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Chausson - Chanson perpétuelle, Op. 37
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Infinite Voyage
RecommendedBarbara Hannigan (soprano), Bertrand Chamayou (piano)
Emerson String Quartet
Much the finest experience comes in Schoenberg’s quartet, where the Emerson Quartet ’s playing masterfully combines forensic technical precision and expressive warmth. And Hannigan’s identif... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th September 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2023, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Special offer. Soirée
RecommendedMagdalena Kožená (mezzo), Sir Simon Rattle (piano), Rahel Rilling (violin), Wolfram Brandl (violin), Yulia Deyneka (viola), David Adorjan (cello), Andrew Marriner (clarinet)
There is some lovely singing from Kožená, whose fawn-tinted mezzo retains its attractive quality from her earliest discs…She sings the two Brahms collections well, especially the Ophelia Songs,... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th September 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Assorted Program
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Ravel/Debussy: String Quartets & Chausson: Perpetuelle
RecommendedKate Lindsey (mezzo-soprano) & Alphonse Cemin (piano)
Quatuor Van Kuijk
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Building a Library, March 2020, Also Recommended
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The songs are chosen, for the most part, with Véronique Gens’s voice in mind – no longer the bright soprano of 20 years ago, but now a warm and expressive mezzo, ideal in the more soulful melodies... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th April 2020
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Diapason d’Or, May 2020, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Fleur de mon âme
Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano), Simon Lepper (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra Soloists
The intimacy and tenderness which she and Lepper bring to Hahn's evergreen À Chloris is worth the price of the disc alone, but everything here is utterly beguiling, with the strings of the RSNO... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2021
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Visions Illuminées
RecommendedMary Bevan (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano), 12 Ensemble, Ruisi Quartet
The heart of the recital is a radiantly searching performance of Britten’s Les illuminations...Bevan’s ability to combine warmth with refreshing vigour is to the fore in Chausson’s Chanson perpétuelle... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Frederica von Stade and Judith Blegen sing Arias and Duets
Judith Blegen (soprano), Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano)
Musicians of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
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Reflets Solaires: Bachelet; Chaminade; Bonnal; Chausson; Berlioz; Massenet
Roselyne Martle, Guillaume Latour, Juliana Laska, Flore Merlin
