Challenge Classics
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Schubert - Schwanengesang & Songs After Seidl
RecommendedChristoph Prégardien (tenor) & Andreas Staier (fortepiano)
…an outstanding performance. …deeply engaged robustly expressive singing whose rhythmic rigour and details of phrasing and articulation reveal an exciting commitment to this great cycle. …with... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2009, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, February 2019, Also Recommended
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This is the voice of an older Pregardien: he has the grey hair for which Schubert's lonely wanderer longs. But the voice is in superb form, sensing out the underlying pulse and the minutest... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2013, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2013, Editor's Choice
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Prégardien brings ever new revelation to the songs, and though his pianist, Michael Gees, plays a modern piano, both vocal and keyboard parts are ornamented in the performing practice of Schubert's... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2008, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also Recommended
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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From Mannheim to Berlin - Sonatas for Violoncello Piccolo
Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde, Victor Garcia Garcia, Artem Belogurov (piano), Franz Benda
Dostaler-Lalonde plays [the sonatas] exquisitely, with a beguiling lyrical tone quality, elegant phrasing, and flawless technique. The sound world of the cello piccolo, with its range from a... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2023, Editor's Choice
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There is much to admire in these performances. Gambist Sofia Diniz presents these sonatas with grace and generosity of sound. There’s an enticing liveliness to her articulation. — More…
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J S Bach - Complete Cantatas Volume 22
RecommendedSandrine Piau, Johannette Zomer (soprano), Bogna Bartosz, Nathalie Stutzman (alto), James Gilchrist, Christoph Prégardien, Jörg Dürmüller (tenor) & Klaus Mertens (bass)
The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Ton Koopman
Koopman's irrepressible enthusiasm and impish wit remain undiminished as he ends his immense 12 year project recording all Bach's cantatas. Assured vocal soloists, fluent choir and impeccable... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Choral Award Winner
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Buxtehude: Complete Chamber Music Catherine Manson (violin), David Rabinovich (violin), Jonathan Manson (viola da gamba), Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba), Christine Sticher (violone); Mike Fentross (lute)
Koopman has assembled an ensemble of intelligent and intensely musical collaborators, and their individual styles mesh well. Moreover, the recorded sound is warm and intimate, but still clear,... — More…
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There is a pleasing quality to Fabio Bonizzoni’s first volume of Bach harpsichord concertos, which achieves the difficult task of combining subtle artifice and interpretative joie de vivre with... — More…
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