Browse: Harmonia Mundi (label)
This page lists all recordings from the label Harmonia Mundi.
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Four Pieces - Four Pianos
RecommendedSchubert, Chopin, Liszt, Stravinsky
Alexander Melnikov (pianos)
They are all works requiring formidable technical ability, and pianist Alexander Melnikov brings clarity of touch and virtuoso flair to them all, transferring as if effortlessly from instrument... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th January 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2018, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2018
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Winner - Instrumental
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These uplifting Baroque anthems are the high-water mark of music for royalty. More pomp and swagger may be found elsewhere, but Justin Doyle leads lively and stylish performances. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Choral
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 & 2 Overtures
Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano), Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado
I have never heard this concerto sound so interesting and surprising. It is, of course, known as Beethoven’s most introspective. Here it fascinates anew for the sheer sounds it makes and for... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2020, Editor's Choice
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I can’t think of anything that would improve this package: performances are stylish and beautifully polished. The recording is a beauty — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2007, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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Building a Library, October 2017, First Choice
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Melnikov unquestionably gives an impression of freshness and daring, as if he's discovering the music for the first time...Certainly one's bound to feel, listening to such superb playing, that... — More…
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Record Review, December 2010, Critics' Disc of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Instrumental Award Winner
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Haydn: The Seasons, Hob.XXI:3
RecommendedMarlis Petersen (soprano), Werner Güra (tenor) & Dietrich Henschel (baritone)
RIAS Kammerchor & Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs (direction)
What clinches my preference for this new version is the trio of soloists, led by the soaring, sensuous soprano of Marlis Petersen. Petersen's timing and her knowing humour are delightful, both... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Winner - Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, March 2008, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2005, Winner - Choral
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Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite - Falla: El Retablo de Maese Pedro & Harpsichord Concerto Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Pablo Heras-Casado, Benjamin Alard, Airam Hernández
Heras-Casado draws a slightly dirty sound from his players [in the Falla], and then a much more formally elegant body of tone for Stravinsky. — More…
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Puccini: Messa Di Gloria & Orchestral Works
Charles Castronovo (tenor), Ludovic Tézier (baritone), Orchestre Philharmonique Du Luxembourg, Gustavo Gimeno
Oscillating between benign and highspirited in character, Puccini’s 1880 mass comes with moments that would not sound out of place in a Verdi opera. Don’t expect to plunge the emotional depths;... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Choral
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Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat (French 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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Shostakovich: Piano Concertos
Alexander Melnikov (piano), with Isabelle Faust (violin), with Jeroen Berwaerts (trumpet)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Teodor Currentzis
his lightning switches of tempo and mood in the fast movement outdo most competitors for bizarrerie...Melnikov includes a searing, thrilling account of Shostakovich's late Violin Sonata, Op.... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Finalist - Concerto
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2012, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, Orchestral Choice
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