisely by not identifying so closely to the Prokofiev, Hadelich actually shows greater respect for that... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2022, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Requiem – The Pity of War
RecommendedMahler – Stephan – Butterworth – Weill
Ian Bostridge (tenor), Sir Antonio Pappano (piano)
Bostridge and Antonio Pappano are on superb form here, carefully responsive to style and mood, yet striving throughout for unsparing immediacy of expression…Stephan’s taxing vocal lines push... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th October 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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Héroïque: French Opera Arias
RecommendedBryan Hymel (tenor)
PKF – Prague Philharmonia, Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno, Emmanuel Villaume
The leading tenor roles of this tradition require facility and strength at the top of the voice plus power and flexibility lower down - all of which Hymel supplies; in fact, he is clearly optimum... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd February 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Opera, April 2015, Recording of the Month
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On this occasion the limelight is stolen from Schoenberg by Zemlinsky...This music requires little excuse to become overheated, and it is much to the Arod’s credit that they resist the temptation... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2019, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also Recommended
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The Best Of Arvo Pärt
Tasmin Little & Martin Roscoe
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra/Paavo Järvi, Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Richard Studt, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury, Vasari Singers/Jeremy Backhouse
An admirable and enterprising collection. In the two works for violin and piano, Tasmin Little holds the listener's attention by the intensity of her commitment and the powerful projection of... — More…
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
RecommendedArleen Augér, Janet Baker
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Simon Rattle
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Gramophone Awards, 1988, Winner - Engineering
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Gramophone Awards, 1988, Winner - Orchestral
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Building a Library, April 2017, First Choice
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