Josep Pons
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Berio: Sinfonia & Berio/Mahler: Frühe Lieder
RecommendedMatthias Goerne (baritone)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, The Synergy Vocals, Josep Pons
We have only to listen to [Berio’s] exquisite song orchestrations, graced with Goerne on riveting, vibrant form, to feel the depth of his empathy, an almost palpable longing to be absorbed into... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th September 2016
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2017, Vocal Winner
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2016
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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Special offer. Granados: Goyescas
Nancy Fabiola Herrera (Rosario), Gustavo Pena (Fernando), Lidia Vinyes Curtis (Pepa), Jose Antonio Lopez (Paquiro)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Josep Pons
This live recording from an accomplished BBC Symphony Orchestra under conductor Josep Pons reveals the opera to be really a work of two parts…The cast acquit themselves well, if not with persuasively... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2019
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Patricia Petibon: Melancolia
Spanish Arias and Songs
Patricia Petibon (soprano), with Susan Manoff, Joël Grare, with Daniel Manzanas
Orquesta nacional de España, Josep Pons
There's a pleasingly rich core to Petibon's voice besides the coloratura heights she's renowned for. She performs with total commitment and without fear and this injects everything she sings... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2012, Editor's Choice
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What could be an exercise in comparison proves to be illuminating, shedding light on Ravel’s use of both piano and orchestra, for these are transformative mirrors. Crucially, the performances... —
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Building a Library, November 2023, Recommended Recording
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Falla: Noches en los jardines de Espana
Recorded at the Barbican, January 2011
Javier Perianes (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Josep Pons
In the Nights in the Gardens of Spain...both pianist and orchestra revel in its colouristic opportunities. Perianes employs the subtlest of rubatos here, teasing us with little delays and hurry-ups... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2012, Editor's Choice
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Casablancas: The Essential Collection
Ray Fearon (vocals - spoken word), Orquestra de Cambra del Teatre Lliure, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Quartet Casals, The London Sinfonietta, Quatuor Diotima, Orquestra de cambra Teatre Lliure, Josep Pons, Edmon Colomer
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Andalusian Composers after Falla
Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, Orquesta de Cordoba, Orquesta de Malaga, Josep Pons, Leo Brouwer, Jose Luis Temes
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Albéniz: Pepita Jiménez
Orquestra De Cambra Teatre Lliure, Susan Chilcott (soprano), Montserrat Pi, Francesc Garrigosa, Chœur d'Enfants de la Maîtrise de Badalona, Josep Pons
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