Marin Alsop
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It is rare to be able to say that a performance forces one to listen to a work anew, but this is exactly what Alsop's reading achieves. Excellently recorded and with an elegant and witty performance... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Orchestral Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2008, Disc of the month
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Building a Library, November 2023, Also Recommended - Symphony No. 9
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Special offer. Bernstein: Candide
RecommendedLeonardo Capalbo (Candide), Jane Archibald (Cunegonde), Anne Sofie von Otter (Old Lady), Thomas Allen (Dr Pangloss/Narrator)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Marin Alsop
In the title role, Leonardo Capalbo offers charm, delicacy and a touch of melancholy. Jane Archibald makes an amiable Cunegonde, though her showpiece ‘Glitter and be gay’ doesn’t sparkle enough.... —
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Record Review, 9th October 2021, Record of the Week
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th October 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Opera
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Lim's was a stupendous achievement not just for an 18-year-old and deserves its stand-alone presentation. Thanks to his surfeit of technical wizardry and determination to take nothing for granted... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2025, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2025, Concerto Choice
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Special offer. Barber: Orchestral Works Volume 1
RecommendedRoyal Scottish National Orchestra, Marin Alsop
Under Marin Alsop's sensitive guidance, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra has found the heartbeat of this music. —
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Building a Library, June 2006, Budget Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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There is a strong visual element to much of Anna Clyne's work, with each movement of 2016's Abstractions linked to specific art works...Marin Alsop's conducting currency is also colour, and... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2025
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John Adams: City Noir, Fearful Symmetries & Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance
RecommendedOrf Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
In every respect, this disc is a must for all fans of John Adams and Marin Alsop. The performances and recording are terrific, and the programme provides a good range of the composer’s style…... —
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Grammy Awards, 67th Awards (2025), Nominated - Best Orchestral Performance
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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Special offer. Szymanowski: Symphony No. 4
Szymon Nehring (piano), Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
I admire the restraint, elegance and bravura of the orchestral playing under Alsop's baton. She finds a new way of reading this Dionysian score with much focus on detail, thus creating an orchestral... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2026, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Bernstein: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
Jennifer Johnson Cano (mezzo-soprano), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
The performances are predictably excellent. In No. 1, the imposing first movement is presented with fervour, and the Copland-like central scherzo with lightness and precision; Jennifer Johnson... —
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Record Review, 14th January 2017, Recording of the Week
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Symphonic Recording (20th/21st-century music)
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Bernstein: Mass
RecommendedJubilant Sykes (baritone)
Morgan State University Choir, Peabody Children's Chorus, Morgan State University Marching Band & Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
…is a virtual triumph from beginning to end, and the only recording for me worthy of sitting next to the composer's own. …Alsop's tight-knit, symphonic pacing delineates the structure of the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2009, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Editor's Choice
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Barber: Orchestral Works Volume 3
RecommendedJames Buswell (violin)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Marin Alsop
James Buswell is a refined, sensitive soloist in the Concerto, warm without being soupy —
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Building a Library, January 2002, Budget Choice
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