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Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso, RV728
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Jennifer Larmore, Veronica Cangemi, Philippe Jaroussky, Lorenzo Regazzo, Ann Hallenberg, Blandine Staskiewicz
Choeur Les Eléments & Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi
Jean-Christophe Spinosi's imaginative interpretation of Vivaldi's Orlando, excellently cast and performed. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2005, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2005, Editor's Choice
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Musically she’s a chameleon, capable of completely changing her colour at the drop of a hat, and that versatility is what makes this new recording such a success...It’s a neat idea, which she... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, Recording of the Month
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Kopatchinskaja & Fazil Say - Violin Sonatas
RecommendedPatricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) & Fazil Say (piano)
This is far from being just another recording of the Kreutzer Sonata. Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Fazil Say share a radical approach, performing each musical gesture in the most vivid way, with... — More…
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Building A Library, July 2021, Recommended Recording
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Contemporary
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Fauré - Requiem
Sandrine Piau (soprano) & Stéphane Degout (baritone)
Accentus & Members of Orchestre National de France, Laurence Equilbey
Can there may be a more profoundly beautiful recording of Fauré's Requiem out there? We defy any sensitive soul not to be transported into a state of near rapture by the unspeakably delicious... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Choral
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Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 93 - 104 (the London Symphonies)
RecommendedLes Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble, Marc Minkowski
Marc Minkowski and his period-instrument band may be thought of as early music specialists, yet their approach is the reverse of doctrinaire...Those who feel they have heard some of these works... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2016, First Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2010, Winner - Symphonies
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
and Dietsch: Le Vaisseau Fantôme
Evgeny Nikitin (Der Holländer), Ingela Brimberg (Senta), Eric Cutler (Georg), Mika Kares (Donald), Bernard Richter (Der Steuermann), Helene Schneiderman (Mary), Russell Braun (Troïl), Sally Matthews (Minna), Bernard Richter (Magnus), Ugo Rabec (Barlow) & Eric Cutler (Éric)
Les Musiciens...
Minkowski and his players give Dietsch all the vitality they can. The cast sings with conviction...Dietsch by turns sounds like Auber, Meyerbeer, even Gounod: elegant, lyrical but never distinctive..... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Finalist - Opera
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Opera, February 2014, Recording of the Month
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Playing a six-course lute with an extra octave for the third course (double-string) and the upper octave unusually on the ‘thumb side’ for all courses (horses for courses, I guess), Smith here,... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Early Music
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Schoenberg, Berg & Webern: Complete Works for String Quartet
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto)
Quatuor Diotima
The extreme refinement and minutely focused intensity, in recordings to match, make the Webern a singularly beautiful, if somewhat unsettling experience. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2016, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Chamber
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