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Saint-Saëns: La Muse et le Poète
RecommendedRenaud Capuçon (violin), Renaud Capuçon (violin) & Gautier Capuçon (cello), Gautier Capuçon (cello)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Lionel Bringuier
In the Violin Concerto, Renaud Capucon and the conductor provide a lesson in how to generate rubato organically from the material...the soloist's tone and technique deserve the highest praise...The... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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He dispenses tantalising apercus with a touch that delights in nuanced voicing of the most rarefied expressiveness...He oxygenates everything he touches...For anyone who loves Bach (or the piano),... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2015, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Winner - Instrumental
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It's music by Luca Antonio Predieri (a nearcontemporary of Handel’s) that really hits the mark. Predieri’s gentle lyricism and clean lines suit Orliński’s soft-grained voice well. He’s no convincing... — More…
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th December 2019
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International Opera Awards, 2020, Winner - Solo Recital Recording
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Recital
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Like all the finest recordings of Vivaldi's sublime hymn...Jaroussky strikes a contoured balance between poetic tenderness in the narrative, emotional expressiveness in the descriptions of Mary's... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Meyerbeer: Grand Opera
Limited edition casebound deluxe
Diana Damrau (soprano)
Orchestre et Choeur de l'Opéra National de Lyon, Emmanuel Villaume
Diana Damrau tackles with pretty consistent success all the vocal difficulties Meyerbeer threw at his heroines - and some of his mature works were written for the leading singers of the day.... — More…
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Schallplattenkritik Awards, 2017, Winner - Jahrespreis
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2017
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Opera, June 2018, Recording of the Month
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Female Singer of the Year
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Heggie: Great Scott
RecommendedJoyce DiDonato (Arden Scott), Ailyn Pérez (Tatyana Bakst), Frederica von Stade (Winnie Flato), Nathan Gunn (Sid Taylor), Anthony Roth Costanzo (Roane Heckle)
Orchestra and Chorus of The Dallas Opera, Patrick Summers
A cast full of leading American singers and impressive company forces under Patrick Summers give this amiable if slight entertainment a strong launch…Though there’s a good deal of audience noise... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2018, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Contemporary Classical Composition
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Bruno de Sá sings with immaculate legato, and has a gift for scintillating decoration, dramatic octave drops and stratospheric ascents above the stave...The dependable Il Pomo d’Oro conducted... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2022, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year & Solo Vocal
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Brahms: Double Concerto & Clarinet Quintet
RecommendedRenaud Capuçon (violin) & Gautier Capuçon (cello), Paul Meyer (clarinet), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Aki Saulière (violin), Gautier Capuçon (cello) & Béatrice Muthelet (viola)
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Myung-Whun Chung
The stellar young Capuçon brothers seem incapable of setting a foot wrong on disc and they put their considerable chamber-music experience to great use in Brahms's final orchestral work, with... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2008, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, October 2022, Recommended Recording
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Handel: Messiah
RecommendedLucy Crowe (soprano), Alex Potter (countertenor), Michael Spyres (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), The English Concert & Choir, John Nelson
The theatrical instincts that have served Nelson so well in Berlioz ensure some detailed characterisation such as the semiquaver flurry of beating wings as the angels prepare to impart their... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd December 2023
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Monteverdi: Combattimento
Rolando Villazón, Patrizia Ciofi & Topi Lehtipuu
Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm
The atmosphere is electric. Villazón is pouring out Monteverdi’s beautiful lines of remorseful agony with spell-binding force. It’s his first foray into early music, but he tosses off the tricky... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2007, Choral & Song Choice
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Record Review, December 2006, Critics Disc of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2007, Editor's Choice
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