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Opera Arias
Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie Pyrénées Méditerranée, Michael Schønwandt
This is [Dreisig’s] debut album and it is phenomenally good. First there is the concept of juxtaposing arias for the same dramatic character by different composers…Next, stylistic variety enables... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2018, Opera Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Jeune Talent
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Recital
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Winner - Vocal Recital
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Britten: The Rape of Lucretia
Angelika Kirchschlager (Lucretia), Peter Coleman-Wright (Tarquinius), Ian Bostridge (Male Chorus), Susan Gritton (Female Chorus), Christopher Purves (Collatinus), Benjamin Russell (Junius), Claire Booth (Lucia), Hilary Summers (Bianca)
Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
Without hurrying, Knussen conducts a tight, vivid account, surpassing Britten's own...Ian Bostridge and Susan Gritton as Male and Female Chorus project their rhetorical commentaries with exemplary... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Opera Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2013, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Opera
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These performers are in their element with pieces that contains hints of a narrative…In general, the Rachmaninov performances are better than those of Duparc where there is sometimes a problem... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2020, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Newcomer of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Solo Vocal
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Destination Paris
Gautier Capuçon (cello), Jérôme Ducros (piano, harpsichord)
Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Maîtrise de Radio France, Lionel Bringuier
This is a lighthearted romp through French pop culture, with fromage aplenty. Accompanied variously by pianist Jérôme Ducros and the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris under Lionel Bringuier, Capuçon... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Spanning four centuries, this gorgeous recital from a couple who were brought together through a mutual love of French Baroque is absolutely hypnotic stuff...Desandre's limpid, flexible mezzo... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2023
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On their first Shostakovich disc, the playing is of the highest musical and technical quality. The quintet takes its place alongside celebrated accounts by Sviatoslav Richter and Vladimir Ashkenazy. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Chamber Music
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R. Strauss: Lieder
RecommendedDiana Damrau (soprano)
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Thielemann
What wins this disc the five stars are the facts that Damrau, singing in her native German, is poised ideally between dreamy haze and Schwarzkopfian fussiness...her hallowed pianissimos allow... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th January 2011
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Solo Vocal
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2011, Choral & Song Choice
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Ravel: Piano Concertos & De Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Orchestre National de France, Louis Langrée
There is much to admire here, not least the Orchestre National de France, which is on superlative form under Louis Langrée...Tharaud is the star of the show, though, and something special might... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Concerto
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Songplay
RecommendedJoyce DiDonato (mezzo), Steve Barnett (percussion), Jimmy Madison (drums), Craig Terry (piano/harpsichord), Chuck Israels (double bass), Charlie Porter (trumpet/flugelhorn), Lautaro Greco (bandonéon)
The real twist here is that DiDonato retains the ‘formality’ of her operatic sound and delivery while attempting to apply a jazzer’s instincts. So her singerly embellishments rub shoulders with... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2019, Winner - Female Singer of the Year
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Winner - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019)
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Britten: The Turn of the Screw
RecommendedJoan Rodgers (Governess), Ian Bostridge (Prologue/Peter Quint), Jane Henschel (Mrs Grose), Vivian Tierney (Miss Jessel), Julian Leang (Miles), Caroline Wise (Flora)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding
This performance captures the sense of dislocation essential to this chilling ghost story — More…
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Building a Library, November 2013, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2002, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2003, Winner - Opera
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