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Mozart - The Horn Concertos
RecommendedAnthony Halstead (horn)
Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
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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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Gramophone Awards, 1988, Winner - Instrumental
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Bychkov’s Russian roots make him mindful of Tchaikovsky’s classicism, the emotion always ‘contained’ until it can be contained no more. The explosive development section is a controlled panic... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra RecommendedThomas Hampson (Simon Boccanegra), Joseph Calleja (Gabriele Adorno), Kristine Opolais (Amelia/Maria), Carlo Colombara (Fiesco), Luca Pisaroni (Paolo)
Wiener Symphoniker & Wiener Singakademie, Massimo Zanetti
Hampson is, as always, a searching interpreter, aware of the meaning and possible ambiguities of every phrase he sings; but his voice is not a classic Verdi baritone...The only principal to... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th September 2013
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Respighi: Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome & Roman Festivals RecommendedOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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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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Brahms: The Complete Trios RecommendedGyörgy Sebök, Arthur Grumiaux & Francis Orval, George Pieterson, Beaux Arts Trio, Menahem Pressler & Bernard Greenhouse
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Building a Library, October 2004, First Choice
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Building A Library, October 2023, Also recommended - Clarinet Trio
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Nicola Benedetti: Homecoming RecommendedA Scottish Fantasy
Nicola Benedetti (violin), with Julie Fowlis, Phil Cunningham & Aly Bain
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rory Macdonald
Her assured technique sees her through all the formidable obstacles en route...The BBC Scottish SO conducted by Rory MacDonald share Benedetti's rapport with this music, playing from the heart...Her... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Kenneth McKellar - Sleep the noon in the deep blue sky RecommendedKenneth McKellar's Scotland
Kenneth McKellar (tenor) & Bob Sharples (piano)
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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