CD, Honegger (composer)
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Booth's remarkable capabilities as a singing actress allow her to encompass the multiple personas, verbal dexterity and moments of emotional nakedness that characterise Cocteau's poetry, as... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th June 2026
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[La valse] sounds as if at least six hands are at work. This is a titanic, gripping account of this tumultuous piece, combining impact with warmth and projecting with absolute clarity the collapse... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2025, Instrumental Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Müller-Schott has the technique to project the disc’s multitude of moods and to move seamlessly from virtuosity to sensuousness and back again...The Saint-Saëns Concerto is a joy from start... —
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Record Review, 25th September 2021, Record of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, Concerto Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Concerto
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Honegger: Symphony No. 3
RecommendedLuba Orgonásová (soprano)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, The Netherlands Radio Choir, Mariss Jansons
The Netherlands Radio Choir is impressively well-drilled… The Slovakian soprano Luba Orgonásová soars majestically over the whole, alternately creating serenity and high drama as required.... —
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Building a Library, March 2008, First Choice
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Building a Library, November 2010, First Choice
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Building a Library, February 2020, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Green - Melodies françaises on Verlaine’s poems
Recommended2CD Casebound Deluxe (Limited Edition)
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Jerome Ducros (piano) & Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto)
Quatuor Ebène
may be the single most appealing and important French song recital this side of the largely excellent but sometimes uneven Fauré and Debussy discs on Hyperion...Throughout, Jaroussky's singing... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Vocal Winner
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Most of these pieces are light, even frothy morceaux, and Plowright does not overstate the musical case for them beyond their obvious delights of refinement and dexterity. But he balances them... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2010, Editor's Choice
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Williams’s voice, with its smooth production and clear, unforced high notes, is well suited to the French mélodie, while his pronunciation is excellent. The Poulenc and Honegger songs are particularly... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2022
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Honegger - Une Cantate de Noël
RecommendedAlban Gerhardt (cello), James Rutherford (baritone)
BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, Thierry Fischer
…an excellent introduction to a still underestimated composer. Thierry Fischer's vivid account of the Prélude, Fugue et Postlude makes one all the more astonished that this is the only recording... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th December 2008
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Honegger: Pastorale d’été, Symphony No. 4 & Une Cantate de Noël
RecommendedChristopher Maltman (baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir & New London Children’s Choir, Vladimir Jurowski
Pleasing performances of some pleasing and unfamiliar music. Recommended to beachcombers (and anyone else who's curious). —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th December 2011
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