Choral, Vespers, Mozart (composer)
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Throughout, the playing is thoughtful and full of poetry, recorded in intimate sound. There’s an elusive quality to this multifaceted programme, for sure, but on balance it repays attentive... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Special offer. Requiem: Mozart's Death in Words and Music
F. Murray Abraham, Jeanine De Bique (soprano), Catriona Morison (mezzo), Ben Bliss (tenor), Tareq Nazmi (bass); Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Westminster Choir, The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, Manfred Honeck
Honeck's is an exciting performance of the Requiem, with a crisp Kyrie, a nimble-footed Domine Jesu and a Dies Irae, which, though played and sung with absolute precision, evokes a whirlwind... —
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Elīna Garanča: Meditation
Elina Garanča (mezzo-soprano)
Latvian Radio Choir, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken, Karel Mark Chichon
The sustained line in the 'Laudate Dominum' by Mozart is amazing, especially given the sedate pace, and her intonation is flawless throoughout...If this collection of titles seems like a bit... —
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Mozart - Exsultate jubilate!
and other soprano arias
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
The King’s Consort, Robert King
Robert King and his choral and orchestral forces give clean and direct performances in sound that is nicely balanced and benefits from the mellow acoustic of London's Cadogan Hall. The soprano... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2006, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2006, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. My Christmas
RecommendedDiana Damrau (soprano), Matthias Höfs (trumpet), NDR Radiophilharmonie, Knabenchor Hanover, Richard Whilds, Riccardo Minasi
Damrau’s two-disc My Christmas ticks some of the same boxes as the legendary Elisabeth Schwarzkopf’s Christmas Album, though Damrau seems more naturally at home in the seasonal idiom...Opinions... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd December 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year
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Special offer. Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore & Coronation Mass
RecommendedSandrine Piau (soprano), Renata Pokupić (alto), Benjamin Bruns (tenor) & Andreas Wolf (bass)
Accentus & Insula Orchestra, Laurence Equilbey
The Insula Orchestra show themselves to be fleet and colourful (with superb oboe from Jean-Marc Philippe). The Accentus choir demonstrate once more their unity and dynamism but suffer a little... —
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Building A Library, May 2025, Recommended Recording
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Mozart: Requiem & Vesperae Solennes de Confessore
Karita Mattila, Sara Mingardo, Michael Schade & Bryn Terfel
Schwedischer Rundfunkchor & Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
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Unreservedly recommended —
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Mozart: Coronation Mass
Katharina Konradi (soprano), Sophie Harmsen (mezzo-soprano), Steve Davislim (tenor), Krešimir Stražanac (bass), Niklaus Pfannkuch, Raphael Alpermann (organ), Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Howard Arman
Arman is an attentive Mozartian. He’s particularly alert to the felicities of Mozart ’s instrumental writing , both colouristically, and in its role as agent of thematic integration. Throughout,... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year & Young Talent (Konradi)
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Special offer. Exsultate Jubilate
Kiri te Kanawa
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Colin Davis
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