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Janáček: The Diary of One Who Disappeared
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Nicky Spence (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Václava Housková (mezzo), VOICE, Victoria Samek (clarinet)
This excellently recorded performance is strikingly direct. The ebb and flow of the drama is brilliantly captured. Nicky Spence’s tenor is flexible across a huge range…Drake’s accompaniment... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2019
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Record Review, 6th July 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2019, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Vocal
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Winner - Vocal
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Winner - Solo Vocal
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Magdalena Kožená - Songs My Mother Taught Me
RecommendedMagdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Michael Freimuth (lute and guitar) & Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Beautifully recorded and accompanied, this is not just a showpiece for an exceptional voice, but a fascinating conspectus of Czech song, with a Moravian twist. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd September 2008
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Solo Vocal
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2008, Editor's Choice
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Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 2001, Winner - Vocal
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Janáček: Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs
Alfred Holeček (soloist), Václav Halíř (vocalist), Libuše Domanínská (vocalist), Theodor Šrubař (vocalist)
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Magdalena Kozena - Enchantment
Magdalena Kožená (mezzo), Ludovít Marcinger (piano), Annick Massis (soprano), Henschel Quartet, Malcolm Martineau (piano), Graham Johnson (piano)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Prague Philharmonia, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Musica Antiqua Köln, Musica Florea, Gabrieli Consort and Players, Scottish...
Kožená has one of those voices that seem to go straight to the heart. —
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Janacek: Moravian Folk Songs
Recorded at the Martinů Hall, Academy of Music, Prague, October 2014 and April 2015.
Martina Jankova (soprano), Tomas Kral (baritone) & Ivo Kahanek (piano)
Some operatic voices overstate or over-gloss the raw spirit, but soprano Martina Jankova and baritone Tomáš Král have clear, candid voices with a gentle touch from pianist Ivo Kahánek. —
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Songs my mother taught me
Deluxe digital version with bonus track
Magdalena Kozena (mezzo-soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Michael Freimuth (guitar), Dorothea Röschmann (soprano)
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