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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
RecommendedSarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Robert Dean Smith (tenor)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski
[Connolly] makes the perfect case for pulling the lustrous stops out at each death-transcending release in the ‘Farewell’; Mahler may mark the dynamics at a lower level, but the emotion is irresistible.... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2020, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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Did Jurowski need to record the work again after his spectacular London Philharmonic Orchestra two-disc set?...The production here gives one good reason; the other is the pacing, never rushed... — More…
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Record Review, 14th August 2021, Record Review
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2021, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Conductor of the Year
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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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Messiaen: Oiseaux Exotiques, Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, Schoenberg: Piano Concerto
RecommendedFrancesco Piemontesi, Orchestre de La Suisse Romande, Jonathan Nott
You have to envy the citizens of Geneva...Add a pianist in Francesco Piemontesi’s class, and here are stellar interpretations of three very different concerto-type works, ordered into a journey... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th July 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, Concerto Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022
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Schoenberg: Transfigured Night & Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedAlisa Weilerstein (cello)
Trondheim Soloists
In performances of such freshness, verve and chamber transparency, the concept works...You’d go far to find performances of the Haydn concertos that match Alisa Weilerstein’s mix of stylistic... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th August 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2018, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20
State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia “Evgeny Svetlanov”, Vladimir Jurowski
Jurowski lacks nothing in terms of passionate commitment – the impact of his recording, especially when the SACD surround-track is activated, is all-engulfing – and conjures up a compelling emotional... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2018, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 1st December 2018, Disc of the Week
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Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande Suite & Schoenberg: Pelléas & Mélisande
RecommendedOrchestre de La Suisse Romande, Jonathan Nott
Nott’s orchestral suite arranged from Debussy’s opera is both substantial and imaginatively devised... it is played here with a consistent loveliness that absorbs and appeals in its own right. — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th November 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 'Babi Yar'
RecommendedOleg Tsibulko (bass)
Russian National Orchestra, Kirill Karabits
This beautifully engineered studio recording under Kirill Karabits has all the necessary adrenaline to keep the listener fully engaged. Karabits is particularly effective in negotiating the tricky... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th July 2020
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Moser gives us an exciting, high-tension ride with an impressive sense of structure. He's a musician of alacrity, power and style: virtuosic passages benefit from his fleet effortlessness. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, Editor's Choice
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