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Elgar & Carter: Cello Concertos RecommendedAlisa Weilerstein (cello)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim
Weilerstein avoids nostalgia [in the Elgar] and produces instead an account that is full of passion, grief and nobility of feeling...Her interpretation [of the Carter], at once remarkably expressive... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th February 2013
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2013, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2013, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Recording of the Year & Concerto Award Winner
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Verdi: Requiem
RecommendedAnja Harteros (soprano), Elīna Garanča (mezzo), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), René Pape (bass)
Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Daniel Barenboim
Barenboim's interpretative view is grand in conception, with the La Scala performers offering him sufficient depth and richness of tone...the four soloists form a quartet finely balanced in... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th September 2013
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2013, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Handel: Ottone RecommendedMax Emanuel Cenčić (Ottone), Lauren Snouffer (Teofane), Pavel Kudinov (Emireno), Ann Hallenberg (Gismonda), Xavier Sabata (Adalberto), Anna Starushkevych (Matilda)
Il Pomo d’Oro, George Petrou
The leading man is Max Emanuel Cenčić (Ottone), his tone keen, flexible and brilliant…[Xavier Sabata] brings emotionality and intelligence to the role of Adalberto…Ann Hallenberg as Gismonda,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Opera Recording
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Record Review, 17th June 2017, Recording of the Week
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Opera, August 2017, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Opera
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Drawing on a hatful of tricks, Benedetti makes her violin sing and dance, rage and lament. Flirtatious exchanges between soloist and ensemble enhance the tonal and textural contrasts of the... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th July 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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The Takács plough very deep furrows, emotionally and intellectually, but they also understand the paradoxical humour that’s essential to the spirituality of this music. — More…
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Building a Library, January 2009, First Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2005, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2005, Winner - Chamber
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Grieg & Schumann: Piano Concertos RecommendedRadu Lupu (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn
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Building a Library, January 2004, First Choice
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
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Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58 RecommendedEri Nakamura (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (contralto), Michael Spyres (tenor), Jongmin Park (bass)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Jiří Bělohlávek
They bring a depth and richness of warm colours to a score still insufficiently appreciated…Bělohlávek is the authoritative interpreter leading his forces through the piece with confidence and,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th May 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2017, Winner - Musique Sacrée
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Britten: War Requiem Recommended2023 remastering
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) & Simon Preston (organ), London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Melos Ensemble, Highgate School Choir & The Bach Choir, Benjamin Britten
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - Technical Achievement
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I attended some of these sessions and can still recall the forensic care and commitment the Takács brought to these works. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2017, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 45th Awards (2002), Best Chamber Music Recording
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