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Mahler: Symphony No. 3
RecommendedGerhild Romberger (alto)
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Cantemus Children's Choir, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Iván Fischer
As vivid a performance as one would expect. That stylishly lazy trombone, a dying monster, is emblematic of the characteristic licence the conductor gives to his splendid Budapest players…the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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Record Review, 20th May 2017, Recording of the Week
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Audiophile Multi-Track Recording of the Year
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There is much thoughtful and spirited playing to enjoy here...Worthwhile recordings both stimulate pleasure and provoke thought, and the Ragazze have achieved this admirably. — More…
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Of the two performances, the Fifth Symphony is particularly successful, Its first movement, taken at a real lick, has a tremendous atmosphere of excitement and coiled tension…There’s much to... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Biber: The Rosary Sonatas RecommendedRachel Podger (violin), Marcin Świątkiewicz (harpsichord/organ), Jonathan Manson (cello/viola da gamba), David Miller (theorbo/archlute)
it stretches the instrument and the violinist to the limit. For this recording Rachel Podger uses the same instrument throughout, putting it through the pain, as part of the fascination for... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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Vivaldi: La stravaganza - 12 concerti, Op. 4
RecommendedRachel Podger (violin)
Arte Dei Suonatori Baroque Orchestra
By the standards of the average Vivaldi violin concerto, the La stravaganza set is quite extravagant stuff, full of fantasy and experiment – novel sounds, ingenious textures, exploratory melodic... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2003, Winner - Concerto
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Building a Library, November 2017, First Choice
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Building a Library, November 2017, First Choice
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You can always expect insights from Iván Fischer's energised Budapest Festival Orchestra, and he has his own distinctive view on this most traumatic and ultimately transcendent of symphonies…for... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th May 2015
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2015
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JS Bach: Double & Triple Concertos
RecommendedRachel Podger (violin/director), Bojan Čičić (violin II), Katy Bircher (flute), Alexandra Bellamy (oboe), Johannes Pramsohler, Anna Nowak-Pokrzywinska (violins II & III)
Brecon Baroque
the music emerges with integrated, unaffected and airy naturalness...And in BWV1064R, the three-violin version here often outshines the surviving three-harpsichord version. Podger's Bach has... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2016, Also Recommended
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Building A Library, February 2022, Recommended Recording
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More than half a century separates the earliest and the latest of the works here. The C major Trio Sonata was one of Bach's earliest compositions, written at the age of 17 more or less under... — More…
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Building a Library, September 2005, Highly Recommended
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Tides of Life
RecommendedArrangements for string ensemble and baritone by David Matthews
Candida Thompson (violin) & Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Netherlands Female Youth Choir
In his orchestrations Matthews makes inspired and sensitive use of string colour and intimate solos…and in Schubert's Ständchen for vocal ensemble, the demure-sounding girls' choir, supported... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th February 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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