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Special offer. 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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Berg: Violin Concerto, Seven Early Songs, and Three Pieces for Orchestra
RecommendedGil Shaham (violin), Susanna Phillips (soprano), San Francisco Symphony & Michael Tilson-Thomas
Berg’s shimmering, often Mahlerian soundscapes are lovingly rendered by Tilson Thomas. Shaham brings tonal beauty and power to the sublime Concerto, while Phillips’s voice is radiant in the... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Nominee - Best Classical Compendium
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Special offer. Vienna - Fin de Siècle
RecommendedBarbara Hannigan (soprano), Reinbert De Leeuw (piano)
Hannigan’s luminous voice perfectly suits this music. She conveys the uneasy, almost unhinged feel of the fin de siècle not only in her lyric singing, but also in her crooning, swopping, sliding,... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Juno Awards, 2019, Classical Album of the Year - Vocal or Choral
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Special offer. Vienna - Fin de Siècle - Vinyl Edition
Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Reinbert De Leeuw (piano)
Hannigan’s luminous voice perfectly suits this music. She conveys the uneasy, almost unhinged feel of the fin de siècle not only in her lyric singing, but also in her crooning, swopping, sliding,... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2018
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Parton’s sound is agreeably brilliant, bright, open and high-lying...Lepper often breathes magic into less inspired compositions. Some of these composers are famous for over-egging, but this... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - Debut Solo Album
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Juliane Banse brings to all of them her intense voice, focused and lovely...and makes them as memorable as anyone I've ever heard...whatever the merits of this neglected music turn out in the... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Vocal Finalist
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Her close-to-flawless technical security remains a constant throughout, and her voice now offers a wide range of colours and options besides the lovely bell-like purity with which she made her... — More…
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Special offer. Sehnsucht: Berg - Mahler
Live in Rotterdam
Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Raoul Steffani (baritone), Camerata RCO, Rolf Verbeek
[Mahler] I couldn’t wait to hear Hannigan in the finale, and she is superb, conveying the childlike wonder of the vocal part with such musicality and dramatic conviction that it will be hard... — More…
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Anne Sofie von Otter included the Seven EarlySongs on a recital disc (no longer available on CD). Singing with orchestra, von Otter naturally works on a larger scale. The words are more firmly... — More…
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Schumann and Berg: Dorothea Röschmann & Mitsuko Uchida
RecommendedDorothea Röschmann (soprano) & Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Dorothea Röschmann's voice is now, surely, one of the most beautiful in the lyric soprano range…it is shown almost to perfection in this gorgeous recital disc…the perfect Lieder recital — More…
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Grammy Awards, 59th Awards (2016), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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