Browse: Alpha (label)
This page lists all recordings from the label Alpha.
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Rouvali’s pacing, for the most part, feels instinctively ‘right’…The recording in Gothenburg’s wood-lined Concert Hall offers sonorous, yet clear lower textures, and if the high strings and trumpets... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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Antonini’s standing among the most vital of current Haydn conductors is as evident here in the hushed intensity he brings to the remote Adagio of the Farewell Symphony as it is in the driving... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2021, Orchestral Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Clair-Obscur
RecommendedStrauss - Berg - Zemlinsky
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté, Jean-François Verdier
Shunning the velvety voluptuousness of a Jessye Norman or the wide-eyed textual probing of a Schwarzkopf, she brings a freshness of perspective that encourages the reconsideration of cherished... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th March 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
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Haydn 2032, Vol. 12: Les jeux et les plaisirs RecommendedKammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antonini
The Basel CO are fully attuned to the style of these works and play with a slightly softer grain than Antonini’s ‘other’ band, Il Giardino Armonico. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Buxtehude: Seven Sonatas, Op. 1 BuxWV 252-258 RecommendedSophie Gent (violin), Jonathan Manson (cello) & Thomas Dunford (lute)
Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
This exquisitely balanced recording instantly captures the sense of conversation between the instrumental parts, highlighting the egalitarian approach of Buxtehude's melodic writing. What's more,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2017, Chamber Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2017
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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Camerata Bern accompanies the violinist on this latest foray into the meaning of life, the universe and everything. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2019, Concerto Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Assorted Program
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Haydn: Die Schöpfung
RecommendedAnna Lucia Richter (soprano), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), Florian Boesch (baritone), Il Giardino Armonico, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Giovanni Antonini
Antonini has a fine line-up of soloists, and they clearly enjoy themselves: the soprano Anna Lucia Richter and the tenor Maximilian Schmidt both have attractively light-toned voices, and Richter’s... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th October 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Choral
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Despite the album’s preponderance of minor keys, the programme never seems oppressive thanks to Damien Guillon’s judicious direction which cultivates an almost understated poise buttressed by... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2023, Shortlisted - Choral
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Poulenc: La Voix Humaine
RecommendedVéronique Gens (soprano), Orchestre National de Lille, Alexandre Bloch
More than ably supported by the Orchestre National de Lille under Alexandre Bloch, Gens spans the gamut of emotions, puzzled, hopeful, coquettish, desperately pleading, def iant and, ultimately,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th January 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2023
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Gramophone Awards, 2023, Shortlisted - Opera
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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