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Special offer. Hans Abrahamsen: The Snow Queen
Barbara Hannigan (Gerda), Rachael Wilson (Kay, Katarina Dalayman (Grandmother / Old Lady / Finn Woman), Peter Rose (Snow Queen / Reindeer / Clock)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Cornelius Meister, Andreas Kriegenburg
Kriegenburg’s production, cleanly shot by Christoph Engel, suggests it was all in the mind anyway. His is not a show for kids, even if Abrahamsen’s opera might be – getting close to Andersen’s... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Winner - Contemporary
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Winner - Video: Opera
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The John Adams Edition
RecommendedBerliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin, John Adams, Alan Gilbert, Gustavo Dudamel, Kirill Petrenko, Sir Simon Rattle
Both [Harmonielehre and The Gospel According to the Other Mary] benefit from the full palette of the Berlin Philharmonic, from powerful lower brass to exquisite wind solos and sensuous strings;... —
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Classical Compendium
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Brett Dean: Hamlet
RecommendedAllan Clayton (Hamlet), Sarah Connolly (Gertrude), Barbara Hannigan (Ophelia), Rod Gilfry (Claudius), Kim Begley (Polonius), John Tomlinson (Ghost/Grave-Digger), Jacques Imbrailo (Horatio), David Butt Philip (Laertes)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus, Vladimir Jurowski
Dean’s score succeeds through rampant imagination and simple wisdom…[Clayton’s] portrayal of Hamlet’s decline would be noteworthy even without singing that is full of expressive meaning and... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2018, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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International Opera Awards, 2019, Nominated - Complete Opera Recording
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Winner - Contemporary
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Unsuk Chin: Orchestral Works
RecommendedBerliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle, Myung-Whun Chung, Sakari Oramo
All six works included here underline what a diligent, imaginative and consistently engaging composer Chin is. Hers is music that deserves the parallel qualities brought to it by this illustrious... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Contemporary
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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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New. Trial By Jury / A Matter of Misconduct!
Richard Suart (Judge), Kira Kaplan (Plaintiff/Sylvia Lawless), Jamie MacDougall (Defendant/Sandy Hogg), Chloe Harris (Counsel/Cherry Penistone), Edward Jowle (Usher/Hugo Cheeseman), Ross Cumming (Roger Penistone), Scottish Opera, Toby Hession, John Savournin, Laura Attridge
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Special offer. The Grotesque & The Sublime
Frank Dupree (piano), Vivi Vassileva, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Daníel Bjarnason
The performances capture the energy of the music with skill, notably that of percussionist Vivi Vassileva, for whom Inferno is a tour de force. The release includes a highly appropriate multichannel... —
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Special offer. Birtwistle: The Minotaur
John Tomlinson (The Minotaur), Johan Reuter (Theseus), Christine Rice (Ariadne), Andrew Watts (Snake Priestess), Philip Langridge (Hiereus), Amanda Echalaz (Ker), Rebecca Bottone, Pumeza Matshikiza, Wendy Dawn Thompson, Christopher Ainslie, Tim Mead (Innocents)
The Royal Opera Chorus &...
This opera, premiered at the Royal Opera last April, seems to me to be a masterpiece, of the kind that one feels the greatness of before one has a complete understanding of it. …the Minotaur... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, DVD of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - DVD
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Opera, September 2009, Recording of the Month
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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. 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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Special offer. This Is Rattle
Grime, Ades. Birtwistle, Knussen & Elgar
Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
The dazzling panache of the LSO’s playing has you wondering all over again at the mesmerising range of options that Adès’s ear and technical command can summon…And Elgar’s Enigma Variations... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2019, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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