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Æther
Sarah Aristidou (soloist), Daniel Barenboim, Christian Rivet, Emmanuel Pahud, Orchester des Wandels, Chor der KlangVerwaltung, Thomas Guggeis
Can you capture the ineffable? Sarah Aristidou’s remarkable debut disc Æther explores things within and beyond. She is duly shrouded in mist for the booklet pictures, but there is nothing the... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Nominated - Newcomer
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Bleuse draws playing of greater spontaneity if only slightly less precision than Pierre Boulez in that previous EIC recording of the Chamber Concerto...this is a persuasive means for getting... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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In both suites he communicates with assurance the sequence of dances which follow the preludes though, partly no doubt through force of habit, I found myself every now and again yearning for... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2018, Editor's Choice
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When it comes to organ colour you won't get anything more dazzling than this. Frédéric Desenclos has chosen a glorious collection of pieces...[The Widor] sounds, like everything else here,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2011, Editor's Choice
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Dance With Me
RecommendedLUDWIG Orchestra, Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Lucienne Rénaudin-Vary (trumpet), Berlage Saxophone Quartet
The tautness of the Ludwig Orchestra’s playing – augmented in four dances by the Berlage Saxophone Quartet – echoes that of the best bands of the big band era, and the arrangements are not only... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th March 2022
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Britten: Les Illuminations and other works
Julie Roset (soprano), Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Lawrence Foster
the soprano voice brings a special clarity to this dazzling music [Les Illuminations] and this is one of the finest performances of its kind I've ever heard: it conjures the young Rimbaud's... —
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If the idea of a recital consisting almost entirely of two α recorders makes you uneasy, think again...for all this to work, the playing needs to be immaculate. That the focus ends up being... —
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Listeners who know Dichterliebe intimately, and think they know the Schumanns pretty well, will discover many fresh delights. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2019
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2019, Choral & Song Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Vocal
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Hallelujah Junction: Adams, Stravinsky, Gershwin, Bernstein
Lukas Geniušas (piano), Anna Geniushene (piano)
The two pianos blend well throughout and the Bachian percussiveness of Stravinsky's 'Dumbarton Oaks' works particularly well in this arrangement. Adams's title work is another highlight, an... —
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The New York Times, Best Classical Music Albums of 2025
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2025, Piano
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