Toronto Symphony Orchestra
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Massenet: Thaïs
Erin Wall (Thaïs), Joshua Hopkins (Athanaël), Andrew Staples (Nicias), Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
To Thaīs herself Erin Wall brings a clean, pliant soprano used with discretion and judgement…Dark of presence, Joshua Hopkins makes a vehement Athanaël…Davis presents a perceptive account of... —
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Record Review, 4th July 2020, Record of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2020, Opera Choice
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Opera, October 2020, Disc of the Month
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Juno Awards, 2021, Nominated - Classical Album of the Year (Vocal or Choral)
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works
RecommendedLouis Lortie (piano), Carla Huhtanen (soprano), Emily D’Angelo (mezzo-soprano), Lawrence Wiliford (tenor) & Tyler Duncan (baritone), Sarah Jeffrey (oboe), Teng Li (viola)
Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Elmer Iseler Singers, Peter Oundjian
The solo playing by Toronto Symphony principal Teng Li offers deep weight of tone, rapturous phrasing, and a musical personality that mesmerises the ear; the choral singing is superbly focused... —
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Classical Compendium
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Juno Awards, 2019, Classical Album of the Year - Large Ensemble
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Handel: Messiah
RecommendedErin Wall (soprano), Elizabeth DeShong (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), John Relyea (bass-baritone)
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Astonishingly well controlled…the solo voices are rich and weighty…[the] flute provides a charming obbligato to ‘How beautiful are the feet’, while the tenor’s ‘Thy rebuke…’ is intensely moving…a... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd December 2016
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2017, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Choral Performance
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Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphony
RecommendedMarc-André Hamelin (piano), Nathalie Forget (ondes martenot), Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Gustavo Gimeno
Where Gimeno makes the piece his own is in the complex rhythmic games of the three ‘Turangalîla’ movements, coolly coordinating them with a species of lateDebussian sensuality that Boulez might... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd February 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Le Baiser de La Fée (divertimento)
Isabel Leonard (mezzo-soprano), Paul Appleby (tenor), Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Gustavo Gimeno
This is perhaps the most sheerly lovely Pulcinella I’ve heard, slightly romanticised with a full-orchestral richness rather than the spring of a chamber ensemble. But to match the beautifully... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2025, Orchestral Choice
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Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin; Concerto For Orchestra
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Gustavo Gimeno
Under Gustavo Gimeno, confirmed as Music Director until 2030, the orchestra is playing with newfound enthusiasm and brilliance. —
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British Composers: A Celebration
RecommendedRichard Rodney Bennett (piano), Ian Hare (piano), Robert Tear (vocals), Sir Andrew Davis (piano), Bruce Russell (vocals), Richard Lewis (vocals), Monica Sinclair (vocals), Lewis Thomas (vocals), Geoffrey Walls (baritone), John Hauxwell (bass-baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Wilfred Brown...
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also Recommended
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Klaus Tennstedt Live, Vol. 5
Paul Tortelier (cello), Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt
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New. Dance Classics from Chandos
Michael Collins (clarinet), Michael McHale (piano), Louis Lortie (piano), Guido Paevatalu, Mette Ejsing, Danish National Radio Chamber Choir, Johann Strauss II, Josef Strauss, Peter Donohoe (piano), Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra, Danish National...
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Free Willy 3: The Rescue
Cliff Eidelman, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Francine Poitras (vocals), Mike Lang (piano)
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