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Death and Devotion
Cantatas
Johannette Zomer (soprano), Peter Harvey (bass violin), Antoinette Lohmann (viola da gamba), Pieter Affourtit (viola da gamba), Richte van der Meer (violoncello), Joshua Cheatham (violoncello), Lucia Swarts (violone), Maggie Urquhart (theorbo), Fred Jacobs (organ/harpsichord) and Pieter Dirksen (bassoon)
Netherlands...
There is an intensity to the performances that is quite riveting and the poise of the singing is magnificent. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2004, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, May 2010, First Choice (as SACD)
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Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Amaryllis Dieltiens (soprano), Siri Karoline Thornhill (soprano), Tim Mead (alto), Matthew White (alto), Gerd Türk (tenor - Evangelist), Julian Podger (tenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass) & Sebastian Noack (bass)
The Netherlands Bach Society with Kampen Boys Choir, Jos...
He has two quartets of soloists which also provide Choirs 1 and 2, but adds eight more voices to the first choir so the double choruses are unbalanced, 12 singers pitted against four. It's astonishingly... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2011, Choral & Song Choice
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Iván Fischer conducts Borodin & Tchaikovsky
RecommendedBudapest Festival Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno, Iván Fischer
Fischer once again doesn’t disappoint; indeed, he’s brought to light elements of this work, in particular textural detaileven during the loud brass-led sections, the strings can still be heard... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd September 2016
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The pulse is discreetly shunted towards the background, utterly charming the senses with an often delicate mechanism of light pizzicato strings and mallet percussion...This performance deals... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2016, Editor's Choice
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Rodrigo: Concierto Madrigal, Tonadilla & arrangements for two guitars
Katona Twins (guitar duo)
Rotterdams Chamber Orchestra, Conrad van Alphen
The best of the established guitar duos have consisted of players who are/were either married or blood-related – favourable conditions for in-built empathy. Presti-Lagoya set the pace in the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2002, Editor's Choice
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Virtuosismo - Paganini & Vieuxtemps
Ning Feng (violin)
Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, Rossen Milanov
If you had never heard these works before you would gasp in amazement at such fearless, sure-fingered playing from the soloist…he executes all difficulties without apparently breaking sweat…And... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2019
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Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16 & Walton: Serenade for Strings
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
Arrangements for string orchestra of works originally written for string quartet are not uncommon, especially in the cases of Beethoven and Schubert… But in the amazing scherzo, with its huge... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2006, Disc of the Month
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The first movement is brisk, with much of the articulate verve you’d expect from this source, the coda having particular aplomb. The Scherzo works best, save for an untoward bit of nuancing... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2013, First Choice (CD/SACD)
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Eloquence in all departments was to be expected from Ivan Fischer and his hyper-alert Hungarians...What I hadn't anticipated was the risk-taking with a couple of crucial tempos. Fischer's orchestra... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th August 2012
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