David Watkin
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Watkin's profound musicianship is more than enough to accelerate this recording of Bach's Cello Suites to the top of the tiny league of 'definitive' recordings...it's as if all the work that... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Instrumental Winner
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Elgar: The Starlight Express RecommendedElin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone) & Simon Callow (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
While the lyrics tend to the arch or winsome, most of the music is vintage light Elgar, and beautifully performed...This is a very valuable addition to the Elgar discography. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th November 2012
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Strauss: Ariadne on Naxos Sung in English: translation by Christopher Cowell
Christine Brewer (Ariadne/Prima Donna), Robert Dean Smith (Bacchus/The Tenor), Alice Coote (Composer), Gillian Keith (Zerbinetta), Stephen Fry (Major-Domo), Alan Opie (Music Master), John Graham-Hall (Dancing Master/Scaramuccio), Roderick Williams (Harlequin), Matthew Rose (Truffaldino), Wynne Evans...
Brewer's luscious Ariadne had to be captured on disc...There's another essential performance from Alice Coote...with unflinchingly full top notes that few other genuine mezzos possess...I've... — More…
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Opera
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, Opera Choice
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Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588 Janice Watson (Fiordiligi), Diana Montague (Dorabella), Lesley Garrett (Despina), Toby Spence (Ferrando), Christopher Maltman (Guglielmo), Sir Thomas Allen (Don Alfonso); Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Sir Charles Mackerras
This is an account of Così which seems to put momentum first. The opening chord, more ferocious than one would expect, gives way to a rattling overture, and tension and pace never let up. — More…
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Elgar: Symphony No. 2 Lyn Fletcher, Ann Lawes (violins), Timothy Pooley (viola), David Watkin (cello)
Hallé Orchestra, Mark Elder
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Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K621
Rainer Trost (Tito), Magdalena Kozená (Sesto), John Relyea (Publio), Hillevi Martinpelto (Vitellia), Lisa Milne (Servilia), Christine Rice (Annio), Ronald Schneider (fortepiano)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus, Sir Charles Mackerras
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Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70 Recommended(sung in English)
Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Paul Daniel
Paul Daniel and Bryn Terfel ensure that this is one of the most dramatic performances of the oratorio on disc. The young conductor, with the advantage of an excellent period instrument orchestra,... — More…
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Building a Library, November 2000, First Choice
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Ranks honourably among the best available … Watkin has the advantage of outstanding continuo support and a recording of surpassing beauty and unexaggerated perspectives. If faced with a choice... — More…
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Boccherini: Cello Sonatas David Watkin (cello), Richard Lester (cello), Chi-chi Nwanoku (double bass)
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