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Phrasing, articulation, and nuance are utterly convincing at all times, and there is always exceptional rhythmic vitality present, and not only in the fast music. It is amazing just how far... —
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The Novo have already made their mark in Scandinavia. Judging from this album, it won't be long before they are doing the same in the rest of Europe and beyond. —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2025, Editor's Choice
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These players are truly inside the music, though, even if the forces deployed are a touch meagre...Karthäuser is the suitably dramatic soprano in arias by Sacchini, Gluck, Lemoyne, Vogel and... —
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Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 35 & 36, Violin Concerto No. 3
Aylen Pritchin (violin), Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
Măcelaru draws a luminous vibrancy from the strings, giving a rich shimmer to the fairy garden conclusion of Ma mère l'oye. His pacing is superb, especially in the ebb and flow within the broad... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2025, Editor's Choice
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 & Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Nizhny Novgorod Soloists Chamber Orchestra, Maxim Emelyanychev
There are one or two rough edges in Emelyanychev’s first recording with his Russian ensemble (the horns could definitely have benefited from another take in the third-movement trio), but I love... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2018
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Chamber Music
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It was the Boulanger Competition which brought Dubois and Raës together in 2009, and their long-term immersion in these frequently astonishing songs is evident at every turn, from the atmospheric... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2020
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Ophélie Gaillard: Exiles
Ophélie Gaillard (cello)
Sirba Octet Members, Orchestre Philharmonique Monte-Carlo, James Judd
Gaillard’s glorious cello playing keeps the emotion raw and immediate throughout the programme, grabbing us by the scruff of the neck with a red-hot interpretation of Schelomo. Her tone is vivid,... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2017
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Fauré: Requiem - Poulenc: Figure Humaine - Debussy: 3 Chansons
Ensemble Aedes, Les Siècles, Mathieu Romano, Mathieu Dubroca, Sébastien Richaud, Roxane Chalard
Anyone who sees [the Fauré] as primarily consolatory is likely to be brought up sharp by the opening, where Les Siècles’ brass and strings sound severe to the point of austerity, and the first... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Choral
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