Decca
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Gramophone Awards, 1988, Winner - Instrumental
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Overture Les francs-juges
RecommendedChicago Symphony Chorus (chorus)
Sir Georg Solti
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Grammy Awards, 17th Awards (1974), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 17th Awards (1974), Best Orchestral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 17th Awards (1974), Classical Album of the Year
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Benjamin Grosvenor plays Rhapsody in Blue
RecommendedBenjamin Grosvenor (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, James Judd
reservations pale into Beckmesserish scratchings besides the delights of this disc and especially of Grosvenor's pianism. I can only concur with other critics who hear in his tone and phrasing... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th August 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2012, Editor's Choice
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One doesn’t often find Thomas Tallis, Edward Elgar and John Tavener sandwiching Massive Attack, but the lovely Teardrop works astonishingly well in this mixed programme devoted to the concept... — More…
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Britten: Peter Grimes
RecommendedPeter Pears (Grimes), Claire Watson (Ellen Orford), James Pease (Balstrode), Jean Watson (Auntie), Geraint Evans (Ned Keene), Lauris Elms (Mrs Sedley), David Kelly (Hobson), Owen Brannigan (Swallow), Raymond Nilsson (Bob Boles), Marion Studholme, Iris Kells (Nieces)
Orchestra and Chorus of...
Almost 50 years on, Britten's own recording is still fresh. His conducting has great naturalness and the sound is amazing for 1958. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Remastered CD
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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These performances provide more impressive sampling points than can be enumerated in a single review. The First Quartet's oscillating tempo-shifts work wonderfully well, all with total naturalness.... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2002, First Choice
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Building a Library, February 2021, Recommended Recording
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Stravinsky: Chant Funèbre & Le Sacre du printemps
RecommendedLucerne Festival Orchestra, Sophie Koch (mezzo), Riccardo Chailly
Chailly draws out the colours vividly with his Lucerne orchestra, silky strings and rounded woodwind voices to the fore. The Funeral Song is more than a curiosity…It’s a very good performance... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th January 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye, Pavane pour une infante défunte
RecommendedMontreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit
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Gramophone Awards, 1985, Winner - Engineering
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Jonas Kaufmann: Verismo Arias
RecommendedJonas Kaufmann (tenor)
Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
This is a wonderful disc, the most exciting and enterprising operatic recital I have heard for a very long time...Kaufmann has everything, and at the age of 40 his voice may well be in its finest... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th September 2010
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Vocal Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Winner - Recital
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Opera, December 2010, Recording of the Month
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