Pentatone
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Special offer. Igor Stravinsky: Late Works
Cappella Amsterdam, Noord Nederlands Orkest, Daniel Reuss
The best of today's specialist vocal ensembles, whether active in period practice or devoted to the new, can more or less guarantee delivery of the required pitches though vibrato-lite accuracy... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2026, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Indomita
Bellini, Donizetti & Verdi
Eleonora Buratto (soprano), Orchestra e Coro dell'Opera Carlo Felice Genova, Sesto Quatrini
This is a big voice, with a touch of metal in the sound, exciting at the top...Lower down, the tone darkens, with words and phrases fiercely etched in her chest register. Coloratura flows with... —
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International Opera Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Solo Recording
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Atmospherically recorded in the Mittlerer-Saal of the Brucknerhaus, Linz, these performances are largely self-recommending. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Special offer. Kazuki Yamada conducts Roussel, Debussy & Poulenc
RecommendedOrchestre de la Suisse Romande, Kazuki Yamada
Nicely done, with the OSR woodwind and strings playing with poise and Yamada controlling the narrow dynamic range with great skill…Yamada’s way with Roussel is high-voltage if occasionally raw... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Special offer. Future Horizons: Escaich, Bacri & Jarrell
RecommendedWorks For Oboe, Violin and Orchestra
François Leleux (oboe), Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Hr-Sinfonieorchester, Andrés Orozco-Estrada
When music such as this can be challenging yet engaging, highbrow yet accessible, who is to say that the horizon of contemporary music remains beyond the reach of so many listeners? —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Giorgini’s affinity with this reflective music is evident from the outset. Formidable technical ability is matched by the architectural sense, harmonic sensibility and coloristic range this... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, nstrumental Choice
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Special offer. Schnittke: Symphony No. 3
RecommendedRundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Vladimir Jurowski
It’s the willingness to embrace [Schnittke's] eclectic mix that for me is the success of this recording; although frequently baffled and staggered at the constant shifts from one idea to the... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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across the work's span, McVinnie's playing proves to be as lucid as his excellent liner notes. A relaxed spaciousness invades the closely-woven first Kyrie prelude; the doublepedal 'Aus tiefer... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2026, Editor's Choice
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The overall excellence of Tamara Stefanovich’s interpretations is enhanced by a superb multichannel recording characterised by full-bodied ambience an concert-hall realism. Stefanovich voices... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2019, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Tales of song and sadness
Cappella Amsterdam, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Daniel Reuss, Frans Brüggen
This recording must contain some of the finest ever interpretations of these works: the choral singing, especially, is exceptional in its clarity and super-precise tuning. Daniel Reuss's conducting... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2026, Choral Choice
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