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Handel: Theodora
RecommendedLisette Oropesa (Theodora), Joyce DiDonato (Irene), Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian (Didymus), Michael Spyres (Septimius), John Chest (Valens), Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
This is now the benchmark Theodora; it is optimally cast, dramatically intense and luminously beautiful. Its world-class principals use their fine vocal qualities to deepen their characters.... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th October 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2022, Recording of the Month
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2022
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Winner - Choral
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year (Oropesa & DiDonato)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year (Spyres)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
RecommendedMichael Spyres (Faust), Joyce DiDonato (Marguerite), Nicolas Courjal (Méphistophélès), Alexandre Duhamel (Brander)
Coro Gulbenkian, Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, John Nelson
Nelson has a great feel for the weird structure of the piece, with its sudden lurches of pace and location...Nelson’s pacing is uncannily ‘right’; he’s not one to force Berlioz, period-style,... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, November 2019, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd November 2019
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year (DiDonato)
2 CDs + DVD Video
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Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette & Cléopâtre
RecommendedJoyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Cyrille Dubois (tenor), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Coro Gulbenkian, Chœur de l’OnR, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, John Nelson
The Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra – lynchpin of the Nelson series – offers conf ident, full-toned playing, with crisp and alert strings, characterful woodwind, subtle yet, where necessary,... — More…
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Record Review, 1st April 2023, Record of the Week
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
2 CDs
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Handel: Messiah
RecommendedLucy Crowe (soprano), Alex Potter (countertenor), Michael Spyres (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), The English Concert & Choir, John Nelson
The theatrical instincts that have served Nelson so well in Berlioz ensure some detailed characterisation such as the semiquaver flurry of beating wings as the angels prepare to impart their... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd December 2023
2 CDs + DVD Video
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Shostakovich: Cantatas
RecommendedAleksei Tanovitski (bass) & Kostiantin Andrejev (tenor)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Narva Boys Choir & Estonian Concert Choir, Paavo Järvi
Bass Alexei Tanovitski could be more nuanced, but there's no faulting the Estonians' open, searing sounds...Bright, open children's voices join authentic choral fervour and the engineering gives... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th May 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé & La Valse
RecommendedOrchestre et Choeur de l'Opéra National de Paris, Philippe Jordan
I don't think I've heard the dances by Dorcon and Daphnis, where they compete for the affection of Chloé, so effectively characterised: Daphnis in partocular is genuinely 'légère et gracieuse'... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Campra, Rameau, Mondonville
Marie Perbost, Emmanuelle Ifrah (sopranos), Samuel Boden (countertenor), Zachary Wilder (tenor), Victor Sicard (baritone)
Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm
André Campra's Requiem of 1695 (commissioned in memory of the Archbishop of Paris) is the main event here, but the two 'grands motets' are much more than makeweights: Rameau's In Convertendo... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2023
2 CDs
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Beethoven: Choral Fantasy & Triple Concerto
Alexandra Conunova (violin), Natalie Clein (cello) & David Kadouch (piano), Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Sandrine Piau (soprano), Anaïck Morel (mezzo), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (tenor) & Florian Sempey (bass)
Insula orchestra, Accentus, Laurence Equilbey
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year (Chamayou)
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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245
Lothar Odinius tenor (Evangelista, No.13), Christian Immler bass (Jesus, Nos 11b, 32), Ditte Andersen soprano (Ancilla, No.9), Lenneke Ruiten soprano (No.35), Delphine Galou alto (No.30), David Hansen alto (No.7), Colin Balzer tenor (Servus, Nos 20, 24, 34), Valerio Contaldo tenor (No.13b), Felix...
The eight-strong ensemble is unerringly committed to text in ‘Herr, unser Herrscher’, which is taken quickly by Minkowski and played vividly by Les Musiciens du Louvre…the rapid narrative from... — More…
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Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, Laudate Pueri & Confitebor
Julia Lezhneva (soprano), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)
I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis
a dazzling display of how less can be more. Controlling his trademark exuberance, Jaroussky blends his voice perfectly with that of the pure-toned Julia Lezhneva...the choir and band respond... — More…
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