Benjamin, G
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George Benjamin: Picture a Day Like This
RecommendedMarianne Crebassa (mezzo-soprano), Beate Mordal (soprano), Cameron Shahbazi (countertenor), John Brancy (baritone), Anna Prohaska (soprano), Mahler Chamber Orchestra, George Benjamin
Less is more in Picture a day like this with a cast of five and just 22 instrumentalists from the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. With every word of the text set to be heard, Marianne Crebassa is... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2024, Opera Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Winners, Contemporary
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Hill places the new work within an exceptionally well-crafted recital in which Messiaen's music is a recurrent thread in a span of resonances, influences and affinities...Whether in Dutilleux... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2014, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2014, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. George Benjamin: Written on Skin
Recommendedand Duet for piano and orchestra
Christopher Purves (The Protector), Barbara Hannigan (Agnès), Bejun Mehta (First Angel/Boy), Victoria Simmonds (Second Angel/Marie), Allan Clayton (Third Angel/John), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, George Benjamin
[Purves] expresses a brooding pride and menace that makes your skin crawl. [Hannigan] makes an electrifying transformation from doe-like submissiveness to sexual predator, and the powerfully... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Contemporary
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Premiere Award
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Musica Viva 22
RecommendedPierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, George Benjamin
This is special. Three utterly captivating, ear-tickling pieces by composers from successive generations in superlative performances…the centrepiece of the disc is the world premiere performance... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Contemporary
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Special offer. George Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence
RecommendedStéphane Degout (King), Barbara Hannigan (Isabel), Gyula Orendt (Gaveston/Stranger), Peter Hoare (Mortimer), Samuel Boden (Boy/Young King)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, George Benjamin
The singing—and the orchestra, conducted by the composer himself—is flawless...powerful singing and a balanced execution of sound give voice to a dramatic libretto and an arresting score, making... —
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Opera
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Opera Recording
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L’Aurore is far greater than the sum of its parts...The album takes its name from the first movement of Ysaÿe’s fifth solo sonata, a work dedicated to his friend and former pupil Mathieu Crickboom.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, Instrumental Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Special offer. Benjamin, G: Written on Skin
RecommendedChristopher Purves (Protector), Barbara Hannigan (Agnès), Bejun Mehta (First Angel/Boy), Victoria Simmonds (Second Angel/Marie) & Allan Clayton (Third Angel/John)
Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, George Benjamin (conductor) & Katie Mitchell (director)
This is an outstanding release in every way...Benjamin's extraordinary music is breathtaking in its lightly worn compositional virtuosity...The cast is sensational...Hannigan deserves all the... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Winner - Contemporary
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2014, Winner - Musique contemporaine
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Special offer. Benjamin, G: Written on Skin
RecommendedChristopher Purves (Protector), Barbara Hannigan (Agnès), Bejun Mehta (First Angel/Boy), Victoria Simmonds (Second Angel/Marie) & Allan Clayton (Third Angel/John)
Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, George Benjamin (conductor) & Katie Mitchell (director)
This is an outstanding release in every way...Benjamin's extraordinary music is breathtaking in its lightly worn compositional virtuosity...The cast is sensational...Hannigan deserves all the... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Winner - Contemporary
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2014, Winner - Musique contemporaine
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Special offer. Benjamin: Into the Little Hill
Susan Bickley (contralto), Hila Pitmann (soprano), Michael Cox (flute), Nederlands Kamerkoor (chorus), Bejun Mehta (countertenor)
London Sinfonietta, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, George Benjamin
The opera performance is reason enough to buy this disc, but it is equally welcome for the recording of Benjamin’s stunning recent song-cycle Dream of the Song…the settings range from Mehta’s... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2017
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Special offer. George Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence
RecommendedStéphane Degout (King), Barbara Hannigan (Isabel), Gyula Orendt (Gaveston/Stranger), Peter Hoare (Mortimer), Samuel Boden (Boy/Young King)
Orchestra of The Royal Opera House, George Benjamin, Katie Mitchell
His orchestral imagination is prodigious, and both as a composer and conductor he conjures up memorable soundscapes full of jittery tension…the entire cast seems convinced it is creating something... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th December 2018
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Diapason d’Or, May 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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