Erato
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This eclectic, if not eccentric song recital by the musically promiscuous French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky should not work. That it does, and so convincingly, is down to the fastidious... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th October 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Shostakovich: Cantatas
RecommendedAleksei Tanovitski (bass) & Kostiantin Andrejev (tenor)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Narva Boys Choir & Estonian Concert Choir, Paavo Järvi
Bass Alexei Tanovitski could be more nuanced, but there's no faulting the Estonians' open, searing sounds...Bright, open children's voices join authentic choral fervour and the engineering gives... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th May 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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My Christmas
RecommendedDiana Damrau (soprano), Matthias Höfs (trumpet), NDR Radiophilharmonie, Knabenchor Hanover, Richard Whilds, Riccardo Minasi
Damrau’s two-disc My Christmas ticks some of the same boxes as the legendary Elisabeth Schwarzkopf’s Christmas Album, though Damrau seems more naturally at home in the seasonal idiom...Opinions... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd December 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year
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Green - Melodies françaises on Verlaine’s poems
RecommendedPhilippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Jerome Ducros (piano) & Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto)
Quatuor Ebène
may be the single most appealing and important French song recital this side of the largely excellent but sometimes uneven Fauré and Debussy discs on Hyperion...Throughout, Jaroussky's singing... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Vocal Winner
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It is perhaps no surprise that the various 18th-century works included find DiDonato on especially thrilling form...Yet DiDonato shines, too, in the more contemporary works…This is a highly... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2022, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th February 2022
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Winner - Solo Vocal Recording
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé & La Valse
RecommendedOrchestre et Choeur de l'Opéra National de Paris, Philippe Jordan
I don't think I've heard the dances by Dorcon and Daphnis, where they compete for the affection of Chloé, so effectively characterised: Daphnis in partocular is genuinely 'légère et gracieuse'... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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This is an excellent performance [of La mer], tautly focused, as is Krivine’s way, yet propulsive and flowing in its sense of the music’s organic evolution and internal logic. There’s real mystery... — More…
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Record Review, 26th May 2018, Recording of the Week
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In his flowing, pellucid interpretations Garcia himself seems to be inspired by Bach’s name, and throughout much of the programme there’s a compelling tension between the rippling enunciation... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2018, Editor's Choice
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Tavener: The Protecting Veil & Thrinos and Britten: Solo Cello Suite No. 3
RecommendedSteven Isserlis (cello)
London Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Contemporary
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