Hyperion
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The Takács Quartet has sustained an admiring following through its changes of personnel down the years, and their exceptional precision of tuning and ensemble, especially at full-tilt Mendelssohnian... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th November 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2002, Editor's Choice
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Liszt: The Complete Songs Volume 2 - Angelika Kirchschlager
RecommendedAngelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano) & Julius Drake (piano)
Kirchschlager's rich, resonant mezzo finds beauties everywhere on this disc, from heights of drama to imtimacies of reflection, and at every turn Drake is with her. I particularly like the way... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Vocal Award Winner
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There is much to praise in these poised, polished performances, hieratic in the Mass and more intimate where the music permits it (the beginning of the ‘Qui tollis’ is lovely in a way that recalls... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Early Music
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Miserere
A sequence of music for Lent, St Joseph, and the Annunciation
Peter Stevens (organ), William Gaunt (bass) & Peter Stevens (organ)
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Martin Baker
This is a disc for those who love the acoustic, the atmosphere and the musical traditions of the Roman Catholic Cathedral in London...This is a large choir, very good at big effects. The pacing... —
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Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony
RecommendedSteven Osborne (piano) & Cynthia Millar (ondes Martenot)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena
Any performance must keep sight of the romantic, sometimes disturbing, core of the work. This is clearly understood in this performance from Juanjo Mena and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra...the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2012, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, February 2023, Also Recommended
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Isserlis here achieves a beauty, finesse and attack with the cello less evident from his playing 20 years ago: his technique is phenomenal, his bowing at once wildly abandoned and absolutely... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2005, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2006, Editor's Choice
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Poulenc - Gloria and Motets
RecommendedSusan Gritton
Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia, The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Stephen Layton
Stephen Layton's tight control of his forces, both choral and orchestral, lends impeccable ensemble and heart-thumping excitement - has the opening tutti ever had such punch? Soprano Susan... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Choral
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2008, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, February 2020, Also Recommended
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Some of Handel’s greatest music was written for bass-baritones, and in Purves finds its ideal interpreter. —
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BBC Music Magazine, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2018, Editor's Choice
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Their approach is alert, texturally clear and passionate … these are admriable performances which I recommend to any prospective buyer … this new Takács reading weighs in at the top end of the... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Chamber
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