SACD, Gounod (composer)
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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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The organ has a really gutsy, symphonic core... Jan Kraybill... plays with considerable verve and a feeling both for colour and for the grand gesture. —
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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There’s a spring in Tortelier’s step with the Icelanders, a sappy bounce to the opening Allegro molto… The strings are alert and light and the woodwinds attack Gounod’s melodious writing with... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
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A sweetly scented posy, this...Perfect, too, for all who love Sampson's fragrant, light-filled, warmly communicative soprano. Surprisingly, this is her solo recital debut on disc. The bouquet... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Solo Vocal
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Miah Persson - Sempre libera
Miah Persson (soprano), Katarina Karnéus (mezzo), Andrew Staples (tenor)
Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, Daniel Harding
Popular though they are, the choice of items and their sequence in this recital are refreshingly unhackneyed, more than just a hit list of vocal display items...Persson's is, as always, a voice... —
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Afflatus Quartet: Esprit
Afflatus Quartet: Roman Novotny (flute), Jana Brozkova (oboe), Vojtech Nydl (clarinet) & Ondrej Roskovec (bassoon)
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Mélodie has a particular association with the baritone voice, and Hampson’s charm, insight and care rightfully take their place in that tradition. Bearing the title ‘Serenade’, this collection... —
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Gong's voice, essentially lyrical in timbre, has a clean, ringing power to it, and he sings securely right through the range. At the moment, though, he applies a one-size-fits-all, slightly... —
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Kaftan has a decent orchestra at his disposal and gives full rein to the score's opulent colour effects...there's no sense of the singers holding back for the microphones, and in the principal... —
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Special offer. Mephistopheles And Other Bad Guys
Kevin Short (bass-baritone)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille, Lawrence Foster
