Ešenvalds
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This is a highly considered collection of performances, with close attention paid to phrasing, articulation and voicing. Lapwood has successfully delivered an album that cements her status as... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Solo Instrumental Recording of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Young Talent of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Concerto Recording of the Year
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It’s the breadth – not just of repertoire but of sound, technique and approach – that makes it so arrestingly excellent… The musicianship here is dazzling, and nowhere more so than in Britten’s... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Ēriks Ešenvalds: Northern Lights
& other choral works
with Rachel Ambrose Evans (soprano), Hannah Partridge (soprano), with Michael Craddock (bass), with Sally Pryce (harp), with Jamie Roberts (tenor), with Hannah King (soprano), Jonathan Pacey (bass), Zane Šmite (jaw harp), with Anna Cavaliero (mezzo-soprano), with Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano),...
One of the chief pleasures of this CD is right at the beginning - the silvery duetting of Rachel Ambrose Evans and Hannah Partridge...Their fluid delivery of the little grace notes is delectable,... —
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One doesn’t often find Thomas Tallis, Edward Elgar and John Tavener sandwiching Massive Attack, but the lovely Teardrop works astonishingly well in this mixed programme devoted to the concept... —
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Ēriks Ešenvalds: Translations
Kate Ledington (soprano), Maeve Stier (soprano), Celine Clark (alto), Juan Castaneda (tenor), Jonathan Roberts (bass), David Walters (handbell), Anna Krytenberg (soprano), Savannah Panah (soprano), Gina Rizk (soprano), Joel Bluestone (glockenspiel), Florian Conzetti (vibraphone), Rebecca Yakos (soprano),...
Portland State Chamber Choir produces a beautifully blended sound in Ešenvalds’s multi-layered, atmospheric music – although a whole disc of it does begin to pall after a while. Probably best... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2020, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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There Will Come Soft Rains
Choral Works by Ēriks Ešenvalds
The Pacific Lutheran Choir Of The West, Richard Nance
This varied, serene set of choral works only occasionally slips into schmaltzy territory. The choir shines when singing as an ensemble, bringing out Ešenvalds’s clever vocal techniques superbly. —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Editor's Choice
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The Portland State Chamber Choir under Ethan Sperry nevertheless offer a finely sung, well-shaped hour’s programme, the disc makes an excellent introduction for anyone wanting to investigate... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2017, Editor's Choice
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