Gramophone Awards, Haydn (composer)
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Haydn: The Seasons, Hob.XXI:3
RecommendedCarolyn Sampson (soprano), Jeremy Ovenden (tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass)
Wrocław Baroque Orchestra, Wrocław Philharmonic Choir, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh
the performance matches the high standards of McCreesh's previous grand choral projects...McCreesh revels in Haydn's masterly skills in writing for orchestra, choir and soloists...The choir's... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th March 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2017, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2017, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Choral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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Record Review, 29th April 2017, Recording of the Week
2 CDs
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Haydn: Die Schöpfung
RecommendedAnna Lucia Richter (soprano), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), Florian Boesch (baritone), Il Giardino Armonico, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Giovanni Antonini
Antonini has a fine line-up of soloists, and they clearly enjoy themselves: the soprano Anna Lucia Richter and the tenor Maximilian Schmidt both have attractively light-toned voices, and Richter’s... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th October 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Choral
2 CDs
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Ardent, brilliant, stately: mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey probes the inner states of the mythical Cretan princess Ariadne…Cohen adds hugely to these performances, in the Haydn especially. Cohen... — More…
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Record Review, 14th March 2020, Record of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Recital
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Joyce & Tony
RecommendedLive at the Wigmore Hall
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) & Antonio Pappano (piano)
both of these artists know how to deliver popular material with skill and grace...[in the Haydn] DiDonato's interpretative imagination matches Tony Pappano's thoughtful and pianistic approach...[Pappano]... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Solo Vocal
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Grammy Awards, 58th Awards (2015), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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International Classical Music Awards, 2016, Winner - Vocal Recital
2 CDs
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Haydn: The Creation
Recommended(sung in English)
Sandrine Piau (Gabriel), Miah Persson (Eve), Ruth Massey (alto), Mark Padmore (Uriel), Neal Davies (Raphael), Peter Harvey (Adam)
Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Players & Chetham's Chamber Choir, Paul McCreesh
The sheer magnificence of the choruses that provide the oratorio's structural pillars has rarely been so effectively realised on disc. McCreesh also has an exceptional set of soloists. The... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th March 2008
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2008, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - Choral
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Haydn: The Seasons, Hob.XXI:3
RecommendedChristina Landshamer (soprano), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), Florian Boesch (baritone)
Collegium Vocale Gent & Orchestre des Champs-Elysees, Philippe Herreweghe
With a first-rate trio of soloists, the accomplished Collegium Vocale Gent and the period sonorities of the Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, the results are thoroughly satisfying. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Choral
2 CDs
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Haydn: The Seasons, Hob.XXI:3
RecommendedMarlis Petersen (soprano), Werner Güra (tenor) & Dietrich Henschel (baritone)
RIAS Kammerchor & Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs (direction)
What clinches my preference for this new version is the trio of soloists, led by the soaring, sensuous soprano of Marlis Petersen. Petersen's timing and her knowing humour are delightful, both... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Winner - Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, March 2008, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2005, Winner - Choral
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Haydn: Nelson Mass & Te Deum
RecommendedFelicity Lott, Carolyn Watkinson, Maldwyn Davies, David Wilson-Johnson
The English Concert & Choir, Trevor Pinnock
The British Admiral had ousted the Napoleonic fleet at the Battle of the Nile just as Haydn was in the middle of writing his Nelson Mass. Although the news could not have reached him until after... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2003, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1988, Winner - Period performance
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Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, Hob XX/2 (Choral version)
Lisa Milne (soprano), Ruxandra Donose (mezzo soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor) & Christopher Maltman (baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Vladimir Jurowski
[Jurowski shows] a vital sense of motion in presenting this music - an essential challenge, given its predominant slowness - as well as pointing up the work's intensity and revealing its inner... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Choral
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Karg, a splendidly accomplished artist, delivers every item with acute sensitivity to mood and verbal nuance…with Arcangelo in perfectly weighted period-instrument support, the disc gives uninterrupted... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd June 2015
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Recital
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