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Baldassarre Galuppi - Forgotten Arias of a Venetian Master
Catherine King (mezzo soprano)
Il Canto di Orfeo, Gianluca Capuano (harpsichord and director)
Avie here marks his 300th anniversary – largely forgotten amid the Mozart and Shostakovich junketings – with a clutch of opera seria arias from the 1730s and '40s, before he teamed up with the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2007, Editor's Choice
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Here is Liszt playing of rare passion and musical integrity. There is no tip-toeing round the great B minor Sonata, no imposition of self-conscious effects or losing the thread through over-interpretation.... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2006, Editor's Choice
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Claire Booth and Christopher Glynn have nurtured a love of Grainger’s folk song transcriptions and re-compositions since university days 20 years ago. Now the love has exploded onto this CD,... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2017
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Lord, J: Durham Concerto
Matthew Barley (cello), Jon Lord (hammond organ), Ruth Palmer (violin) & Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian pipes)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Mischa Damev
Jon Lord has concentrated on composition since leaving Deep Purple. Lord's music is compellingly sonorous, his programmatic narratives are crystal-clear, and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic... — More…
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Works for Violin and Piano by Franck, Kurtag, Previn & Schumann
RecommendedAugustin Hadelich (violin) & Joyce Yang (piano)
It is a rare recording that maintains the sort of precision that allows it to stand up to repeated listening while at the same time fostering an illusion of spontaneity, but this is one — More…
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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The 18-strong Apollo's Fire ensemble...plays with great crispness and vigour, offering terse supporting musical pillars to the voices and emphasizing rhythmic vigour over a sense of line...the... — More…
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Brahms: Flute Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2, Op. 120 (arrangements of Clarinet Sonatas), etc.
Jeffrey Khaner (flute) & Chalres Abramovic (piano)
With the poignant flute solo in the middle of the passacaglia finale of the Fourth Symphony among the most tenderly reflective passages in all Brahms, it is sad that he did not write any work... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2005, Editor's Choice
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Sonnerie elect to open this delectable recording with the bright, extrovert Concerto No 4, which Handel based on music he had rejected from his autograph of Alcina. Matthew Halls begins this... — More…
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Karpman: Ask Your Mama
RecommendedJanai Brugger (soprano), Nnenna Freelon (vocals), Angela Brown (soprano)
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, Medusa, The Roots, George Manahan
The cycle features a multitude of voices, including luminous soprano Janai Brugger…jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon and the powerfully invisive Monét Owens, accompanied by the San Francisco Ballet... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 58th Awards (2015), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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…Imogen Cooper is second to none in Schubert. The sound she so carefully makes is a glorious companion throughout, casting radiance on the first two Moments musicaux, the spellbinding last... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2010, Editor's Choice
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