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Special offer. Puccini: Heroines
Sondra Radvanovsky (soprano), Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra, Enrique Mazzola
Characterisations are often vivid. 'Vissi d'arte' blends anguish with just the right hint of self-dramatisation. Minnie's 'Laggiù nel Soledad,' nostalgic yet rapturous, suggests a fine interpretation... —
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Special offer. J.S. Bach: Lutheran Masses BWV 233-236
Kölner Akademie, Thomas Bonni, Hanna Herfurtner, Elvira Bill (mezzo-soprano), Gwilym Bowen, Michael Alexander Willens
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For someone who had such a long career as a period-instrument violinist, Manze’s interpretations with the NDR Radiophilharmonie (of which he is now principal conductor) are surprisingly Romantic... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, Orchestral Choice
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Building A Library, November 2024, Recommended Recording (Symphony No. 40)
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Special offer. Schumann: Violin Concerto
& Works for Violin and Piano by Clara and Robert Schumann
Midori Gotō (violin), Ozgür Aydin, Festival Strings Lucerne, Daniel Dodds
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The Eighth symphony, strongly cast and superbly recorded, is one of the finest in the catalogue. There’s a moment at the end of the first movement where each of the eight choral lines soars... —
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Much thought and care have gone into devising this musical love letter to Vienna from Scottish pianist Alasdair Beatson. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2021
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Special offer. Zemlinsky: Eine Florentinische Tragodie
Aušrinė Stundytė (soprano), John Lundgren (bass-baritone), Nikolai Schukoff (tenor), Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Albrecht
John Lundgren is the vengeful merchant, by turns vicious and oleaginous as he wheedles his rival. If the voice is expressive rather than lyric that’s all to the good and in contrast to Nikolai... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Opera
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Bach’s Toccata and Fugue on the mandolin? It’s surprising how well this translates in the capable hands of Alon Sariel...In place of scale and bombast there’s nuance and precision – and a cleanness... —
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[Yamada] draws playing of felicitous polish, captivating flexibility and winning application throughout what is a most imaginative, distinctly moreish programme; indeed, on first acquaintance,... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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