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There’s no playing to the gallery in Lukas Geniušas’s Rachmaninov with a difference, though he could certainly reach to the back of the largest concert hall with his resonant fortissimos . —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2023, Editor's Choice
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The Van Kuijk marry high technical polish (tuning and ensemble virtually flawless), close attention to Mendelssohn’s detailed markings and a spirit of youthful, spontaneous ardour. —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2022, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Mozart: La clemenza di Tito
Nicky Spence (Tito), Simona Šaturová (Vitellia), Anna Stéphany (Sesto), Chiara Skerath (Servilia), Antoinette Dennefeld (Annio), David Steffens (Publio)
Opéra de Rouen Haute-Normandie, Ben Glassberg
The title-role is difficult to cast, but Nicky Spence has the range, the fluency and the technique to bring off all the vocal challenges while equally entering fully into the character’s plight...With... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2022, Opera Choice
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Mozart: Complete Works for Clarinet, Vol. 1
RecommendedNicolas Baldeyrou, Alexandre Chabod, Gabriel Pidoux, Hélène Devilleneuve, David Douçot, Thomas Quinquenel, David Guerrier, Hugues Viallon, Yann Dubost, Franck Amet, François Miquel, Antoine Dreyfuss, Anne Broussard
Baldeyrou’s soft, bosky tone is a constant joy; Pidoux’s oboe has a citrussy tang, distinctive though not perhaps to all tastes. Both feature the occasional graceful ornamentation on repeats... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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The exquisitely pure-toned performance α of Hildegard von Bingen's O viridissima, Virga at the outset makes clear that this will be a special recital...Christopher Lowrey elicits expressively... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2025, Christmas Choice
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Insight for insight Appl is more than matched by his pianist James Baillieu, a storyteller to his staccato-cherishing fingertips…In their mutually enriching symbiosis Schubert’s journey emerges... —
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The Busch are a thoroughly expert ensemble, easily to be trusted with a complete Beethoven cycle. They explore the composer's more overtly expressive moments with earnestness and telling dynamic... —
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the All-Night Vigil appears here a denuded museum artefact, displayed alongside a distantly related musical tradition that ’s presented in a more vibrant and authentic style. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Choral Music
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Jüri Reinvere: Ship of Fools
Maarika Järvi, Monika Mattiesen, Estonian Festival Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2025, Composer of the Year
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