Rafael Payare
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Hand on heart, it's a long while since I’ve enjoyed a new Mahler Five as much as this. For a start, Rafael Payare clearly sees this teeming, almost over-rich score as a vibrant, purposeful whole...Yet... —
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2023, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2023, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Special offer. Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht & Pelleas und Melisande
Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Payare
...the bright, transparent sound of the Montreal Symphony and Payare’s fondness for brisk no-nonsense tempi… —
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Special offer. Berlioz: Le Carnaval Romain & Symphonie Fantastique
Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Payare
There's plenty of ravishing playing to be sure. Payare sculpts the opening of 'Rêvéries-Passions' without surrendering to indulgence, and the winds are particularly silky. Shot through with... —
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Special offer. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben & Mahler: Ruckert-Lieder
Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Rafael Payare
An enthusiastic podium presence, Payare gets results that are by no means ‘flash’. He takes nearly 47 minutes to negotiate a score which Carlos Kleiber and the composer himself get through in... —
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