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Their slender forces and predominantly fast tempos may not appeal to listeners favouring the ‘grand manner’ in these works, but these performances are both vibrant instrumentally and wonderfully... —
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Special offer. Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Simone Kermes (Dido), Dimitris Tiliakos (Aeneas), Deborah York (Belinda), Oleg Ryabets (Sorceress), Margarita Mezentseva, Sofia Fomina, Yana Mamonova, Elena Kondratova, Valeria Safonova & Alexandre Zverev
New Siberian Singers (chamber choir of the Novosibirsk State Academic Opera &...
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He has an innate affinity with the three composers presented here. —
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Behzod Abduraimov’s expansive phrasing and potent left hand lend the opening Andantino a Brahmsian patina...abetted by the Royal Philharmonic’s shapely pizzicato strings and individualistic... —
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Orff: Carmina Burana
Russell Braun (baritone), Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor), Alina Wunderlin (soprano)
Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Zürcher Sängerknaben, Paavo Järvi
The choir’s articulation is razor-sharp and urgent, and Orff’s booming percussion writing rattles the rafters...But ultimately the real star here is Paavo Järvi, whose leanly energised direction... —
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All through this collection, the playing of Sinfonietta Riga under founder-director Normunds Šnē confirms why it ranks among the leading such ensembles in Europe in the 17 years of its existence.... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Electric Fields
Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Katia Labèque (piano), Marielle Labèque (piano), David Chalmin (synths and electronics)
Hannigan floats serenely above the glittering, increasingly frenzied muscularity of Dessner’s ‘O orzchis Ecclesia’, though his ‘O nobilissima viriditas’ ultimately spills over into less convincing... —
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On paper this may look like an unlikely musical partnership...yet put them together and the result is musical dynamite...this captivating recital really goes into overdrive with Ravel’s Sonata...More... —
