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The Italian Job
RecommendedBaroque Instrumental Music from the Italian States
Gail Hennessy, Rachel Chaplin (oboes) & Peter Whelan (bassoon)
La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler
The highlight of the disc for me is Chandler’s performance of a seldom-played E major Violin Concerto by Tartini: he explores fully the rich poetic content of its slow movement while projecting... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 BWV1046-1051
RecommendedEuropean Brandenburg Ensemble, Trevor Pinnock (director)
Like Pinnock's earlier set with the English Concert, the newcomer… displays Pinnock's seemingly unassailable ability to choose an effective, just tempo for each movement, and his infectious... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2008, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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Building a Library, December 2017, Also Recommended
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Chandler’s tempos are invariably ‘just so’ – expertly executed, spaciously recorded, the disc consolidates and celebrates the ensemble’s Vivaldian roots as its 25th anniversary year beckons.... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th July 2018
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
RecommendedAdrian Chandler (director/violin), Peter Whelan (bassoon)
La Serenissima
an intensely dramatic account that will add spice to what has for many listeners perhaps come to resemble a dreary domestic relationship…[all] are realised in vivid colours through the agency... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Concerto Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2015, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, September 2016, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Baroque Instrumental
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Western Wind
RecommendedMusic By John Taverner & Court Music For Henry VIII
Emily Van Evera (soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor)
Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott
The Western Wynde Mass nicely contrasts with The Tallis Scholars’ recording, being incisive and brisk where Peter Phillips’s reading is smoother and more leisurely. Parrott is perhaps more persuasive... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Winner - Early Music
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Special offer. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint l'Ouverture, Ballade Op. 4, Suites From '24 Negro Melodies'
RecommendedCurtis Stewart (violin), National Philharmonic, Michael Repper
Stewart's violin playing throughout is passionately committed. While the National Philharmonic's ensemble is not always ideal, and the recorded sound leans towards the muddy, the whole remains... —
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Grammy Awards, 68th Awards (2026), Nominated - Best Orchestral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 68th Awards (2026), Nominated - Best Classical Instrumental Solo (3 Selections From '24 Negro Melodies')
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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The surprises come thick and fast…Her bright soprano can be a bit squeezed in the more conventional love-lyrics, but revels in the unorthodox, and Glynn ranges the colour-palette too. The presentation... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, Choral & Song Choice
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2021
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The performances… are typically neatly-pointed and vivacious. —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2009, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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Special offer. Works By Florence Price, Valerie Coleman and Jessie Montgomery
RecommendedMichelle Cann (piano), New York Youth Symphony, Michael Repper
They get Price right, with playing full of flair. Montgomery’s Soul Force offers a powerful conclusion. —
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Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Winner - Best Orchestral Performance
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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…a set to place Enescu among the great piano composers, superbly played and recorded. —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2006, Instrumental Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, Instrumental Award Winner
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrumental
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