Pumeza Matshikiza
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Michael Tippett: A Child of Our Time
RecommendedPumeza Matshikiza (soprano), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Joshua Stewart (tenor), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone)
BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis
Bass Ashley Riches shines particularly as the narrator, bringing a terrif ic clarity and command to the role. The BBC Symphony Orchestra give a fine performance, but the real star of the show... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd May 2024
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Choral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Special offer. Birtwistle: The Minotaur
John Tomlinson (The Minotaur), Johan Reuter (Theseus), Christine Rice (Ariadne), Andrew Watts (Snake Priestess), Philip Langridge (Hiereus), Amanda Echalaz (Ker), Rebecca Bottone, Pumeza Matshikiza, Wendy Dawn Thompson, Christopher Ainslie, Tim Mead (Innocents)
The Royal Opera Chorus &...
This opera, premiered at the Royal Opera last April, seems to me to be a masterpiece, of the kind that one feels the greatness of before one has a complete understanding of it. …the Minotaur... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, DVD of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - DVD
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Opera, September 2009, Recording of the Month
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Special offer. Birtwistle: The Minotaur
John Tomlinson (The Minotaur), Johan Reuter (Theseus), Christine Rice (Ariadne), Andrew Watts (Snake Priestess), Philip Langridge (Hiereus), Amanda Echalaz (Ker), Rebecca Bottone, Pumeza Matshikiza, Wendy Dawn Thompson, Christopher Ainslie, Tim Mead (Innocents)
The Royal Opera Chorus &...
This opera, premiered at the Royal Opera last April, seems to me to be a masterpiece, of the kind that one feels the greatness of before one has a complete understanding of it. …the Minotaur... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - DVD
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2009, DVD of the Month
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Opera, September 2009, Recording of the Month
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The golden, singing tone of Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s cello hits us the moment this dauntingly eclectic album begins. —
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The colours in the haunting, spare accompaniment [of 'Umzi Watsha'] are conveyed with expert precision by the versatile Aurora Orchestra conducted by Iaian Farrington, who should also be congratulated... —
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A Celebration of Paul Reade
Philippa Davies (flute), Helen Tunstall, Pumeza Matshikiza (soprano), Laurence Perkins (bassoon), Robin O'Neil, English Chamber Orchestra, London Winds, Robin O'Neill
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100 Great Musical Moments
Daniel Barenboim (piano), Seong-Jin Cho (piano), Yuja Wang (piano), Rafał Blechacz (piano), Kian Soltani (cello), Aaron Pilsan (piano), Albrecht Mayer (oboe, oboedamore), Kimiko Imani (piano), Camille Thomas (cello), Alexandre Bloch (piano), Bomsori (violin), Elisabeth Brauß (piano), Fabian Müller...
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Baroque Gold - 50 Great Tracks
Peter Hurford (organ), Christopher Hirons (violin), Nigel North (guitar), Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), Kenneth Gilbert (harpsichord), Simon Preston (organ), Tom Finucane (lute), Renée Fleming (soprano), Lynn Harrell (cello), Pumeza Matshikiza (soprano), John Holloway (violin), Nigel North (archlute),...
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Matshikiza’s fresh, even, iridescent tone is ideally weighted for Puccini’s Mimi and Liù…Rusalka’s Song to the Moon is glorious…[and she delivers] a gravely beautiful ‘When I am laid in earth’. —
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Baroque Gold - 100 Great Tracks
Christopher Hirons (violin), Nigel North (guitar), Christopher Hogwood (director), Christophe Rousset (harpsichord), Ottavio Dantone (organ), Kenneth Gilbert (harpsichord), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), John Holloway (violin), Nigel North (archlute), Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), Gustav Leonhardt...
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