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The Danish are remarkable, as ever – capable of intense blend, extreme dynamic variation (in which they seem glued together), perfect intonation even on harmonics, and constant vitality and... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2016, Chamber Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Chamber
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Arvo Pärt: Adam’s Lament
RecommendedTui Hirv (soprano) & Rainer Vilu (baritone)
Latvian Radio Choir, Vox Clamantis, Riga Sinfonietta, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tonu Kaljuste
Adam's Lament serves as a summary of Pärt's evolution since he abandoned Modernist tendencies...The Radio Choir and Vox Clamantis affectingly convey anguished hopes for redemption while maintaining... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Choral Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2013, Disc of the month
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Grammy Awards, 56th Awards (2013), Best Choral Performance
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The NFM Wrocław Philharmonic, led by Tōnu Kaljuste, propel [the First Symphony] onward, drawing a shape from the swirling sonic mass…The Fourth (2008) owes as much to silence as it does to sound... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Winner - Contemporary Music
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Rolf Lislevand: La Mascarade Music For Solo Baroque Guitar and Theorbo
Rolf Lislevand (baroque guitar and theorbo)
It takes a performer of the calibre of Baroque guitarist and theorbo player Rolf Lislevand fully to realise the synecdochal power of their music for modern ears…the effect is hypnotic, dazzling... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2016, Instrumental Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2016, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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Arvo Pärt: The Deer’s Cry
Mari Poll (violin), Johanna Vahermägi (viola), Heikko Remmel, Taavo Remmel (double basses), Robert Staak (lute), Toomas Vavilov (clarinet), Susanne Doll (organ)
Vox Clamantis, Jaan-Eik Tulve
The level of artistry necessary to achieve the kind of living, breathing performance given here by the Estonian choir Vox Clamantis is a rarity…conductor Jaan-Eik Tulve [is able] to infuse the... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Finalist - Choral
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This beautifully engineered disc concludes a four-album trans-millennial tale that helped define meaningful music. — More…
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, December 2019
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th October 2019
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Arvo Pärt - Alina
RecommendedVladimir Spivakov (violin), Sergei Berzodny (piano), Alexander Malter (piano), Dietmar Schwalke (cello)
Vladimir Spivakov, particularly, is breathtaking in his two performances of Spiegel im Spiegel, his control of tone and carefully considered use of vibrato adding greatly to the poignancy of... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th February 2008
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Pärt: Tractus
Maria Listra: (soprano) (L'Abbe Agathon), Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tonu Kaljuste
Conductor Tõnu Kaljuste and ECM’s producer Manfred Eicher are Pärt ’s long-term collaborators, and they make an utterly assured contribution to this concentrated retrospective of the composer’s... — More…
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Songs of Fate
Vida Miknevičiūtė (soprano), Magdalena Ceple (cello), Andrei Pushkarev (vibraphone), Kremerata Baltica, Gidon Kremer
it’s the Three Jewish Songs, played in stunningly effective arrangements for voice and string orchestra by Veniamin Basner, that make the greatest impact, particularly when the singing of soprano... — More…
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Zwiegespräche: Holliger & Kurtág
Heinz Holliger (oboe/cor anglais/piano), Marie-Lise Schüpbach (cor anglais/oboe), Ernesto Molinari (bass clarinet/ contrabass clarinet), Sarah Wegener (soprano), Philippe Jaccottet (speaker)
A lot of concentration is required to take in this programme of spartan, potent oboe works by Holliger and Kurtág. But there are real musical rewards, and it’s beautifully produced. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Contemporary Music
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist (Holliger)
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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