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Handel: Messiah RecommendedErin Wall (soprano), Elizabeth DeShong (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), John Relyea (bass-baritone)
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Astonishingly well controlled…the solo voices are rich and weighty…[the] flute provides a charming obbligato to ‘How beautiful are the feet’, while the tenor’s ‘Thy rebuke…’ is intensely moving…a... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd December 2016
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2017, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Choral Performance
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The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Rumon Gamba give warm- hearted, energetic, well-paced accounts, and their oboist deserves a special accolade. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica, Concerto for Two Pianos & Four Last Songs RecommendedMari Eriksmoen (soprano), Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier (pianos), Roderick Williams (baritone)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Either [Lortie] or Hélène Mercier could probably polish off the original [Concerto] by themselves, but their partnership develops its intensity without strain, particularly attractive in rich... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th September 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Diapason d’Or, December 2017, Nouveauté
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Handel: Alceste RecommendedLucy Crowe (soprano), Benjamin Hulett (tenor) & Andrew Foster-Williams (bass-baritone)
Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn
Curnyn's delicious recording of the surviving score is amplified with a sinfonia from Admeto and a passacaglia from Radamisto. These fizzily, sexily swung orchestral additions emphasise the parallels... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th May 2012
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2012, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2012, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Opera Award Winner
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What [Grieg] does with folk material is so enchanting that, in this beautiful incarnation with the Bergen players delivering so freshly and responding so well to Gardner’s rhythmic drive in the... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, Orchestral Choice
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Malcolm Arnold Overtures RecommendedKathy Jones (principal vacuum cleaner), Helena Miles (sub principal vacuum cleaner), Chris Hoyle (section vacuum cleaner), Fiona Macintosh (principal floor polisher)
BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba
Arnold's genius was particularly suited to smallscale orchestral works, and every one of these examples shows his orchestral personality at its exuberant best. Beckus the Dandipratt came first,... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Elgar: Falstaff, Orchestral Songs; Grania and Diarmid Roderick Williams (baritone)
BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis
The performances of the songs are ardent, warm and full of conviction. As ever Roderick Williams sounds completely on the composer’s side. But after Falstaff it’s all too clear that they really... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2018, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Symphonique
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Diapason d’Or, April 2018, Nouveauté
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Belohlavek's pacing enhances Suk's abundant inspiration, often with intoxicating results. Throughout, the BBC Symphony Orchestra responds magnificently as an ensemble, bringing an almost operatic... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Orchestral Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2012, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Winner - Orchestral
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Her Voice: Piano Trios by Amy Beach, Louise Farrenc and Rebecca Clarke RecommendedPiano Trios
Neave Trio
Collectors may prefer all-Beach or all-Farrenc couplings but the Neave’s programme makes a splendid introduction to these three pioneering female composers. — More…
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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Building A Library, January 2022, Featured Recording
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