Montsalvatge
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[La valse] sounds as if at least six hands are at work. This is a titanic, gripping account of this tumultuous piece, combining impact with warmth and projecting with absolute clarity the collapse... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2025, Instrumental Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Elîna Garanča: Habanera
RecommendedElîna Garanča (mezzo), Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Coro Filarmonico del Regio di Torino, Karel Mark Chichon
Garanča's is a medium-scale mezzo approach, elegant and devoid of ugly lurches into chest voice. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd August 2010
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2010, Editor's Choice
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The Bridge CD is a live performance from the 2004 Caramoor Festival. Its star, without a doubt, is the great mezzo Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, who died less than two years later. ...Hunt Lieberson... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2008, Editor's Choice
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Montsalvatge: Orchestral Works
Ruby Hughes (soprano), Clara Mouriz (mezzo-soprano)
BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena
The BBC Philharmonic are in excellent form throughout, well marshalled by Mena, they and Montsalvatge's often spare, quiet textures captured in typically rich Chandos sound. A very enjoyable... —
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New. Amor y flores
Marion Vergez-Pascal, Héloïse Bertrand-Oleari, Timothée Vinour-Motta, Imanol Iraola
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Special offer. Folk Songs
RecommendedMagdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Czech Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle
One of the great joys of this album is the sense of genuine dialogue between Kožená and the instrumentalists. This is a singer who really listens in detail to what’s going on in the orchestra,... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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this is altogether a commendable release: subtle, thoughtful, exuberant. —
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Playing on a glorious-sounding instrument made by Patrick Robin only last year, Zimmermann can occasionally sound a touch self-conscious in the more pointed phrasing. Perianes, however, brings... —
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