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Bach - Secular Cantatas IV
RecommendedJoanne Lunn (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Wolfram Lattke (tenor) & Roderick Williams (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Bach Collegium Japan's trumpets and horns mount a thrilling assault to play without modern drilled holes to fix their intonation to the expectations of modern ears...The outstanding moment is... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Arnaldo Cohen's playing blazes with the risk-taking, spontaneity and urgency of a live concert.
His Funérailles is a truly great performance, perfectly structured, a real sense of angry desolation,... — More…Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2004, Editor's Choice
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Wu Qian dazzles but never blinds and her seemingly-easy virtuosity is well matched by violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky and cellist Leonard Elschenbroich. There's always the sense of three individuals... — More…
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With the ever-meticulous Masaaki Suzuki at the helm as both director and organist, this is a superb introduction to the music of a little known Danish Baroque composer, much of it hauntingly... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, Editor's Choice
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Fauré: The Complete music for cello & piano
RecommendedAndreas Brantelid (cello) & Bengt Forsberg (piano)
Brantelid’s light, bright, satiny tone suits Fauré’s style down to the ground – more of a high tenor than a hefty baritone – and Forsberg brings the composer’s piano writing into shimmering... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th June 2017
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Crossroads
American Violin Sonatas by Previn, Schemmer and Gay
Alexei Semenenko (violin), Artem Beroglov (piano)
Semenenko and his duo partner present premiere recordings of jazz-influenced sonatas written in the 1980s. The Schemmer is a particularly joyful discovery. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2021
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Kantorow's approach rejects bombast in favour of an equable, mellow-toned artistry that's admirable in itself…Kantorow's way with [the Second Concerto], at once powerful and lucid, convinces... — More…
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it's good to hear even a little sense of struggle as he conquers Ysaye's demanding writing. The ten short movements of Auerbach's par.ti.ta refract Bach through a contemporary prism and Gluzman... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2012, Editor's Choice
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few can match Sampson’s overall sense of exuberant joy in these wonderful songs...The Tapiola Sinfonietta under Pascal Rophé are equally spirited, with shimmering strings and plenty of woodwind... — More…
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Record Review, Records of the Year 2021
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