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Debussy: Nocturnes and Duruflé: Requiem
RecommendedMagdalena Kožená (mezzo)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Robin Ticciati
Ticciati’s performances are relaxed and lyrical, and recorded in splendid sound. Taking the Duruflé first, the sound opens up impressively in the big moments, with exhilarating climaxes in the... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Katherine Bryan plays Flute Concertos by Christopher Rouse and Jacques Ibert
Katherine Bryan (flute)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Jac van Steen
Bryan certainly has complete mastery of the [Rouse's] technical and expressive demands, as she does in Ibert's Concerto of 1933...Her playing of Debussy's Syrinx, the ne plus ultra of the solo... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2013, Editor's Choice
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The players of the upper lines are well matched in tone and approach, over purposeful continuo support and in clear textures, well caught by the recording. It’s a pleasure to hear this talented... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2019, Editor's Choice
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Mozart: Divertimento K334 & Oboe Quartet K370
Alexander Janiczek (director & violin), Robin Williams (oboe)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
This highly enjoyable performance is directed from the first-violin chair by Alexander Janiczek, who spins a fine, lithe line, with minimal vibrato, articulating the phrasing with deft bowing.... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2012, Editor's Choice
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A particular highlight is the radiance of the A major Sonata Op. 18 No. 5. Duo Pleyel also exceeds our high expectations for the Mozart works, and their interpretations are an essential addition... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, Instrumental Choice
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Beznosiuk offers lyrical, intuitively musical performances, imbued with a placid, unpretentious grace, while his spontaneous ornamentation adds a dash of Baroque bravura. Beznosiuk is well matched... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2018, Also recommended
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Makedonissimo
by Pande Shahov in collaboration with Simon Trpčeski
Simon Trpčeski, Hidan Mamudov, Aleksandar Krapovski, Alexander Somov, Vlatko Nushev
Don’t be fooled by the playful title…[Makedonissimo] is is a serious affair shaped by input from ethnomusicologists and ultimately chiselled into form by a composer. The sound of the kaval and... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2020
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La Guitarra Espanola
The Music of Santiago de Murcia
William Carter (baroque guitar) & Susanne Heinrich (bass viol)
Carter has given us de Murcia’s full stylistic and international range on this wonderful CD...De Murcia’s music, by turns sultry and playful, is brought to life by Carter’s light, dextrous,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2007, Editor's Choice
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The use of an instrument which is lighter and smaller than a modern classical instrument...results in a delicate yet surprisingly broad range of tones and colours…This, together with Carter's... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2010, Editor's Choice
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Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
RecommendedLorenzo Soulès (piano), Máté Szücs (viola), Richard Watkins (horn), Allan Clayton (tenor)
Aldeburgh Strings, Markus Däunert
In Britten’s buoyant Young Apollo Aldeburgh Strings field a greater weight and range of colour that Rattle’s CBSO, making the work sound more expressive and substantial, and Lorenzo Soulès is... — More…
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Building A Library, March 2022, Also Recommended
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