Opera, Britten (composer)
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Special offer. Britten: Peter Grimes
RecommendedStuart Skelton (Grimes), Erin Wall (Ellen), Roderick Williams (Balstrode), Susan Bickley (Auntie), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs Sedley), Robert Murray (Bob Boles), James Gilchrist (Horace Adams), Marcus Farnsworth (Ned Keene)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
The best feature of this new Grimes is the orchestral playing, similar in tempo and character to Britten’s own recording. Where Edward Gardner really scores is the Bergen Philharmonic’s precision,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2020, Recording of the Month
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Opera, November 2020, Disc of the Month
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Winner - Opera
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Recording of the Year
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Special offer. Contemplation
RecommendedHuw Montague Rendall (baritone), Opéra Orchestre Normandie Rouen, Ben Glassberg
The first thing one notices in this wide-ranging recital from rising baritone Huw Montague Rendall is his seriousness of purpose...There’s also top-rank work from the orchestra and conductor;... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2024, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2024, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024, Shortlisted - Debut Solo Album
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Winners, Voice & Ensemble
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International Opera Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Solo Recording
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This debut solo album brilliantly played by the rising young organist Anna Lapwood should certainly engage organ aficionados, especially fans of the grand Harrison & Harrison instrument in Ely... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Spatial Audio
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Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra
RecommendedPaul Watkins (cello), Robert Murray (tenor)
BBC Philharmonic, Edward Gardner
Three elements stand out: firstly, the dramatic intensity of purpose he finds in all pieces; secondly, the sizzling soloistic detail he draws from the BBC Philharmonic and, thirdly, the depth... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2011, Disc of the month
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Building A Library, June 2022, Recommended Recording
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The Red Priest’s cello concertos flaunt Kobekina’s electrifying virtuosity and the high-octane playing of the Basel Chamber Orchestra under violinist Julia Schröder’s spirited direction. Yet... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Young Talent of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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The Cendrillon aria suits her talents closely, with her ethereal tone and confident coloratura skills. There’s some real magic here. Mendelssohn’s fairy-song ‘Neue Liebe’ has just the right... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Solo Vocal
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Special offer. Britten: Peter Grimes
RecommendedAlan Oke (Peter Grimes), Giselle Allen (Ellen Orford), David Kempster (Captain Balstrode), Gaynor Keeble (Auntie), Alexandra Hutton (First Niece), Charmian Bedford (Second Niece), Robert Murray (Bob Boles), Henry Waddington (Swallow), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs Sedley), Christopher Gillett (Rev. Horace...
[Bedford] has the sea-swell of the work deep in his bones...[Oke's] is a strong, ballasted performance, less purely plangent than many, but deeply moving in its simple strength and keen imagination...There's... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2013, Disc of the month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Opera Award Winner
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Special offer. Britten: The Rape of Lucretia
Angelika Kirchschlager (Lucretia), Peter Coleman-Wright (Tarquinius), Ian Bostridge (Male Chorus), Susan Gritton (Female Chorus), Christopher Purves (Collatinus), Benjamin Russell (Junius), Claire Booth (Lucia), Hilary Summers (Bianca)
Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
Without hurrying, Knussen conducts a tight, vivid account, surpassing Britten's own...Ian Bostridge and Susan Gritton as Male and Female Chorus project their rhetorical commentaries with exemplary... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Opera Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2013, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Opera
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Britten: Peter Grimes
RecommendedPeter Pears (Grimes), Claire Watson (Ellen Orford), James Pease (Balstrode), Jean Watson (Auntie), Geraint Evans (Ned Keene), Lauris Elms (Mrs Sedley), David Kelly (Hobson), Owen Brannigan (Swallow), Raymond Nilsson (Bob Boles), Marion Studholme, Iris Kells (Nieces)
Orchestra and Chorus of...
Almost 50 years on, Britten's own recording is still fresh. His conducting has great naturalness and the sound is amazing for 1958. —
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Remastered CD
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Britten: The Turn of the Screw
RecommendedIan Bostridge, Joan Rodgers, Julian Leang, Caroline Wise, Jane Henschel, Vivian Tierney
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding
This performance captures the sense of dislocation essential to this chilling ghost story. —
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Building a Library, November 2013, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2002, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2003, Winner - Opera
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