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A superb achievement. It's nigh-on impossible to imagine better 'big-band' Haydn than you encounter here on Colin Davis's four well-filled CDs. His direction has exemplary sparkle and sensitivity.... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2001, First Choice
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Building a Library, January 2009, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
2 CDs
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[Bělohlávek] could get under the skin of Janacek’s music, drawing out its folk roots and speech rhythms, its soul-searching and truthfulness, its sheer humanity. The main work here is the Glagolitic... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st August 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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Building a Library, June 2019, Also Recommended
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The Sound of the Trumpet
RecommendedPeter Hurford (organ), Alan Stringer (trumpet), Gwynne Howell (bass), John Wilbraham (trumpet), Philip Jones (trumpet), Leslie Pearson (organ)
The Michael Laird Brass Ensemble, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, London Festival Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner,...
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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they are substantial pieces in their own right, and they emerge irresistable thanks to the easy flow of Chailly's conducting and the superb playing of his orchestra...Chailly and his orchestra... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd February 2015
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Tod und Verklärung, Till Eulenspiegel & Salome's Dance
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly
Interpretatively, it’s Riccardo Chailly business as usual: exemplary textures…but not as much forward movement or flying through the air as there should be. — More…
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Diapason d’Or, October 2019, Nouveauté
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2019, Winner - Artiste de l'année
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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Rachmaninov's Second Symphony has become one of his most popular works; here Vladimir Ashkenazy leads the Concertgebouw Orchestra in gripping performances of all three, including the notorious... — More…
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Building a Library, October 2005, First Choice
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Building a Library, December 2008, First Choice
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Building a Library, January 2010, First Choice
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Building a Library, March 2016, First Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Chineke! here presents one of the biggest and best collections of his music yet released. At its heart is the heavenly Violin Concerto; Elena Urioste and the orchestra under Kevin John Edusei... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd December 2022
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Nominated - Orchestral
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Holst: The Planets, Op. 32
RecommendedOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Women of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Chorus, Charles Dutoit
The Planets is Holst's most famous work, and its success is surely deserved.
The musical characterisation is as striking as its originality of conception: the association of 'Saturn' with old... — More…Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 1987, Winner - Engineering
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Andreas Scholl: Purcell - O Solitude
RecommendedAndreas Scholl (countertenor), with Christophe Dumaux (countertenor)
Accademia Bizantina, Stefano Montanari
Ethereal yet visceral, Scholl's voice is the dream vehicle for Purcell...Stefano Montanari coaxes thrilling playing from Accademia Bizantina, who dance and swagger, throb and pulsate with true... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Vocal Award Winner
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Janacek - The Operas
RecommendedElisabeth Söderström (Jenufa), Eva Randova (Kostelnicka), Petr Dvorsky (Steva), Vaclav Zitek (Sterek), Marie Mrazova (Starenka), Dalibor Jedlicka (Rychtar), Wieslaw Ochman (Laca), Lucia Popp (Karolka), Lucia Popp (Vixen), Eva Randová (Fox), Dalibor Jedliaka (Forester), Dalibor Jedlicka (Gorjancikov),...
Charles Mackerras's partnership with soprano Söderström produced definitive and superbly recorded studio performances of Kát'a Kabanová, Jenůfa and The Makropulos Case. A must for Janáček fans. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1984, Winner - Opera
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Gramophone Awards, 1982/3, Winner - Opera
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Gramophone Awards, 1980, Recording of the Year
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Gramophone Awards, 1977, Recording of the Year
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Grammy Awards, 24th Awards (1981), Best Opera Recording
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