Erato
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Järvi is no speed merchant, and some might find his performance comparatively tame even if his technical control and formidable sense of logic are never in doubt…[but] I will certainly be revisiting... — More…
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Record Review, 1st April 2023, Also Recommended
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Chen Qigang: Iris dévoilée (Iris unveiled), etc.
Wu Bixia, Ke Luwa (sopranos), Ma Shuai (voice of the Beijing Opera), Wang Nan (erhu), Li Jia (pipa), Chang Jing (zheng), Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
Orchestre National de France, Muhai Tang, Charles Dutoit, Didier Benetti
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2003, Editor's Choice
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Floyd - Susannah
RecommendedElizabeth Laurence (soprano), Choeurs de l'Opéra National de Lyon (chorus), Cheryl Studer (soprano), Elisabeth Laurence (soprano), Della Jones (mezzo-soprano), Anne Howells (mezzo-soprano), Jean Glennon (soprano)
Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon, Kent Nagano
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Grammy Awards, 37th Awards (1994), Best Opera Recording
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New. Rameau: Les Fêtes d'Hébé
RecommendedSophie Daneman, Paul Agnew, Sarah Connelly, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Thierry Félix et al.
Les Arts Florissants Orchestra &Chorus, William Christie
This complete recording of Rameau’s tribute to the lyric arts, poetry, music and dance, is riveting. Christie himself has an uncanny sense of pace to bind together a style potentially so fragmented.... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1998, Winner - Early Opera
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Conti, F: David
Marijana Mijanovic (contralto), Simone Kermes (soprano), Furio Zanasi (baritone), Birgit Christensen (soprano), Sonia Prina (contralto) & Vito Priante (baritone)
Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis
David is a great find - an exceptionally inventive dramatic oratorio, its action carried vigorously along in powerful and highly original recitative. Jonathan (sung by Birgit Christensen) begs... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2007, Disc of the month
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Mozart & Brahms: Requiem
RecommendedNancy Argenta (soprano), Catherine Robbin (contralto), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass), Lynne Dawson (soprano), Olaf Bär (baritone)
London Classical Players, Schütz Choir of London, Roger Norrington
this is an enjoyable traversal of the [Mozart Requiem] score, with plenty of character and many points of illumination. — More…
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Building a Library, February 2016, Also Recommended
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Händel Goes Wild
(casebound deluxe)
Valer Sabadus (countertenor), Nuria Rial (soprano)
L’Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar
The Baroque instrumentalists display lyricism, drive, and percussive energy, and the jazz instrumentalists improvise on the germs of Handel’s imagination with infectious enthusiasm…There are... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Ensemble (instrumental)
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The Art of Courtly Love
RecommendedEarly Music Consort of London/David Munrow, David Munrow (director), Paul Elliott (tenor vocals), Sally Dunkley (soprano vocals), Rosemary Hardy (soprano vocals)
Early Music Consort Of London
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Grammy Awards, 19th Awards (1976), Best Chamber Music Recording
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Distant Light
RecommendedJS Bach & Vasks: Violin Concertos
Renaud Capuçon (violin & conductor) & Celine Frisch (harpsichord)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
[Vasks] brings out the best in Renaud Capuçon. His grasp of the music's loosely palindromic trajectory is compelling; he meets the technical and emotional challenges of the three strategically... — More…
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Building a Library, November 2019, Also Recommended
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Il tenero momento
Mozart & Gluck Arias
Susan Graham
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2001, Disc of the Month
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