Vocal, Ives, C (composer)
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It is perhaps no surprise that the various 18th-century works included find DiDonato on especially thrilling form...Yet DiDonato shines, too, in the more contemporary works…This is a highly... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2022, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th February 2022
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Winner - Solo Vocal Recording
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music
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It is perhaps no surprise that the various 18th-century works included find DiDonato on especially thrilling form...Yet DiDonato shines, too, in the more contemporary works…This is a highly... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2022, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th February 2022
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Winner - Solo Vocal Recording
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Ives - Romanzo di Central Park
RecommendedGerald Finley (baritone) & Julius Drake (piano), Magnus Johnston (violin)
…outstandingly well sung and played, equally well recorded, and highly recommendable to all lovers of fine songs and fine singing. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Solo Vocal
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2008, Choral & Song Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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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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Charles Ives - An American Journey
RecommendedThomas Hampson (baritone)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas
Tilson Thomas has managed the impossible: a totally satisfying overview of Ives's genius on one sixty-five minute cd. Songs, symphonies, psalms and tone poems - they're all represented, and... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2002, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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the sheer range of Petersen's soprano and her interests enables her to compel and convince as much in 1821 Schubert as in German composer Manfred Trojahn's settings from 2008...Most fascinating... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Vocal Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2012, Choral & Song Choice
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Road Trip: Aurora Orchestra
RecommendedDawn Landes (vocal & guitar), Sam Amidon (vocals & guitar)
Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
Adams's Chamber Symphony, inspired equally by Schoenberg and cartoon scores, is taken at a cracking pace, even faster than the composer's own...[Appalachian Spring] is given a lovely performance,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2015, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Eve finds her voice as Prohaska and Drake navigate Eden’s bright spots and murkier corners. A heady selection of songs to intoxicate the senses; vivid storytelling and musicality. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Song
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Ives: Piano Sonata & Songs
RecommendedPierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Tabea Zimmermann (viola)
It's a conceptual collage fraught with intellectual and technical difficulties...which makes Pierre-Laurent Aimard a near-perfect match, a pianist who revels in Ives's ideas and who's equal... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2004, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 47th Awards (2004), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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The result is musically satisfying and rather touching, and Johnston lends her warm, communicative mezzo to a range of idioms…The most intriguing parts of the disc are the new works; no fewer... —
