Harmonia Mundi
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An all-Dvorák song recital may still seem a luxury.
The Gypsy Songs, and not just their famous fourth ('Songs my mother taught me'), have found a secure place in the repertoire, but not much... — More…Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2004, Editor's Choice
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Couperin - Tic Toc Choc & other pieces
RecommendedAlexandre Tharaud (piano), with Pablo Pico (tambour)
Alexandre Tharaud's disc of Rameau keyboard works was a refreshing demonstration that French harpsichord music can be convincingly transferred to the piano, twiddles and all, if its essential... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th March 2007
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O’Dette captures this music’s improvisatory quality with effortless finger work and fluent ornamentation. Above all, he reveals the underlying rhetoric of this vocally inspired music… the lucid... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2013, Editor's Choice
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What makes [Melnikov's] playing so remarkable is an ability to achieve an ideal balance...Melnikov blends his tone to match exactly that of the strings...Naturally the Jerusalem Quartet is a... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2012, Chamber Choice
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The Huelgas Ensemble have recorded a masterly recital of works by Cipriano de Rore, subtitled 'Music, Mirror of the text'. That's an apt description of much of Rore's output, but the inspired... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2002, Editor's Choice
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Upheld by Stillness
RecommendedRenaissance gems and their reflections - Volume 1: Byrd
ORA, Suzi Digby (artistic director and conductor)
ORA is made up of some of the UK’s finest consort singers, sitting to my ears somewhere between The Sixteen and Tenebrae…The melancholy severity of Byrd’s original is beautifully measured, ORA... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th February 2016
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Conductorless Stile Antico may be, but they could never be accused of lacking direction or clear-sighted commitment to the works on this generously-filled album...The approach encourages long-range... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th November 2010
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In some of the most challenging violin music ever written, she displays masterly technique...Despite some daring tempos, Faust retains a totally secure pulse through all the technical contortions.... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2012, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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Just to hear again Wolf's masterful settings of Mörike's beautiful poetry is a source of enormous pleasure: seldom has a composer so fully understood and empathised with a poet. To have these... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2005, Editor's Choice
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