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Vivaldi: La cetra - 12 concerti, Op. 9
Monica Huggett (violin), Alison Bury (violin)
Raglan Baroque Players, Nicholas Kraemer
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Le Boeuf sur le toit
French works for violin and orchestra
Renaud Capuçon (violin)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Daniel Harding
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2002, Editor's Choice
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Piotr Anderszewski at Carnegie Hall
Recording Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 3.XII.2008
Piotr Anderszewski (piano)
Piotr Anderszewski employs a small but incisive tone in the Bach Sinfonia, as though he is taking us into his confidence; the Allemande is sweet and unassuming, the Courante has warmth, the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2009, Editor's Choice
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
RecommendedSusan Graham (Dido), Ian Bostridge (Aeneas), Camilla Tilling (Belinda), Cécile de Boever (Second Woman), Felicity Palmer (Sorceress), David Daniels (Spirit), Paul Agnew (Sailor) & Emmanuelle Haïm (harpsichord & direction)
Le Concert d’Astrée & European Voices
Haïm's continuo group plays a vital role in the vibrancy of the performance: six of em...constantly changing colour in an organic tapestry that's continually evolving, improvised in response... — More…
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Building a Library, November 2019, Also Recommended
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Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne, etc.
RecommendedDawn Upshaw (soprano)
Orchestra de L'Opera National de Lyon, Kent Nagano
Upshaw sings with a special blend of tenderness and character...She is persuasively accompanied by Kent Nagano and the Lyon Opera Orchestra with their distinctively French colouring. — More…
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Building a Library, March 2003, First Choice
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 'Scottish', etc.
RecommendedLondon Classical Players, Roger Norrington
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Building a Library, January 2002, Period Instrument Choice
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Alexandre Tharaud: Le Boeuf sur le toit
RecommendedAlexandre Tharaud, Jean Delescluse, Bénabar, Juliette/Guillaume Gallienne, Frank Braley, Natalie Dessay & Madeleine Peyroux
This is fun...Tharaud's varied programme captures the frenetic, vibrantly eclectic melting pot of 1920s Paris...The charms of this beautifully packaged disc are hard to resist. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th November 2012
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Nicholas Angelich plays Brahms
Nicholas Angelich (piano)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi
There is a sense in which the Second Piano Concerto is...chamber music writ large. Yet there is nothing small-scale about this performance...Angelich produces a rich and solid tone-quality throughout... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2010, Editor's Choice
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Monteverdi - Vespro della Beata Vergine
Sophie Marin-Degor (soprano), Maryseult Wieczorek (mezzo), Artur Stefanowicz (countertenor), Paul Agnew, Joseph Cornwell (tenors), Thierry Félix, Clive Bayley (basses)
Les Arts Florissants Orchestra & Chorus, Les Sacqueboutiers de Toulouse, William Christie
This is in some ways an oddly old-fashioned approach to the 1610 Vespers. With a substantial choir and sometimes highly varying orchestration, William Christie creates a warm and glowing sound.... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Collection
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Bellini: La Sonnambula
Natalie Dessay (Amina), Jaël Azzaretti (Lisa), Francesco Meli (Elvino), Carlo Colombara (Rodolfo), Sara Mingardo (Teresa), Gordon Gietz (Notaro), Paul Gay (Alessio)
Chœur & Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon, Evelino Pidò
Evelino Pidò conducts magnificently. Quite simply, Natalie Dessay is the most accomplished and the most affecting Amina on record since Callas. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Opera Finalist
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