Alpha - up to 45% off
Until 20th November 2024, we're offering up to 45% off all recordings on the Alpha label including downloads. Please note that some titles are while stocks last and will be removed from the offer once sold out.
Alpha - up to 45% off, Vocal (genres)
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Special offer. Infinite Voyage
RecommendedBarbara Hannigan (soprano), Bertrand Chamayou (piano)
Emerson String Quartet
Much the finest experience comes in Schoenberg’s quartet, where the Emerson Quartet ’s playing masterfully combines forensic technical precision and expressive warmth. And Hannigan’s identif... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th September 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2023, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Gramophone Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Special offer. Crazy Girl Crazy: Music by Gershwin, Berg and Berio
Recommendedincluding bonus documentary DVD
Barbara Hannigan (soprano/conductor)
Ludwig Orchestra
Crazy Girl Crazy is an album that – just like its muse and protagonist – flouts the rules…The litheness of Hannigan’s voice beguiles, so that the near-segue into the Lulu Suite (1934) comes... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd September 2017
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2017, Recording of the month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Solo Recording - voice (Oratorio/Concert/Lied)
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Special offer. Rachmaninov: Dissonance
RecommendedAsmik Grigorian (soprano), Lukas Geniušas (piano)
Whole worlds are packed into each of the 19 songs on this unmissable debut recital from Grigorian. The Lithuanian’s soprano has a steely glint and powerful intensity, but nor does she stint... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2022
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Winner - Song
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Winner - Vocal Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Female Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Vocal
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Special offer. Si J’ai Aimé
RecommendedSandrine Piau (soprano)
Le Concert de la Loge, Julien Chauvin
This is utterly adorable from start to finish…In the booklet Piau speaks of her joy at performing this kind of repertoire and her rapture is palpable from the breathless opening moments of Saint-Saens’s... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2019
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Diapason d’Or, June 2019
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Vocal
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th December 2019
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Winner - Recital
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Arranged loosely as a landscape, the repertoire is often impressive and imaginative, avoiding monotonous chunks and flowing between topics and textures, including France’s recurring fascination... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2024, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2024, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
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Special offer. Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer & Symphonie Op. 20
RecommendedVéronique Gens (soprano)
Orchestre National de Lille, Alexandre Bloch
A performance that ranks, unquestionably, among the finest to date. Superbly sung, and wonderfully well conducted and played by Alexandre Bloch and his Lille orchestra, this is an interpretation... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2019
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Record Review, 27th April 2019, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2019
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Solo Vocal
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an outstanding album: expertly programmed and performed with terrific verve. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Vocal
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For all its beauty, the album also feels like a call to action. The horrors of racial violence cannot be separated from this repertoire, and a sense of urgent injustice is brought home by these... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2023, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Grammy Awards, 66th Awards (2024), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023, Debut Solo Album
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Classical Without Borders
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There’s certainly no shortage of outstanding recordings of this cycle but this new one – considered, refined and beautifully sung, played and recorded – is among the most satisfying and quietly... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Male Singer of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2024, Finalist - Song
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Special offer. Saga
Songs by Schubert, Schumann, Loewe & Jensen
Konstantin Krimmel (baritone), Doriana Tchakarova (piano)
Conviction, insight and a rightness of presentation are the hallmarks of this collection by Krimmel and pianist Doriana Tchakarova. Beautifully annotated and recorded, the recording is a success... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, November 2019, Découverte
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Vocal
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year
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