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Solomon coaxes lively performances out of the members of Florilegium, with the depictions of rain, lightning and thunder conjured up by Haydn in the concluding storm movement of ‘Le Soir’ sounding... —
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Special offer. Héritage
Sebastian Berner (trumpet), Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Elias Grandy
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Special offer. Peace of Utrecht
Nicki Kennedy (soprano), William Towers (alto), Wolfram Lattke (tenor), Julian Podger (tenor) & Peter Harvey (bass)
The Netherlands Bach Society, Jos van Veldhoven
Jos van Veldhoven's excellent Dutch musicians are joined by a team of mostly English soloists...The Netherlands Bach Society fires on all cylinders in the Jubilate...The choir handles lively... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2010, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. 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... —
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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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Special offer. Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5
RecommendedBudapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
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... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Special offer. Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No. 2
RecommendedPieter Wispelwey (cello)
Sinfonietta Cracovia, Jurjen Hempel
Whereas Müller-Schott and Kreizberg view the Concerto as a darkly contemplative monologue that is almost suffocating in its brooding introspection, Wispelwey manages to find more light and shade... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Award for Technical Excellence in Recording
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Special offer. Mozart - Complete Sonatas for Keyboard & Violin, Volumes 7 & 8
Gary Cooper (piano) & Rachel Podger (violin), with Alison McGillivray (cello)
Cooper and Podger perform the variations with typical verve… it’s impossible to ignore the individuality, vitality and commitment of their performances. —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2009, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2009
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Special offer. Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor 'Tragic'
RecommendedBudapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
The first movement is brisk, with much of the articulate verve you’d expect from this source, the coda having particular aplomb. The Scherzo works best, save for an untoward bit of nuancing... —
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Building a Library, February 2013, First Choice (CD/SACD)
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Special offer. Bach, J S: The Art of Fugue, BWV1080
RecommendedRachel Podger (violin)
Brecon Baroque
This is not an interpretation that wants to grab you by the lapels…but rather one which by its natural ebb and flow aims to draw you stealthily into the music and have you breathe with it, so... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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