Harmonia Mundi
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This is an attractive addition to the vast array of recordings of Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers collection. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st September 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Winner - Choral
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A Lionel Tertis Celebration
RecommendedTimothy Ridout (viola), Frank Dupree (piano), James Baillieu (piano)
From imposing sonatas to salon bonbons, these recordings constitute a deft salute not just to Tertis the man and multifaceted musician, but also to an enduring legacy which lives on in distinguished... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th January 2024
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2024, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, Recording of the Month
2 CDs
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JS Bach: Matthäus-Passion RecommendedJulian Prégardien (Evangelist), Stéphane Degout (Christus), Sabine Devieilhe & Hana Blažiková (sopranos), Lucile Richardot (mezzo), Tim Mead (countertenor), Reinoud Van Mechelen & Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (tenors), Christian Immler (bass-baritone)
Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
The choirs are razor-sharp in their ensemble, and if they seem initially soft-grained (in keeping with Pichon’s essentially intimate approach), their incisiveness eventually locates real venom... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th April 2022
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Winner - Choral
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Building a Library, October 2022, Also Recommended
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022
3 CDs
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J. S. Bach: A Life in Music Vol. 1 RecommendedArnstadt & Mühlhausen (1703-1708), Early Cantatas
Paul Agnew, Les Arts Florissants, Benjamin Alard
With just one or two to a part, each musician is a leader here. The purity of the singers’ straight tones and the immediacy and depth of their individual reactions to lexical meaning are bracing,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th April 2024
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Buxtehude, Schütz & Dijkman: Septem Verba & Membra Jesu Nostri
Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé
Vocal forces of just 10 singers supported by the same number of instrumentalists bring a level of intimacy that is entirely appropriate to this programme of 17th-century music reflecting on the... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Record Review, Records of the Year 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Choral
2 CDs
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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245
RecommendedWerner Güra (Evangelist), Johannes Weisser (bass arias/Christus), Andrew Redmon (Petrus), Johannes Schendel (Pilatus), Sunhae Im (soprano arias), Benno Schachtner (alto arias), Sebastian Kohlhepp (tenor arias), Fabienne Weiss (Ancilla), Minsub Hong (Servus)
Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS...
Clarity of sound and purpose distinguish [this] recording…woodwind are placed in front of the strings, allowing for exceptional detail in the turba choruses [while] the soloists sing throughout,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th March 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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International Classical Music Awards, 2017, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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This is an attractive addition to the vast array of recordings of Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers collection. — More…
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st September 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Choral
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Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232 RecommendedKatherine Watson (soprano), Tim Mead (countertenor), Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor) & André Morsch (baritone)
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
This account was recorded ‘live’ at the Paris Philharmonie and there’s a sheen of polished spontaneity to it… Tempos are brisk and breezy…and Christie puts the ballet shoes on Bach, so that the... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th March 2018
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Record Review, 17th February 2018, Recording of the Week
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2018
2 CDs
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Here, the singers zone in on Gesualdo’s final two anthologies (perhaps the rawest of all) with their usual crystalline clarity. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, Finalist - Early Music
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, Recording of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Early Music
2 CDs
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Mein Traum
RecommendedSchubert, Weber, Schumann
Stéphane Degout (baritone), Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Degout is convincing throughout, his expressive range spanning both ferocity and vulnerability...The real stars, though, are the period orchestra Pygmalion. The instrumental colours glow and... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2022, Choral & Song Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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