Esa-Pekka Salonen
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Offer,
Lise Davidsen sings Wagner and Strauss RecommendedLise Davidsen (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Davidsen is no ordinary singer. Throughout the whole album one marvels at the voice, its easy grandeur and sheer size, its steely focus and security… The timbre has a default cool beauty but... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st May 2019
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Record Review, 8th June 2019, Record of the Week
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Diapason d’Or, Summer Issue 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Vocal
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year
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Dutilleux: Correspondances
RecommendedBarbara Hannigan (soprano), Anssi Karttunen (cello)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Here is an oeuvre, not only of precise, masterly workmanship, but infused with emotional warmth and, beyond that, with profound passions, evidenced not least in Dutilleux's sympathy for the... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2013, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Winner - Contemporary
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Reflection
Helene Grimaud (piano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Truls Mørk (cello)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Esa-Pekka Salonen
…even if her Schumann Concerto had come out on its own… I'd still strongly recommend it. From her first two forte chords it is clear this is going to be something special. Every single phrase,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2006, Orchestral Choice
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Record Review, December 2006, Critics Disc of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2006, Editor's Choice
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Lutoslawski: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 and Les Espaces du sommeil
RecommendedJohn Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Contemporary
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Grammy Awards, 29th Awards (1986), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Echoes of Time
RecommendedLisa Batiashvili (violin), with Hélène Grimaud (piano)
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Esa-Pekka Salonen
[the Shostakovich] receives a deeply considered interpretation, its emotional narrative vividly etched by both soloist and conductor...Batiashvili begins the Cadenza in deep contemplation but... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st February 2011
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2011, Disc of the Month
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Lutoslawski: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 & Les espaces du sommeil
RecommendedJohn Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Contemporary
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Grammy Awards, 29th Awards (1986), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
RecommendedStig Andersen (Waldemar), Andreas Conrad (Klaus-Narr), Soile Isokoski (Tove), Monica Groop (Waldtaube), Ralf Lukas (Bauer) & Barbara Sukowa (Sprecher)
Philharmonia Voices, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & The Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen
…exciting, lucid, wonderfully well-proportioned, and recorded in stunning sound the final hymn to the rising sun would lift the most morbidly lethargist out of their chair. — More…
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Building a Library, March 2017, Also Recommended
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There’s no recording yet of his 2017 opera The Girl of the Golden West (you can blame the industry’s economics), but every other milestone since the mid-1980s is here in performances that continue... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2022
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Debussy : Édition centenaire
Mikko Franck et L'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, L'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Mikko Franck, Catherine Collard (piano), Nathalie Stutzmann (alto), Paul Salamunovich (chorus master), Paula Rasmussen (mezzo-soprano), Dawn Upshaw (soprano), NDR Sinfonieorchester
Women...
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NPR Milestones of the Millennium: World War I
New York Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Lili Chookasian (mezzo-soprano), Richard Lewis (tenor), Los Angeles Philharmonic, Israel Baker (violin), Robert Casadesus (piano), Glenn Gould (piano), Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Hal Kemp...
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