Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
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Special offer. Mahler: Song Cycles
RecommendedAlice Coote (mezzo-soprano)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Albrecht
A mezzo can bring so many colours to the expression, and in that respect Alice Coote matches the previously unsurpassable challenge of Janet Baker with Barbirolli. There’s even a plus: the height,... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Record Review, 12th August 2017, Recording of the Week
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The work has an unmistakable cumulative power, and its iridescent orchestration is as beautiful as anyone’s. While the orchestra here is not as lustrous-toned as Zemlinsky would have reckoned... —
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Record Review, 20th June 2020, Record of the Week
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Opus Klassik, 2021, Conductor of the Year
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Special offer. Zemlinsky: Eine Florentinische Tragodie
Aušrinė Stundytė (soprano), John Lundgren (bass-baritone), Nikolai Schukoff (tenor), Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Albrecht
John Lundgren is the vengeful merchant, by turns vicious and oleaginous as he wheedles his rival. If the voice is expressive rather than lyric that’s all to the good and in contrast to Nikolai... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Opera
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Special offer. Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
RecommendedAlice Coote (mezzo), Burkhard Fritz (tenor)
Netherlands Philharmonic, Marc Albrecht
Coote takes Dame Janet Baker's rapt introspection to a new level; Fritz has the vocal stamina but can seem a little ungainly...[Albrecht's] vocal exhortations inspire sympathetic playing even... —
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Building A Library, June 2021, Recommended Recording
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Building A Library, August 2025, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Brahms/Schoenberg: Piano Quartet Op. 25
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Albrecht
the Netherlanders are more ardent in the songful slow movement, more upbeat in its central march, and far more exciting in the headlong Hungarian gypsy finale. —
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Special offer. Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Albrecht
Successively excited, rueful and at peace, [Watts] leaves extremes of colour to the orchestration around her…I especially enjoy Albrecht and the orchestra letting the sunshine into the Scherzo,... —
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Special offer. Dvorak - Symphony No. 7 & Golden Spinning Wheel
Netherlands Philharmonic, Yakov Kreizberg
Yakov Kreizberg's… tempo is graceful, the music's jagged edges are softened, and supple phrasing minimises the breathlessness. —
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…the performance of the Water Goblin is rewarding. Clearly, Kreizberg has a way with Dvorák, but he seems to have lost it in the Sixth. —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2008, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Berg: Wozzeck
RecommendedChristopher Maltman (Wozzeck), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Marie), Frank van Aken (Drum Major), Sir Willard White (Doctor)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus of Dutch National Opera, New Amsterdam Children's Choir, Marc Albrecht, Krzysztof Warlikowski (director)
A very fine performance of Berg's great music drama —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2019, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Opera Recording
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