Browse: Challenge Classics (label)
This page lists all recordings from the label Challenge Classics.
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Martin Mkhize, Frederik Bergman, Paride Cataldo, Dominic Kraemer, Lucas van Lierop, Cameron Shahbazi
Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Geoffrey Paterson
Jeths’s story about the meaning and purpose of art is a powerful and accomplished piece of music theatre. His own post-modernist style helps...It’s invidious to single out individuals from the... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, Opera Choice
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The Brodsky are the Britten team for the new century, and at full price they take advantage of the super-refined Snape Maltings acoustic to offer performances of great intelligence and expressive... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2003, Editor's Choice
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Handel: Concerti grossi Op. 3 Nos. 1-6, HWV312-317
RecommendedCombattimento Consort Amsterdam, Jan Willem de Vriend
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Building a Library, October 2017, Also Recommended
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Willem Jeths: Requiem
Andreas Wolf, Kelly God
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Choir, James Gaffigan
This is a powerful performance, with the orchestra and organ at full force and well balanced with the choir. Bass baritone Andreas Wolf is excellent—his intonation is spot-on and his tone focused,... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Contemporary
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Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Thomas Sanderling, Linus Roth, London Symphony Orchestra
Roth is stark and uncompromising throughout, drawing you into its claustrophobic world, especially in the central Adagio. Thomas Sanderling and the London Symphony Orchestra provide sturdy support... — More…
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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Hartmann, K: Simplicius Simplicissimus
Juliane Banse (soprano), Peter Marsch (tenor), Will Hartmann (tenor)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra & Netherlands Radio Choir, Markus Stenz
Leading a strong cast, Juliane Banse as the shepherd brilliantly meets the soprano part's technical challenges while evoking the naivety of the idealistic character...[Stenz] proves himself an... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2014, Editor's Choice
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J S Bach - Ascension Cantatas
RecommendedSandrine Piau, Johannette Zomer, Sibylla Rubens (sopranos), Bogna Bartosz, Bernhard Landauer (altos), James Gilchrist, Christoph Prégardien, Jörg Dürmüller (tenors) & Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Ton Koopman
Spectacular trumpets (BWV 11) and rattling horns (BWV 138) - Bach, Koopman, and his thrilling Amsterdam forces all at their best evoke the triumph of the Ascension. — More…
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Building a Library, May 2019, Also Recommended
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Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam & Capella Amsterdam, Jan Willem de Vriend
Jan Willem de Vriend oversees a joyful account of Bach's festive music with light-footed responses to dance rhythms…. I can whole heartedly commend this issue for its expressive warmth, its disciplined... — More…
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Record Review, December 2007, Critics Disc of the Year
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Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Archduke Trio
Storioni Trio: Wouter Vossen (violin), Marc Vossen (cello), Bart van de Roer (fortepiano)
Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend
Those who might not count the Triple Concerto among Beethoven's finest works could well be swayed by this intelligently balanced, beautifully played performance...in the Archduke Trio, the Storioni... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2013, Editor's Choice
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