Harmonia Mundi
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In advance, I wondered whether there was anything new to be said about these two incessantly recorded works. Happily the answer is 'yes'. Nor is it due to anything imposed - the novelty comes... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th May 2018
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2018, Chamber Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Schumann: Piano Concerto & Piano Trio No. 2
RecommendedAlexander Melnikov (fortepiano), with Isabelle Faust (violin) & Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado
What is especially striking in this charismatic and illuminating interpretation is Alexander Melnikov's capacity to muster such a wide dynamic range and varied palette of timbres from his 1837... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th August 2015
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2015, Editor's Choice
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Vivaldi: The Great Venetian Mass Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew, Sophie Karthäuser, Lucile Richardot
The whole is expressively shaped by Paul Agnew, whose supple moulding of the musical lines and vivid contrasts of tempos serve, above all, to highlight the words...In sum, a creative idea that... — More…
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Record Review, 25th June 2022, Record of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, Choral & Song Choice
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Handel: Dixit Dominus, Laudate Pueri, Nisi Dominus RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin, Justin Doyle
The vigorous opening movement [of Dixit Dominus] for the chorus, splendidly done, is followed by the continuo-only ‘Virgam virtutis’, smoothly sung by Alex Potter and with a prominent bass... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Stravinsky: Die Geschichte vom Soldaten (German version)
RecommendedIsabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (piano)
It’s rounded, intensely vocal, intimate, incredibly sophisticated – not the usual, but very welcome, as if the whole thing were an ethereal fairytale...It’s your choice which language version... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th August 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Approaching the repertoire with a shared musical vision, they produce ravishingly expressive accounts from curtain up to lights down...De Swarte plays a noble Jacob Stainer violin from 1665... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2021, Chamber Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Chamber
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CPE Bach: Magnificat
RecommendedElizabeth Watts (soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (alto), Lothar Odinius (tenor) & Markus Eiche (bass)
RIAS Kammerchor & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Hans-Christoph Rademann
a fine reconstruction of the second half of a concert [CPE Bach] conducted in Hamburg on Palm Sunday, 1786. So vivacious is the choral singing and orchestral playing under Hans-Chrisoph Rademann... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th February 2014
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Weber: Der Freischütz
RecommendedMaximilian Schmitt (Max), Polina Pasztircsák (Agathe), Kateryna Kasper (Ännchen), Dimitry Ivashchenko (Kaspar), Yannick Debus (Kilian), Matthias Winckhler (Kuno), Christian Immler (Hermit), Max Urlacher (Samiel)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, René Jacobs
If it all convinces that’s because Jacobs has an absolute instinct for Weber’s score. The horns of the Freiburger Barockorchester are almost a character in their own right in this Romantic opera... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th April 2022
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Record Review, 29th April 2022, Record of the Week
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Opera, July 2022, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Opera
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Opera
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Schumann: Liederkreis Op. 24 & Kernerlieder, Op. 35
RecommendedMatthias Goerne (bass-baritone), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
There’s hardly an abrupt, harsh moment throughout. But Heinrich Heine’s suffering-infused words need more risk, edge and ugliness…In other words – not revelatory or devastating, but beautifully... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th April 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Winner - Vocal
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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