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Special offer. Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25
RecommendedVéronique Gens (Marie), Alastair Miles (Herod/Ishmaelite Father), Yann Beuron (Narrator), Stephan Loges (Joseph)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Robin Ticciati
Beuron, still probably France's finest lyric tenor, a compelling Recitant with open, ardent tones and warm delivery...Miles is a splendidly anguished but restrained Herod and benign Ishmaelite,... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd December 2013
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In this ingeniously assembled collection they delight us with songs of defiance and gentle rebuke directed against the gossips and naysayers of 14th and 15th century society. The result is a... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2017, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Finalist - Early Music
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Musique ancienne
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Choral
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Special offer. Corelli: Opus 1 & 3: Church Sonatas
The Avison Ensemble: Pavlo Beznosiuk (violin), Caroline Balding (violin), Richard Tunnicliffe (cello), Paula Chateauneuf (archlute), Roger Hamilton (harpsichord)
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Măcelaru’s new recording with the WDR Sinfonieorchester, of which he is chief conductor, is vividly appealing and captured in sound of great warmth, even lushness. —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2023, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Amidst such truly bewitching music-making it is difficult to isolate individual tracks. In Contrapunctus 6 ‘in Stylo Francese’ Phantasm prioritise articulatory clarity, allowing the sheer complexity... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Special offer. Ravel & Duparc: Aimer et mourir
RecommendedDanses et Mélodies
Magdalena Kožená (mezzo)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Robin Ticciati
The prevailing mood of the first two thirds of the disc is one of heady sensuality, rooted in careful appraisal of sonority and texture and in a fondness for, and an ability to sustain, slower... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2018, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2018, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Special offer. Corelli: Opus 2 & 4: Chamber Sonatas
The Avison Ensemble: Pavlo Beznosiuk (violin), Caroline Balding (violin), Richard Tunnicliffe (cello), Paula Chateauneuf (archlute), Roger Hamilton (harpsichord)
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Special offer. William Lawes: The Royal Consorts
Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo), Daniel Hyde (organ)
Phantasm
The musicians respond to Lawes's complex and variegated emotions with playing by turns buoyant and vigorous, graceful and serene. They delight, too, in his quirky wit...[in Consorts to the Organ]... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Chamber Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Baroque Instrumental
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Special offer. Handel: Messiah
RecommendedSusan Hamilton (soprano), Annie Gill (mezzo), Clare Wilkinson (alto), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), Edward Caswell (bass)
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
The Dunedin Consort's recording of Handel's Messiah strips the work back to how it was performed at its first outing in Dublin. Even less ornate than other 'authentic' performances, it is innately... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Building A Library, April 2022, Also Recommended
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Special offer. The Splendour of Florence with a Burgundian Resonance
Gothic Voices, Andrew Lawrence-King
The poetic French chansons included here intoxicated the European courts and cities with their ravishingly wistful melodies, delicately intertwined. Gothic Voices and veteran harpist Andrew... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Early Music
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