Browse: Harmonia Mundi (label)
This page lists all recordings from the label Harmonia Mundi.
-
Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245
RecommendedWerner Güra (Evangelist), Johannes Weisser (bass arias/Christus), Andrew Redmon (Petrus), Johannes Schendel (Pilatus), Sunhae Im (soprano arias), Benno Schachtner (alto arias), Sebastian Kohlhepp (tenor arias), Fabienne Weiss (Ancilla), Minsub Hong (Servus)
Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS...
Clarity of sound and purpose distinguish [this] recording…woodwind are placed in front of the strings, allowing for exceptional detail in the turba choruses [while] the soloists sing throughout,... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 25th March 2016
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2017, Winner - Baroque Vocal
2 SACDs + DVD Video
$12.75Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
[El sombrero de tres picos] The performance quickly settles down into one of the most witty, colorful, and absorbing sensual of the work’s recent outings. — More…
Awards:
-
Diapason d’Or, October 2019, Nouveauté
-
Presto Editor's Choice, September 2019
-
Gramophone Magazine, November 2019, Editor's Choice
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
-
The Times Records of the Year, 2019
CD
$18.25Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Mozart: Piano Concertos, K.413-15
Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz
These are dazzling and at times unusually searching performances. — More…
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine, December 2016, Concerto Choice
-
Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2016, Winner - Concerto
-
Gramophone Magazine, November 2016, Editor's Choice
-
ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
CD
$16.50Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
RecommendedMarion Ralincourt (flute)
Les Siècles & Ensemble Aedes, François-Xavier Roth
There are some excellent things on this disc: full rein given to the ballet’s explosive side, often underplayed; as part of that, the wide range observed in crescendo markings, the underplaying... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, June 2017, Editor's Choice
-
Presto Editor's Choice, April 2017
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
-
Gramophone Awards, 2018, Winner - Orchestral
-
Building A Library, February 2022, Also Recommended
CD
$18.25Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Saint-Saëns: Symphonic Poems - Le Carnaval des Animaux - l'Assassinat du Duc de Guise
RecommendedLes Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
One of his many virtues is that he’s not afraid of making his orchestra play very, very quietly; another is that, where a composer has not noted dynamics, Roth feels free to invent them, and... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 17th November 2023
-
BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2023, Orchestral Choice
-
Gramophone Magazine, December 2023, Editor's Choice
2 CDs
$22.50Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5
Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano), Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado
These are invigorating performances of Beethoven’s first and last concertos, conveying an admirable sense of spontaneity…The entire performance [of No. 2] radiates energy and enjoyment… Bezuidenhout... — More…
Awards:
-
Record Review, 15th February 2020, Record of the Week
-
BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, Concerto Choice
-
Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
-
Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
-
Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
CD
$18.25Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Nadia & Lili Boulanger: Les Heures Claires
RecommendedThe Complete Songs
Lucile Richardot (mezzo), Stéphane Degout (baritone), Raquel Camarinha (soprano), Anne de Fornel (piano), Sarah Nemtanu (violin), Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello)
Pianist Anne de Fornel is the impressive constant factor, capturing the refined emotional nuances of these exquisite works, while mezzo-soprano Lucile Richardot takes the lion’s share of the... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 24th February 2023
-
Gramophone Awards, 2023, Shortlisted - Song
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Winner - Vocal Music
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Vocal
3 CDs
$28.50Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Debussy: Les Trois Sonates, The Late Works
RecommendedThe Three Sonatas
Isabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (piano), Tanguy de Williencourt (piano), Magali Mosnier (flute), Antoine Tamestit viola), Xavier de Maistre (harp), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Javier Perianes (piano)
Until recently this music was almost invariably viewed and experienced through a prism of 19th-century rhetoric – listening to Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov deftly tracing the evanescent... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, November 2018, Editor's Choice
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 16th November 2018
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
-
BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2018, Chamber Choice
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Chamber
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Winner - Chamber
-
Gramophone Awards, 2019, Winner - Chamber
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Chamber Music
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Mozart: Die Singspiele (The Magic Flute & The Abduction from the Seraglio)
RecommendedAkademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs, RIAS Kammerchor
This is a total experience, perfectly tailored for private listening. René Jacobs thinks of it as a Hörspiel: it's a play to be heard - I don't know a recorded Zauberflöte more thrillingly alive... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 13th September 2010
-
Building a Library, November 2010, Recommended Recording (Die Zauberflöte)
-
Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year (Die Zauberflöte)
-
Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Opera (Die Zauberflöte)
-
BBC Music Magazine, November 2010, Opera Choice (Die Zauberflöte)
-
Record Review, December 2010, Critics' Disc of the Year (Die Zauberflöte)
-
Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2010, Editor's Choice (Die Zauberflöte)
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015, (Die Entführung)
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Winner - Opera (Die Zauberflöte)
5 CDs
$38.75 -
-
Buxtehude, Schütz & Dijkman: Septem Verba & Membra Jesu Nostri
Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé
Vocal forces of just 10 singers supported by the same number of instrumentalists bring a level of intimacy that is entirely appropriate to this programme of 17th-century music reflecting on the... — More…
Awards:
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
-
Record Review, Records of the Year 2021
-
Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Choral
2 CDs
$9.75Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
