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Cherubini & Plantade: Requiems pour Louis XVI et Marie-Antoinette
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
Niquet brings fresh artistry and specifically French authority honed over decades with Le Concert Spirituel to both works. For me, this is a prize-winning disc — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Choral
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Helmchen’s commanding pianism and perceptive musicianship hold their own in a competitive catalogue…[he] imbues the music’s question-and-answer trajectory [in Variations 13] with a sense of... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2018, Editor's Choice
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Eve finds her voice as Prohaska and Drake navigate Eden’s bright spots and murkier corners. A heady selection of songs to intoxicate the senses; vivid storytelling and musicality. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Song
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The Havana musicians play ‘straight’ Mozart with the same rhythmic vitality which they bring to Edgar Olivero’s mambo-influenced take on Eine kleine Nachtmusik, and the closing track, El manicero,... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Bags of invention have gone into this album...By meticulously combining different movements, Boulanger creates new surroundings for some well-known Bach movements. — More…
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She’s a musician of immense skill with a strong point of view. Her choice of this beautiful Graf for her superbly recorded new Alpha disc seems fully justified. From the outset it is obvious... — More…
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Nicolas Van Kuijk’s playing is strong and characterful enough to carry the passages where the first violin dominates, but all four players contribute to the extensive colour palette, precise... — More…
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Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K621
Kurt Streit (Tito), Karina Gauvin (Vitellia), Julie Fuchs (Servilia), Julie Boulianne (Annio), Robert Gleadow (Publio) & Kate Lindsey (Sextus)
Le Cercle de l’Harmonie, Jérémie Rhorer
Kurt Streit brings lyricism and dignity to the title role; Karina Gauvin has the vocal range and dark timbre for Vitella…and Kate Lindsey is a fine Sesto who excels in the set-piece aria ‘Parto,... — More…
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Pashchenko has an exceptional way with Beethoven. She imbues both little Op. 49 sonatas with a disarming simplicity that can only be borne out of sophistication…[and] her outstanding rendition... — More…
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Why have we not heard this music before? Well you may ask. Both Quentin and Guillemain were highly regarded in their day, and perhaps now their moment has finally come…the playing throughout... — More…
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