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Special offer. Tchaikovsky: Works for Violin & Orchestra
Julia Fischer (violin)
Russian National Orchestra, Yakov Kreizberg
Fischer always knows when to lighten the mood, or how best to judge the tension and release of a musical paragraph, and in this she is supported to the hilt by a personable but never too overbearing... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2007, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2007, Editor's Choice
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a set of sometimes breathtaking technical accomplishment, abundant thrills and good intentions. —
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Few are better acquainted [with the Catalogue] than Pierre-Laurent Aimard, and this set is clearly a long-pondered act of love…Needless to say, Aimard possesses the necessary dazzling virtuosity,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2018, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Finalist - Instrumental
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2018
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Instrumental
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Special offer. Richard Strauss: Symphonia Domestica & Die Tageszeiten
RecommendedRundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Rundfunkchor Berlin, Marek Janowski
those who don't know the least often heard of the symphonic poems should be amazed by Marek Janowski's sympathetic, detailed interpretation; but even Straussians don't often get to hear Die... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Orchestral Finalist
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Special offer. Corigliano, J: The Ghosts of Versailles
RecommendedVictoria Livengood (Woman with Hat), Kristinn Sigmundsson (Louis XVI), Scott Scully (Marquis), Christopher Maltman (Beaumarchais), Patricia Racette (Marie Antoinette), Lucas Meachem (Figaro), Lucy Schaufer (Susanna), Joshua Guerrero (Count Almaviva), Guanqun Yu (Rosina), Renée Rapier (Cherubino),...
Christopher Maltman [is] solidly incisive as Beaumarchais, Robert Brubaker [is] vigorous as the villain Bégearss, and Broadway’s Patti LuPone [is] in for a colourful bit as the Turkish singer... —
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Grammy Awards, 59th Awards (2016), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 59th Awards (2016), Best Opera Recording
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Special offer. Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
Christiane Karg (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (mezzo-soprano), Prague Philharmonic Choir, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov
There is superlative individual and collective quality in every orchestral department, with fine solo and choral singing to match. And the recording, made in the Dvořák Hall in Prague’s Rudolf... —
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Record Review, 8th April 2023, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Special offer. Ombra Compagna - Mozart Concert Arias
RecommendedLisette Oropesa (soprano), Il Pomo d'Oro, Antonello Manacorda
Oropesa sings with exquisite emotional restraint, subtly shading her vibrato and colouring her mezzo range with a Schwarzkopf-like radiance and intensity.- —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th May 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Special offer. Wagner: Parsifal
RecommendedEvgeny Nikitin (Amfortas), Christian Elsner (Parsifal), Franz-Josef Selig (Gurnemanz), Michelle DeYoung (Kundry/Stimme aus der Hohe), Dimitry Ivaschenko (Titurel), Eike Wilm Schulte (Klingsor)
Rundfunkchor Berlin & Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski
It has spontaneity of something which has sunk so deeply into the performers' minds and souls that they can throw caution to the wind and still be accurate...Elsner is a wonderfully sensitive... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th March 2012
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Award for Technical Excellence
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Opera, August 2012, Recording of the Month
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Special offer. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 'Hammerklavier' & Eroica Variations
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
There are some recorded performances so remarkable that to praise them seems insolent. This recording of Beethoven’s largest, longest piano sonata is among that tiny group….What distinguishes... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Special offer. Britten & Hindemith: Violin Concertos
Arabella Steinbacher (violin)
Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Vladimir Jurowski
Steinbacher’s lithe playing, alive to both concertos’ volatilities, is matched by orchestral playing of depth and heart. —
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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