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Composers
- Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
- Weiss, Silvius Leopold (1686-1750)
- Price, Steven (b.1977)
- Foster, Stephen Collins (1826-64)
- Smith, John Stafford (1750-1836)
- Taneyev, Sergei Ivanovich (1856-1915)
- Wagner, Siegfried (1869-1930)
- Rossi, Salamone (1570-c.1630)
- Wesley, Samuel Sebastian (1810-76)
- Romberg, Sigmund (1887-1951)
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Artists
- Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
- Choir of King's College Cambridge (Choir)
- President's Own United States Marine Band (Military Band)
- Choir of St John's College Cambridge (Choir)
- USSR State Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
- Wiener Sängerknaben (Choir)
- King's Consort (Early Music Ensemble)
- King's Singers (Choir)
- Thomanerchor (Choir)
- Accardo, Salvatore (Violin)
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Conductors
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Labels
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Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow: Symphony No. 10
RecommendedBoston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Powerful and beautifully crafted, this recording – the first from the relationship between DG and the Boston Symphony under Nelsons – is a hugely impressive sign of just what this ensemble/maestro... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st July 2015
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2015, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2015, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Winner - Orchestral
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Grammy Awards, 58th Awards (2015), Best Orchestral Performance
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As with his previous period-instrument ventures, Schiff opens up a new world and thoroughly adjusts his temperament, his ‘pianism’ and his artistry to it. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th January 2023
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Record Review, 11th February 2023, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2023, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow: Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9
RecommendedBoston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Nelsons is spry and precisioned and his insistence on super-keen rhythm pays off big-time...The Fifth Symphony is quite marvellous...and like the Tenth should dominate the catalogue for a long... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th May 2016
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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Grammy Awards, 59th Awards (2016), Best Orchestral Performance
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Every piece in Rana's tapestry is vividly characterised, and none are overblown, didactic or taken at an extreme tempo. The alternating comedy, grandeur, and exultant cleverness of the up-beat... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Instrumental
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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J. S. Bach: A Life in Music Vol. 1 RecommendedArnstadt & Mühlhausen (1703-1708), Early Cantatas
Paul Agnew, Les Arts Florissants, Benjamin Alard
With just one or two to a part, each musician is a leader here. The purity of the singers’ straight tones and the immediacy and depth of their individual reactions to lexical meaning are bracing,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th April 2024
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J S Bach: Motets RecommendedRecorded live in London, St John’s Smith Square, 2011
Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
the Monteverdi Choir can turn from Rottweiler into lamb in the blink of an eye...Some might fine Gardiner's approach theatrical; he could persuasively counter that the motets engage unflinchingly... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2012, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2012, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 & Wagner: Siegfried’s Funeral March
RecommendedGewandhausorchester, Andris Nelsons
What elevates these performances for me is the fact that Nelsons takes equal care over the string parts...Having said that, the brass certainly don't disappoint either: the outbursts of the slow... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th April 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2018
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Orchestral
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Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232 RecommendedHannah Morrison (soprano), Esther Brazil (mezzo), Meg Bragle (alto), Kate Symonds-Joy (alto), Peter Davoren (tenor), Nick Pritchard (tenor), Alex Ashworth (bass), David Shipley (bass)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Gardiner’s second recording of the B minor Mass is a predictably exhilarating experience. The opening Kyrie, paced to perfection, leaves one amazed afresh…the chorus (which supplies the mostly... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Baroque Vocal
2 CDs
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Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
RecommendedMika Kares (Bluebeard), Szilvia Vörös (Judith), Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki
Both Kares and Vörös offer a subtle, understated approach…As well as conveying the piece’s taut structure and the orchestral writing’s sheer sweep, conductor Susanna Mälkki seeks out the detail... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2021, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Opera
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Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Nominee - Best Opera Recording
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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245
RecommendedWerner Güra (Evangelist), Johannes Weisser (bass arias/Christus), Andrew Redmon (Petrus), Johannes Schendel (Pilatus), Sunhae Im (soprano arias), Benno Schachtner (alto arias), Sebastian Kohlhepp (tenor arias), Fabienne Weiss (Ancilla), Minsub Hong (Servus)
Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS...
Clarity of sound and purpose distinguish [this] recording…woodwind are placed in front of the strings, allowing for exceptional detail in the turba choruses [while] the soloists sing throughout,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th March 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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International Classical Music Awards, 2017, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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