CD, Bernstein (composer)
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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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American Polyphony
RecommendedDavid Allsopp (countertenor), Christopher Lowrey (countertenor) & Robert Millett (percussion)
Polyphony, Stephen Layton
This is the finest performance of Barber's Agnus Dei I've heard by any choir, live or on record…a wonderful recital, not to be missed. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th July 2015
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2015, Disc of the month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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this celebration of song is infused with heartfelt joy. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Song
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In short, this highly recommendable collection represents a model of imaginative and provocative programming. —
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It makes for an earcatching excursion celebrating the heady pluralism of American music...Together they forge a formidable partnership, technically fearless and equally at home in the different... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2025, Chamber Music
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The usual suspects - Ives (In the Mornin' includes mandolinist Joseph Brent), Copland, Peterson - are present and correct, alongside a smoky rendition of Bill Evans's arrangement of Bernstein's... —
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The performances range from a touchingly direct version of Maria from West Side Story, to a distinctly mannered You’ll Never Walk Alone from Carousel, which Kaufmann delivers in an oddly halting... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Film Music/Score of the Year
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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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Special offer. Fireworks & Fanfares
stuart Nicholson, harry Meehan, victoria Green, Áine Balfe, richard O’donnell, bernard Rielly, dylan Quinn, david Leigh
