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Paul Wranitzky: Symphonies
RecommendedAkademie für Alte Musik Berlin (early music ensemble), Bernhard Forck (concert master)
The overture to Oberon makes for a lively curtain-raiser, with the Akamus strings on gutsy, resonant form in the dramatic opening flourishes, and the plangent timbre of the period woodwind-instruments... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th June 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Semiramide - La Signora Regale
RecommendedArias & Scenes from Porpora to Rossini
Anna Bonitatibus (mezzo-soprano)
Accademia degli Astrusi, Federico Ferri
There is much coloratura and here, as elsewhere, Anna Bonitatibus is spot-on...This set, sumptuously illustrated, is an absolute must-have. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Recital
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This is an altogether terrific disc (again featuring premiere recordings), with music of a high calibre and performances by L’Arte del Mondo that could hardly be bettered. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2023, Editor's Choice
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Schumann: Missa Sacra, Schubert: Stabat Mater & Symphony No. 7, Unfinished / Unvollendete
Thomas Hengelbrock & Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble & Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Thomas Hengelbrock, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble, Agnes Kovacs (soprano), Raimonds Spogis (baritone), Mirko Ludwig (tenor)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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Paraschivescu and La Floridiana draw us into Martines's music through exquisite detailing...The archness of Martines's phrasing, the delicacy of her dancing pulses, and the sly timing of her... — More…
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Goethe & Kayser: Scherz, List und Rache
L'arte del mondo, Annika Boos (soprano), Florian Götz (baritone), Cornel Frey (tenor)
Werner Ehrhardt
There’s a Haydnesque vivacity to his melodic style, and an ebb and flow from recitative to aria that, at its best, generates a temporary momentum. He makes what he can of the ensembles, and... — More…
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Baroque Gender Stories
Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano), Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor)
Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner
Wolfgang Katschner and Lautten Compagney provide lean, skilfully balanced and astute theatrical support. Clever artistic programming means that each half starts with a striking overture and... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2019
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Haydn: The Creation
RecommendedDorothea Röschmann (soprano), Michael Schade (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schönberg Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
The void evoked in the first few bars is bleak and barren, chilly vibrato-less strings and coldly gleaming brass, with winds bubbling away like some kind of primordial soup....one of the most... — More…
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Building a Library, July 2004, First Choice
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