Pentatone
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At the age of 99 he no longer has the manual dexterity to play his own music, simple though it sounds. Hence the presence of Pierre-Laurent Aimard at the keyboard, a man who has spent four decades... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2025, Recording of the Month
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2025
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The Times, Best Classical Albums of 2025
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Special offer. Nostalgia
RecommendedBrahms, Mussorgsky, Bartók
Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Yefim Bronfman (piano)
Kožená’s voice is a glory at the best of times, a coppery sunset of a tone that can send its glow across the whole sky. But if her voice is gigantic, one thing is bigger still, and it’s Bronfman’s... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Song
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The B’Rock Orchestra, consisting of two choirs, one of strings and the other of the cornett-trombone group, is welded together by no fewer than four bassoons, all proving the rich and all-encompassing... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2022, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Handel: Alcina
RecommendedMagdalena Kožená (Alcina), Anna Bonitatibus (Ruggiero), Erin Morley (Morgana), Elizabeth DeShong (Bradamante), Alois Mühlbacher (Oberto), Alex Rosen (Melisso), Valerio Contaldo (Oronte)
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski
The orchestra plays with fastidious attention to Handel’s ever-changing palette, and its support for the singers – particularly with the obbligatos – is unfailingly sensitive. And the singers... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th February 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Opera
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Special offer. Golden Age
RecommendedErin Morley (soprano), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Munich Radio Orchestra, Ivan Repušić
Both singers are completely unfazed by the technical challenges made by the composers involved and are equally fully signed up to the stylistic demands involved; words are perfectly articulated... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2025, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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The New York Times, Best Classical Music Albums of 2025
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Weilerstein’s special qualities? Her resolve to allow each movement of each suite to shine on its own terms. Hers is not an overview systematically imposed but more a way to facilitate the cycle’s... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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'Plucked Bach' may not be the most enticing title, but, once you hear this release, you'll find it hard not to be enchanted by Sariel's profound artistry. This is Bach-playing for the ages. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2026, Editor's Choice
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Few, if any, duos are better equipped to take on this mantle than Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich.Aimard’s exceptionally close association with Messiaen and Loriod goes back to... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Special offer. Vincerò!
RecommendedPiotr Beczala (tenor), Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Marco Boemi
This is a big voice with a warm Italianate tone and a fitting sense of the legato required for this repertoire. Verismo sobbing is kept to a minimum. Beczala knows exactly how to build the drama... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th May 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2020, Recording of the Month
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Opera, July 2020, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Opus Klassik, 2021, Male Singer of the Year
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But in both the sonata and the magnificent Polonaise-Fantaisie Op 61 there’s a real sense of authority and purpose; Avdeeva may sometimes keep listeners a bit too much at arms’ length, but there’s... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2025, Piano
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