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Francisco Coll: Violin Concerto and other works
RecommendedPatricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Orchestre Philharmonique Du Luxembourg, Gustavo Gimeno
His Violin Concerto’s three movements...typify his delight in bringing extremes of expression within often terrifyingly close proximity, and is thrillingly realised by Patricia Kopatchinskaja,... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Winner - Contemporary
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Contemporary
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Corigliano/Adamo: The Lord of Cries
RecommendedAnthony Roth Costanzo (Dionysus), David Portillo (Jonathan Harker), Jarrett Ott (John Seward), Kathryn Henry (Lucy Harker), Matt Boehler (Van Helsing), Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose
It takes a bold composer to set such a story and John Corigliano is more than up to the task…Corigliano gives a nod to operatic tradition with lush moments in 'Hush, darling: hush', expertly... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Grammy Awards, 66th Awards (2024), Nominee - Best Opera Recording
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023, World Premiere Recording (New Work)
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A performance full of interest and vividly communicative artistry. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2019
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, Choral & Song Choice
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Corigliano, J: The Ghosts of Versailles
RecommendedVictoria Livengood (Woman with Hat), Kristinn Sigmundsson (Louis XVI), Scott Scully (Marquis), Christopher Maltman (Beaumarchais), Patricia Racette (Marie Antoinette), Lucas Meachem (Figaro), Lucy Schaufer (Susanna), Joshua Guerrero (Count Almaviva), Guanqun Yu (Rosina), Renée Rapier (Cherubino),...
Christopher Maltman [is] solidly incisive as Beaumarchais, Robert Brubaker [is] vigorous as the villain Bégearss, and Broadway’s Patti LuPone [is] in for a colourful bit as the Turkish singer... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 59th Awards (2016), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 59th Awards (2016), Best Opera Recording
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Think of La belle époque and I’m not sure Johannes Brahms necessarily springs to mind...Wauwe plays the sonata/concerto well though, her chalumeau register suitably juicy, and she floats the... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Newcomer of the Year
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Here is music-making to wonder at. Rarely in their history can the two concertos have been performed with such meticulous care and affection. The Luxembourg-born, 25-year-old pianist includes... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2006, Editor's Choice
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Mason Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs
RecommendedEdwards Parks (Steve Jobs), Garrett Sorenson (Steve Wozniak), Sasha Cooke (Laurene), Jessica E. Jones (Chrisann), Wei Wu (Kōbun Chino Otogawa); Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, Michael Christie
Bates’s vocal writing can be taxing, though its challenges are all wonderfully met in the recording…Edward Parks gives a terrific central performance as Jobs, capturing both this charisma and... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Contemporary Classical Composition
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2018), Winner - Opera Recording
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Jeanine Tesori: Blue
Kenneth Kellogg (The Father), Brianna Hunter (The Mother), Aaron Crouch (The Son), Gordon Hawkins (The Reverend), The Washington National Opera, Roderick Cox
[Tesori’s score] moves from lush warmth to splintered dissonance in a heartbeat, straddling art and vernacular styles with subtlety and verve…The cast’s performances are both moving and cogent... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Nominated - Opera
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Well known for their witty, well crafted arrangements, the Calefax Quintet are on top form here in Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Barber’s jaunty Excursions. Azmeh and Hekkema’s Airports for... — More…
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While the Calders’ Beethoven is historically informed only in the loosest possible sense – tempos are fresh, rhythms are buoyant and vibrato is deployed as expression demands – their performances... — More…
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