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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. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Song
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In Das heisse Herz you feel the presence of Schumann, the popular dance hall, folk tunes, and the torment of Wozzeck as filtered through Widmann’s sensibility. The piano part parallels the voice... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year & Solo Vocal
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For the most part, this is a dry-eyed, disciplined account...By largely playing the score straight, it helps Tchaikovsky’s ritenutos to really tell. Järvi keeps the third-movement Valse on the... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2020
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021, Symphonie
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Baritone Konstantine Krimmel shares the admirable qualities of his instrumental colleagues. A better musician than an actor in these stage works, he has an attractive, well-produced voice, knows... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year & Solo Vocal
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Bach - Concertos for Several Instruments, Vol. 1
RecommendedPablo Valetti, Amandine Beyer, Claire Cachia, David Plantier (violins), Diana Baroni (flute), Antoine (oboe d'amore), Patricia Gagnon, Sabine Bouthinon (violas), Petr Skalka (cello), Ludek Brany (double bass), Céline Fritsch (harpsichord)
Café Zimmermann
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Building a Library, November 2019, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, March 2020, Also Recommended
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As the programme unfolds from deft basse danses to Marchetto Cara’s sprightly Tante volte si si si we hear an impressive and persuasive attempt to uncover Leonardo’s subliminal music. —
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Diapason d’Or, Summer Issue 2019
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Early Music
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Special offer. Lully: Persée 1770
Mathias Vidal, Hélène Guilmette, Katherine Watson, Tassis Christoyannis, Jean Teitgen, Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Marie Lenormand, Cyrille Dubois, Marie Kalinine, Thomas Dolié, Zachary Wilder
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
Hervé Niquet’s musical direction is admirably fluent. The orchestral playing and choral singing are magnificent throughout in a suitably resonant recording…Katherine Watson as Mérope stands... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2017
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Record Review, 25th March 2017, Recording of the Week
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The Belcea Quartet’s first Shostakovich release offers much food for thought. Their insightful performance of the Third Quartet fully encapsulates the work’s war-scarred anguish…Anderszewski... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2018
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Record Review, 5th May 2018, Recording of the Week
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Van Mechelen pays fitting tribute to Legros, focusing on tasteful lyricism and beauty rather than on virtuosic display...He is at his best as the pastoral lover, when the luminous timbre of... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music
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International Opera Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Recording (Solo Recital)
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Messiaen
Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Vilde Frang (violin), Charles Sy (tenor)
This is personal. It is also special…[Chamayou's] exceptionally strong pedigree In Messiaen is apparent throughout and, as might be expected, this music fits Hannigan's superlative talents like... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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