Hi Res Download, Challenge Classics (label)
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CPE Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord
Ryo Terakado (violin), Fabio Bonizzoni (early keyboard instruments)
Long overshadowed in the modern imagination by his father Johann Sebastian, CPE Bach's own genius shines through in this superlative album from two masterful performers. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2025, Editor's Choice
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The Times, Best Classical Albums of 2025
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Perfectly Free
Maja Bogdanović, Robbrecht Van Cauwenberghe, Phion Symphony Orchestra, David Cohen, Xandi van Dijk
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Die schöne Müllerin / Schwanengesang / Winterreise
Michael Gees, Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (early keyboard instruments)
My desert-island choice for a highly cultivated yet quite personal tenor-voice foray into Schubert’s world. —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2021, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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What we have is a fine, detailed performance – and it includes the disputed cymbal clash at the climax of the great slow movement, music to celebrate and mourn Richard Wagner – and an account... —
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Record Review, 6th November 2021, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Seasoned performers of Golijov's music, the Arethusa Quartet and clarinettist Chen Halevi get it just about right. They apply presence, resonance and weight in the first movement, while maintaining... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Torelli: 12 Concerti da Camera for Two Violins and Basso Continuo, Op. 2
Pietro Battistoni, Rosso Verona Baroque Ensemble, Corinne Raymond-Jarczyk, Cristina Vidoni, Margherita Burattini, Edoardo Valorz
The performances, by an Italian group making their debut recording, sparkle…The Rosso Verona Baroque Ensemble produce a sweet but incisive sound in a church acoustic that adds bloom without... —
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a kindly gentleness of touch and a sensitive shaping of dynamic, helped by a recording that gives the piano just the right amount of space, generates a warmth and humanity that seeks only the... —
