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No point trying to fault anything: the lightness and flexibility of her touch takes the breath away, and her sound is at every moment transparently controlled, each piece displaying insight... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2012, Editor's Choice
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Forbidden, yet seldom forbidding, Appl’s exquisitely cultivated fruits are ripe for plucking, and deserve to be consumed with unalloyed relish! — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2023
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Much of this repertory suits Sampson wonderfully well. Her silvery tone suggests fragility from the outset, while her restrained way with words admirably conveys the vagaries of desire, distress... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2019
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Special offer. Schubert: 15 Lieder
RecommendedChrista Ludwig, Geoffrey Parsons, Gervase de Peyer, Gerald Moore
Ludwig presents them with disarming dedication and to hear the hackneyed Ave Maria sung like this is to realise afresh the beauty which all too often is jellied over with sentiment. Gervase... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
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Special offer. Schubert: 24 Lieder
RecommendedElisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Edwin Fischer, Gerald Moore, Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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With Gerald Moore (who returned to the studio out of retirement especially for the occasion) still at this finest, this is a hugely satisfying collection...There are no texts, but this remains... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Kate Royal: A Lesson in Love
RecommendedKate Royal (soprano) & Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Royal is on fine form in the Schumann and Schubert Lieder, with Malcolm Martineau at the piano stage-managing the show admirably, as indeed he does throughout. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th February 2011
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Lieder
RecommendedSongs orchestrated by Berlioz, Britten, Brahms, Liszt, Offenbach, Reger & Webern
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Quasthoff (baritone)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado
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Grammy Awards, 46th Awards (2003), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year
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