Harmonia Mundi
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Pergolesi: Septem verba a Christo in cruce moriente prolata
World-premiere recording
Sophie Karthäuser (soprano), Christophe Dumaux (countertenor), Julien Behr (tenor), Konstantin Wolff (bass)
Akademie für Alte Musik, René Jacobs
Jacobs draws a mood of passionate concentration, throwing into high relief that work's quasi-operatic drama...There's some persuasive playing, too, by the Berlin ensemble: taut strings, magisterial... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2013, Choral & Song Choice
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If you listened blind you'd say this was a souped-up Erard, but it's actually a Steinway from 1882. Braley's musicianship is superb, and he extracts unexpected revelations from these well-known... — More…
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Bach - Harpsichord Concertos
RecommendedRichard Egarr (harpsichord), Rachel Brown (flute)
The Academy of Ancient Music, Andrew Manze
While Manze draws spirited playing from his ensemble, it's Egarr's intimately dramatic approach that really makes these discs special — More…
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Building a Library, October 2018, Also recommended
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a varied treasure trove of seldom heard but extremely affecting music, nicely sung and spliced together with some darkly-glittering string In Nomines played by Fretwork...[They] easily persuade... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2012, Editor's Choice
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Planès knows exactly how much of himself to impose and how much to leave alone. He is not averse to an occasional exaggeration, but never loses sight of the whole. Clarity, both of note and... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2018, Also Recommended
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Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384
RecommendedMari Eriksmoen (Blondchen), Robin Johannsen (Konstanze), Maximilian Schmitt (Belmonte), Julian Prégardien (Pedrillo), Dimitry Ivashchenko (Osmin), Cornelius Obonya (Bassa Selim)
RIAS Kammerchor & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs
Here’s another Mozart Singspiel recreated as an audio-drama, with both René Jacobs’s intensely musical direction, orchestral playing tingling with character and detail...Dimitry Ivashchenko‘s... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Steger's virtuosity is, from a listener's viewpoint and indeed from his own, breathtaking, and he loses no opportunity in demonstrating it. For my taste, though, there is too much gimmickry... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2014, Editor's Choice
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This is a marvellous programme of Music for Advent and it is executed superbly by the Clare College Choir. It’s obvious that the standard built up during Timothy Brown’s long leadership, especially,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th December 2013
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2002, Editor's Choice
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There is much to admire here from the excellent Jerusalem Quartet. In Smetana's First Quartet there is the fine opening viola melody...The slow movements of the Janacek quartets are also carefully... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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