Challenge Classics (label) (page 1 of 65)

Offer,Jacob Obrecht: Missa Maria Zart

Cappella Pratensis
Stratton Bull

This is clearly a well-honed performance, strongest in delicate moments....This new release is a happy marriage of musicality and musicology. — Gramophone Magazine, June 2023 More…
Release Date: 14th Apr 2023

Catalogue No: CC72933

Label: Challenge Classics

Length: 64 minutes
Awards:
- Gramophone Magazine, June 2023, Editor's Choice
- International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Early Music
- Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Silvestrov: The Messenger

Daniel Rowland, Borys Fedorov, Maja Bogdanović

The solos and duos on this radiant release from Fedorov, Daniel Rowland and Maja Bogdanović are in themselves powerfully intimate, and are imbued with still greater intensity in light of the... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…
Release Date: 20th Jan 2023

Catalogue No: CC72939

Label: Challenge Classics

Length: 81 minutes
Awards:
- BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, Chamber Choice
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From Mannheim to Berlin - Sonatas for Violoncello Piccolo

Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde, Victor Garcia Garcia, Artem Belogurov (piano), Franz Benda

Dostaler-Lalonde plays [the sonatas] exquisitely, with a beguiling lyrical tone quality, elegant phrasing, and flawless technique. The sound world of the cello piccolo, with its range from a... — Fanfare, Mar/Apr 2024 More…
Release Date: 7th Jul 2023

Catalogue No: CC72961

Label: Challenge Classics

Length: 69 minutes
Awards:
- Gramophone Magazine, October 2023, Editor's Choice
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Schubert - Schwanengesang & Songs After Seidl

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Christoph Prégardien (tenor) & Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

…an outstanding performance. …deeply engaged robustly expressive singing whose rhythmic rigour and details of phrasing and articulation reveal an exciting commitment to this great cycle. …with... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…
Release Date: 27th Oct 2008

Catalogue No: CC72302

Label: Challenge Classics

Length: 71 minutes
Awards:
- Gramophone Magazine, April 2009, Editor's Choice
- Building A Library, February 2019, Also Recommended
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Tchaikovsky and Britten String Quartets

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The Brodsky Quartet
Catalogue No: CC72106

Label: Challenge Classics

Length: 68 minutes
Awards:
- Building a Library, October 2003, First Choice
- Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Weinberg & Britten: Violin Concertos

Linus Roth (violin)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Mihkel Kütson
Release Date: 3rd Mar 2014

Catalogue No: CC72627

Label: Challenge Classics

Length: 62 minutes
Awards:
- Gramophone Magazine, July 2014, Editor's Choice
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New,Bononcini: Cantate Per Contralto Con Violini

Alois Muhlbacher (counter-tenor), Ars Antiqua Austria, Gunar Letzbor,

Mühlbacher sings these laments expressively, with smooth tone and accurate semiquaver runs. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2024 More…
Release Date: 9th Feb 2024

Catalogue No: CC72925

Label: Challenge Classics

Length: 57 minutes
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 7

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra & Bernard Haitink

What we have is a fine, detailed performance – and it includes the disputed cymbal clash at the climax of the great slow movement, music to celebrate and mourn Richard Wagner – and an account... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…
Release Date: 1st Oct 2021

Catalogue No: CC72895

Label: Challenge Classics

Length: 68 minutes
Awards:
- Record Review, 6th November 2021, Record of the Week
- International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Die schöne Müllerin / Schwanengesang / Winterreise

Michael Gees, Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (early keyboard instruments)

My desert-island choice for a highly cultivated yet quite personal tenor-voice foray into Schubert’s world. — Gramophone Magazine, September 2021 More…
Release Date: 11th Jun 2021

Catalogue No: CC72665

Label: Challenge Classics

Length: 3 hours 23 minutes
Awards:
- Gramophone Magazine, September 2021, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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New,Joseph & Michael Haydn: Violin Concerto No. 4, Concerto For Harpsichord & Viola

Noriko Amano (harpsichord), Ryo Terakado (violin), Pearls in Baroque Orchestra

Joseph’s well-known work may not be a contender in this recording but Terakado and Amano set the standard in Michael’s double concerto. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2024 More…
Release Date: 2nd Feb 2024

Catalogue No: CC72983

Label: Challenge Classics

Length: 51 minutes
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