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Schwanewilms's interpretations are regularly imaginative, her singing musicianly, though not all of her vocalism matches her good intentions. There's sometimes...an edge to her tone that combines... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2013, Editor's Choice
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Liaisons
Arias by Cimarosa, Haydn, Mozart and Salieri
Chen Reiss (soprano)
L’arte del mondo, Werner Ehrhardt
Reiss is a properly pert Despina (Cosi) and an affecting Susanna...Her attention to detail in the recitative is scrupulous...Reiss's diamond bright coloratura is a mighty weapon...All told,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, Opera Choice
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Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Variations & Fugue on a theme by Purcell, Op. 34
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Petrenko launches Purcell’s theme at a statelier tempo [than Britten] and is sometimes tempted to linger over detail in the variations, though the solo playing is often lovely. Yet his fugue... —
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Record Review, 10th July 2021, Record of the Week
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Bliss: Cello Concerto, F. 120
Guy Johnston (cello), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze
A recording of [the] premiere shows how well Rostropovich's essentially muscular style suited the piece, and the jagged opening dotted rhy thms are caught as energetically by Johnston. He may... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2025, Editor's Choice
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Mullova teams up with one of the most sparkling of the baroque bands around. —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2005, Editor's Choice
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Kancheli: Styx & Tavener: The Myrrh-Bearer
Maxim Rysanov (viola) & Rihards Zalupe (percussion)
Men of the State Choir Latvija, Liepaja Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 'Kamer…', Maris Sirmais
Rysanov yields little to Bashmet in terms of intensity of expression and the capacity to sustain an atmospheric melodic line. —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2007, Editor's Choice
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Grieg & Moszkowski: Piano Concertos
Joseph Moog (piano)
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrucken Kaiserslautern, Nicholas Milton
Whatever scintillates and delights is here in super-abundance…from Moog everything sparkles and thunders. A virtuoso to the manner born, notes stream from his fingers like cascading diamonds,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2015, Editor's Choice
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Un Frisson Français - A century of French song
Susan Graham (mezzo soprano) & Malcolm Martineau (piano)
The familiar here appears in unusual contexts and alongside a scattering of rarities. The performers are at one in their fluency, delicate rubato and avoidance of Anglo-Saxon archness, within... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Vocal Finalist
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Its virtues are by now well-rehearsed: ringing tonal opulence and fastidious balance are at the service of readings manifestly intelligent and often hugely compelling. —
