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Special offer. Arriaga: Symphony & Herminie
and Other Works
Berit Norbakken Solset (soprano)
BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena
Elements in Arriaga’s sole symphony might smack too much of the Conservatoire, but tread throughout are airy pleasures, Spanish sunshine, and unexpected harmonic kicks…There are further delights... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2019
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works
RecommendedLouis Lortie (piano), Carla Huhtanen (soprano), Emily D’Angelo (mezzo-soprano), Lawrence Wiliford (tenor) & Tyler Duncan (baritone), Sarah Jeffrey (oboe), Teng Li (viola)
Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Elmer Iseler Singers, Peter Oundjian
The solo playing by Toronto Symphony principal Teng Li offers deep weight of tone, rapturous phrasing, and a musical personality that mesmerises the ear; the choral singing is superbly focused... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Classical Compendium
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Juno Awards, 2019, Classical Album of the Year - Large Ensemble
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Special offer. Avet Rubeni Terterian: Symphony Nos. 3 and 4
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits
Like Kancheli, Terterian relied a good deal on short-breathed rhetorical gestures and the shock value of extreme louds and softs, but his own ‘spiritual’ idiom comes without the aura of consolation…[The... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, April 2020, Découverte
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Punchy, in-your-face accounts, in turbo charged sound. — More…
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Special offer. Stanford: Songs of the Sea, The Revenge & Songs of the Fleet
RecommendedGerald Finley (baritone)
BBC National Chorus of Wales & BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox
Songs of the Sea - which includes the long-popular 'Drake's Drum' and 'The Old Superb' - and the later, texturally richer and more thoughtful Songs of the Fleet are superb baritone vehicles... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2006, Disc of the Month
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Gramophone Awards, 2006, Winner - Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Delius: Sea Drift, Songs of Farewell & Songs of Sunset
RecommendedSally Burgess (mezzo-soprano), Bryn Terfel (baritone)
Waynflete Singers, Southern Voices, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Richard Hickox
The huge power of Bryn Terfel’s singing was already making waves when he made these recordings aged 27, showcasing both his once-in-a-generation baritone voice and superstar artistry (not least... — More…
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Building a Library, March 2016, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Awards, 1994, Winner - Choral
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There’s a spring in Tortelier’s step with the Icelanders, a sappy bounce to the opening Allegro molto… The strings are alert and light and the woodwinds attack Gounod’s melodious writing with... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Elgar: King Olaf
RecommendedEmily Birsan (soprano), Barry Banks (tenor), Alan Opie (baritone)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Collegium Musicum Choir, Edvard Grieg Kor, Sir Andrew Davis
there's nothing stilted about Elgar's music: it crackles with confident vitality...the Norwegian choruses respond with crisp vigour and superb English diction, only faintly (and appropriately)... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th January 2015
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2015, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Special offer. Henri Dutilleux: Symphonies
RecommendedBBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier
vivid and persuasive performances...the sound is really state of the art — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1994, Winner - Engineering
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Rachmaninov - Etudes tableaux, Op. 33 & Op. 39
RecommendedRustem Hayroudinoff (piano)
These are meticulously prepared and observed readings – if Rachmaninov asks for ppp legatissimo or sharply contrasted dynamics from one bar to the next, then Hayroudinoff takes the composer... — More…
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Building a Library, July 2008, First Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Instrumental Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2007, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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