Vocal, Beethoven (composer)
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Beethoven: Triple Concerto
RecommendedNicola Benedetti (violin), Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Gerald Finley (bass-baritone), Philharmonia Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali
There are surely no more charismatic young performers in this country today than violinist Nicola Benedetti, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, and together they make... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st May 2024
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2024, Concerto Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Lise Davidsen: Beethoven - Wagner - Verdi
RecommendedLise Davidsen (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder
Her voice reminds me now of Birgit Nilsson’s at the same stage, an Elsa and Sieglinde who is a Brünnhilde in waiting, with the same thrilling edge to her top register, though she isn’t lacking... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd April 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
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Immortal Beloved: Beethoven Arias
RecommendedChen Reiss (soprano), Oliver Wass (harp)
Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr
Reiss manages coloratura passages with ease, her tone bright and clear, her voice firm throughout its considerable range and she is always wonderfully in tune…The Academy of Ancient Music gives... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th March 2020
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Opera, May 2020, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Special offer. Christiane Karg: Scene!
RecommendedChristiane Karg (soprano)
Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
Karg, a splendidly accomplished artist, delivers every item with acute sensitivity to mood and verbal nuance…with Arcangelo in perfectly weighted period-instrument support, the disc gives uninterrupted... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd June 2015
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Recital
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A souvenir-document that all Schubert and Goerne/Brendel fanciers will itch to acquire. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2005, Finalist - Vocal
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2005, Disc of the Month
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Beethoven: Lieder & Bagatellen
Christoph Berner (fortepiano J. B. Streicher, 1847), Werner Güra (tenor)
Güra's noble and beautifully enunciated tenor recreates the sheer energy and spiritual struggle within the microcosm of Beethoven's songs…Berner's 1847 Streicher fortepiano captures well the... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2015, Choral & Song Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Vocal Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Solo Vocal
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For youthful ardor I will still turn to Fritz Wunderlich in An die ferne Geliebte, yet this new release is the best Beethoven song recital I’ve heard, and it bids fair to be one of the treasures... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th March 2020
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2020, Nouveauté
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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The voice – a distinctive instrument offering a hint of Christian Gerhaher’s refined artlessness and some of the pleasingly acidic tang of Wolfgang Holzmair – changes according to the accompaniment:... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2021, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
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Special offer. Beethoven - Mass in C major
Janice Watson (soprano), Jean Rigby (mezzo soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor) & Gwynne Howell (bass)
Corydon Singers & Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best
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Building a Library, September 2005, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1999, Winner - Solo Vocal
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