Chandos
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Edvard Grieg Kor sings Grieg
Audun Iversen (baritone)
Edvard Grieg Kor, Paul Robinson, Håkon Matti Skrede
Lang’s Last Spring is a beautiful, distilled and resonant work after Grieg and is nobly sung by the Bergen-based Edvard Grieg Choir here, as is the Norwegian composer’s own choral arrangement... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2019
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With exemplary control of orchestral balance, clarity of texture and a capacity to draw a fabulous array of colours from the music, these performances are guaranteed to keep the listener riveted... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, Recording of the Month
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Icelandic Works for the Stage - Pall Isolfsson & Jorunn Vidar
Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba
The performances of these works by Rumon Gamba and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra are authoritative and impeccable. The wind and brass sections of the orchestra seem very accomplished, satisfying... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2023
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Tchaikovsky - Complete String Quartets
RecommendedGenrikh Talalyan (second viola), Mstislav Rostropovich (second cello)
The Borodin Quartet
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Building a Library, March 2019, Recommended Recording
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The starting point for this delicious and distinctive Bohemian programme was Janácek’s Pohádka...Laura van der Heijden and Jâms Coleman unleash its power in this big-boned reading, with its... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2022
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I’m a sucker for strings, so it takes an ensemble as brilliant as the Black Dyke Band to convince me that brass and percussion alone is enough. And it really is in this sublime selection of... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Janáček: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2
RecommendedMelina Mandozzi (violin), Susanna Andersson (soprano), James Ehnes (violin)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Leader Milina Mandozzi does well to show the way through this mysterious, powerful work [The Fiddler's Child]...These must be difficult works to prepare and indeed to record; both playing and... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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The Jade Mountain – Songs by Edmund Rubbra
Claire Barnett-Jones (mezzo-soprano), Iain Burnside (piano), Marcus Farnsworth (baritone), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Timothy Ridout (viola), Catrin Finch (harp)
The five-song cycle The Jade Mountain dates from four decades later, and is central to the recital. Chinese poetry provides the texts, and Catrin Finch’s harp brings a sense of ethereality and... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2023
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Elgar: The Starlight Express
RecommendedElin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone) & Simon Callow (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
While the lyrics tend to the arch or winsome, most of the music is vintage light Elgar, and beautifully performed...This is a very valuable addition to the Elgar discography. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th November 2012
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Wilhelm Furtwängler: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor
RecommendedEstonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
In the later stages of this live recording you sense the players' energy flagging a little, even with Neeme Järvi's astonishing octogenarian energy at the helm. Everywhere else, this is a classy... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th June 2025
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