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Building a Library, September 2005, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1999, Winner - Solo Vocal
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The result is studded with performances heroic and tender. Kaufmann shows his outstanding dynamic and expressive range, from a close-miked, intimate whisper to gloriously powerful, full-throttle... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th September 2020
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Beethoven: Lieder & Bagatellen
Christoph Berner (fortepiano J. B. Streicher, 1847), Werner Güra (tenor)
Güra's noble and beautifully enunciated tenor recreates the sheer energy and spiritual struggle within the microcosm of Beethoven's songs…Berner's 1847 Streicher fortepiano captures well the... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2015, Choral & Song Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Vocal Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Solo Vocal
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For youthful ardor I will still turn to Fritz Wunderlich in An die ferne Geliebte, yet this new release is the best Beethoven song recital I’ve heard, and it bids fair to be one of the treasures... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th March 2020
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2020, Nouveauté
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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I Wonder As I Wander
RecommendedBeethoven, Schubert, Mahler & Britten
James Newby (baritone), Joseph Middleton (piano)
These are songs for the still grey skies of winter, filled with yearning for the other – whether a love unrequited or lost, a life that falls bitterly short, a homeland viewed from exile – coloured... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Special offer. Beethoven: Lieder & Folksongs
RecommendedIan Bostridge (tenor), Antonio Pappano (piano), Vilde Frang (violin), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello)
[In The Song of the Flea] Pappano invests the fidgety piano part with piquant playfulness whilst allowing Bostridge to flex his comedic muscles to the full…[In An die ferne Geliebte] Bostridge’s... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th July 2020
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Beethoven, Schubert, Haydn & Others: Piano Works
First Prize Winner Hamamatsu International Piano Competition 2018
Can Çakmur (piano)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Winner - Solo Instrument
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Christian Gerhaher: Ferne Geliebte (Distant Beloved)
Christian Gerhaher (baritone) & Gerold Huber (piano)
a recital of rare and compelling musical intelligence and integrity of response...But as well as the intellectual satisfaction of this recital, there is also the sheer delight of Gerhaher's... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Vocal Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2012, Editor's Choice
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Confidenze (Nicolò Balducci & Anna Paradiso)
Nicolò Balducci (male soprano), Anna Paradiso (fortepiano)
Rhetoric has always been at the fore with Balducci, sometimes to the detriment of vocal lines smudged with intrusive swoops and expressive pitch-bending. But it’s an approach legitimised in... — More…
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Building a Library, September 2005, Mid-Price Choice
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