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Even by their standards, the choir are on blindingly good form in Schnittke’s monumental Choir Concerto. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Diapason d’Or, October 2021, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Choral
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Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Nominee - Best Choral Performance
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021, Musique chorale
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Choral
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Kaija Saariaho: Circle Map, Graal théâtre, Vers toi qui es si loin & Neiges
RecommendedPeter Herresthal (violin), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Clément Mao-Takacs
The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra are on fine form as they embrace Kaija Saariaho’s unique soundscape in this collection of works spanning the last 25 years…In both [Vers toi qui es si loin] and... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, Concerto Choice
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Chamber
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Contemporary Music
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Classical Compendium
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Imaginative, sensitive programming has been a constant feature of Ruby Hughes’s collaborations; and this latest with the perennially adventurous Manchester Collective is no exception...A disc... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, Choral & Song Choice
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[The Duet for Eight Strings] has been extended since its first performance in 2019 and now spans almost twenty minutes, during which everything and nothing happens. The piece is brightly coloured,... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2022
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The music fair kidnaps the listener's attention at the outset and does not random it until the gripping, wholly satisfying close...The performance by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales is stunning... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Finalist - Contemporary
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Missy Mazzoli: Dark with Excessive Bright
RecommendedPeter Herresthal (violin), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, James Gaffigan, Arctic Philharmonic, Tim Weiss
The orchestras here hail from Norway, where their own experience of dark light perhaps enables their instinctive response to Mazzoli’s arresting blend of apparent opposites. — More…
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Grammy Awards, 66th Awards (2024), Nominee - Best Classical Compendium
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Grammy Awards, 66th Awards (2024), Nominee - Best Contemporary Classical Composition (Dark With Excessive Bright)
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Premiere
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Ferguson, Bliss & Holloway: Octets & Clarinet Quintet
Isabelle van Keulen, Sini Simonen, Scott Dickinson, Kristina Blaumane, Tim Gibbs, Michael Collins, Robin O’Neill, Alberto Menéndez Escribano, Rachel Roberts, Tim Gill, Diego Incertis Sánchez
Wigmore Soloists
With violinist Isabelle van Keulen and clarinettist Michael Collins spearheading the players, it ’s unsurprising that the performance [of the Ferguson Octet] as a whole is something of a revelation. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, Chamber Choice
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Alfred Schnittke & Arvo Pärt: Choral Works
RecommendedRaul Mikson (tenor), Maria Melaha (soprano), Karolina Kriis (soprano), Marianne Pärna (alto), Ave Hännikäinen (alto), Toomas Tohert (tenor), Kaia Urb (soprano)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Kaspars Putniņš
The performance by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under Kaspars Putiniņš is really impressive with a particularly rich and sonorous bass sound that is absolutely tailor- made for this... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2018, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Winner - Choral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Michael Jarrell: Orchestral Works
Paysages avec figures absentes - Nachlese IV; Sechs Augenblicke; Un long fracas somptueux de rapide céleste
Ilya Gringolts (violin), Florent Jodelet (percussion), Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Pascal Rophé
The excellent Pays de la Loire Orchestra, who accompany the two concertos in exemplary fashion, take centre stage in the album’s centrepiece, the Sechs Augenblicke...A very strong recording. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2024, Editor's Choice
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Bent Sørensen: St Matthew Passion
The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir, Grete Pedersen and Ensemble Allegria
Sørensen’s melodic gifts imbue the score, giving the entire work a marvelous sense of fluidity. The performances are superb, and the spacious recorded sound seems designed to enhance a sense... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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