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Haydn: The Seasons, Hob.XXI:3
RecommendedCarolyn Sampson (soprano), Jeremy Ovenden (tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass)
Wrocław Baroque Orchestra, Wrocław Philharmonic Choir, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh
the performance matches the high standards of McCreesh's previous grand choral projects...McCreesh revels in Haydn's masterly skills in writing for orchestra, choir and soloists...The choir's... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th March 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2017, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2017, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Choral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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Record Review, 29th April 2017, Recording of the Week
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Building A Library, June 2025, Recommended Recording
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This debut solo album brilliantly played by the rising young organist Anna Lapwood should certainly engage organ aficionados, especially fans of the grand Harrison & Harrison instrument in Ely... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Spatial Audio
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Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 (Requiem)
RecommendedRobert Murray (tenor)
Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Chetham's School of Music Brass Ensemble, Paul McCreesh
McCreesh provides pretty much the enormous forces Berlioz demands- 60 tenors at least- singing French Latin, as well as mostly original instruments… it’s fascinating. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd October 2011
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2011, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Award for Technical Excellence
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Lindberg and Aho Clarinet Concertos
RecommendedJulian Bliss (clarinet), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Taavi Oramo
It's exciting to hear [the Lindberg] taken up by Julian Bliss, a clarinettist who thrives in this scampering sound world...The cadenza is Bliss's own; from its restrained opening to repeated... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Winner - Concerto
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Rebecca Clarke – Complete Songs
RecommendedAnna Tilbrook (piano), Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Nicholas Phan (tenor), Max Baillie, Gweneth Ann Rand (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Seattle Chamber Music Society
The music-making throughout displays riveting eloquence and burning conviction, with Kitty Whately and Nicholas Phan in particular operating at the very top of their game...One of the year's... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2026, Editor's Choice
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Songs For Peter Pears
RecommendedRobin Tritschler (tenor), Philip Higham (cello), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Sean Shibe (guitar)
Tritschler has none of Pears’s uptight characteristics and never sounds like a parody...Pears may be the inspiration for these songs, but with this collection Tritschler and his three superb... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st June 2024
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2024, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Winners, Song
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La Serenissima offers an appealing conspectus of Vivaldi’s colourfully instrumental palette. —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2024, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Sunday Times, 20 Best Classical Albums of 2024
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Vivaldi 8 Volume 1: The Four Seasons & Other Concertos
RecommendedAdrian Chandler (violin), La Serenissima
Be prepared to be enthralled by the energy and audacity of this version. We are so inculcated with The Four Seasons as wallpaper music that it takes a performance such as this one to make us... —
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Building A Library, May 2026, Top Choice (The Four Seasons)
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New. Die schöne Müllerin: Arrangement For Baritone and String Quartet
Roderick Williams, Carducci String Quartet
Whether the arrangement brings a new audience to this piece, as Williams hopes, remains to be seen, but it's a fine achievement in which his affection, invention and sheer expertise are audible... —
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New. John McCabe: Symphonies 2 & 3 and Cello Concerto
Raphael Wallfisch (cello), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Woods
What is striking and gratifying about both is the lucidity of McCabe’s music, its textures remaining clearly defined through writing of enormous colour and scope...Vividly energised and expressive... —
