Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
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It is rare to be able to say that a performance forces one to listen to a work anew, but this is exactly what Alsop's reading achieves. Excellently recorded and with an elegant and witty performance... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Orchestral Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2008, Disc of the month
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Building a Library, November 2023, Also Recommended - Symphony No. 9
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There is a strong visual element to much of Anna Clyne's work, with each movement of 2016's Abstractions linked to specific art works...Marin Alsop's conducting currency is also colour, and... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2025
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Special offer. Bernstein: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
Jennifer Johnson Cano (mezzo-soprano), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
The performances are predictably excellent. In No. 1, the imposing first movement is presented with fervour, and the Copland-like central scherzo with lightness and precision; Jennifer Johnson... —
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Record Review, 14th January 2017, Recording of the Week
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Symphonic Recording (20th/21st-century music)
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Bernstein: Mass
RecommendedJubilant Sykes (baritone)
Morgan State University Choir, Peabody Children's Chorus, Morgan State University Marching Band & Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
…is a virtual triumph from beginning to end, and the only recording for me worthy of sitting next to the composer's own. …Alsop's tight-knit, symphonic pacing delineates the structure of the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2009, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Editor's Choice
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Barber: Cello Concerto & Britten: Symphony for Cello & Orchestra
RecommendedYo-Yo Ma (cello)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman
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Grammy Awards, 32nd Awards (1989), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Excellent performances of Barber's earlier orchestral works, including Adagio for strings. —
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Building a Library, June 2006, First Choice
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Barber & Walton - Violin Concertos
RecommendedJoshua Bell (violin)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman
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Building a Library, January 2002, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1998, Winner - Concerto
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Yo-Yo Ma: The New York Album
RecommendedYo-Yo Ma (cello), Yo-Yo Ma (alto violin)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman
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Grammy Awards, 37th Awards (1994), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Grammy Awards, 37th Awards (1994), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Corigliano: The Red Violin Concerto
RecommendedJoshua Bell (violin)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
…there is so much stirring and seductive music… and Joshua Bell brings it all off with magnificent assurance and conviction. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th September 2007
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2007, Orchestral Choice
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Care for detail is apparent...[Alsop's] sense of line is at its most impressive in the way in which the slow movement is sustained and the unfolding of the joyous second theme in the finale...as... —
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Building a Library, October 2020, Also Recommended
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