BIS
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Samuel’s musical response is something of a tour de force - at once fiercely dramatic and always coherent…Hughes rises to the challenge with bombproof technical strength and control, plenty... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2020, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Long immersed in Scarlatti’s music, Sudbin is an ardent advocate, his fearless Russian-school technique making light weather of even the most breakneck writing: rhythms are crisp and buoyant;... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2016, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Instrumental
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A stellar quartet breathes new life into mighty middle-period Beethoven… Alina Ibragimova leads performances that are not only innately diomatic but also notable for the integration of the... —
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Special offer. Kurt Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins
Wallis Giunta (mezzo-soprano), Jennifer France (soprano), Katarina Andreasson (violin), Benjamin Herzl, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Hk Gruber
[Giunta] does amazingly well to make the translation (WH Auden and Chester Kallman) both audible and engaging. —
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Scriabin & Medtner: Piano Concertos
RecommendedYevgeny Sudbin (piano)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton
These are superb performances of two underestimated concertos...this is unquestionably an engaging account, Sudbin's glistening and expressive virtuosity matched by Andrew Litton and the Bergen... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2015, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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International Classical Music Awards, 2016, Winner - Concerto
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Mendelssohn & Bruch: Violin Concertos
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Johan Dalene (soloist), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Radio Choir, Malin Broman, Gemma New, Kaspars Putniņš
Dalene has emerged as one of the most exciting young violinists of recent years, and this album of concerto standards is anything but ordinary. His Mendelssohn may be lightning-quick, but has... —
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Penderecki: St Luke Passion
Lucas Meachem (baritone), Slawomir Holland (narrator), Sarah Wegener (soprano), Matthew Rose (bass), Warsaw Boys Choir, Kraków Philharmonic Chorus, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano
Nagano’s soloists are uniformly excellent and his choral singers exceptional in their unfailing commitment. A definitive recording of a modern masterpiece. —
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Juno Awards, 2021, Nominated - Classical Album of the Year (Large Ensemble)
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As ever with Vanska, the interpretation is full of incidental insights, the Lahti Symphony Orchestra's playing captured in excellent sound. —
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JS Bach: Concertos for Two Harpsichords
Masaaki Suzuki (harpsichord) & Masato Suzuki (harpsichord)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki imagines these works very much as chamber creations but presented with a warm resonance which will suit almost all constituencies...both Masaaki and Masato rejoice in the simple elegance... —
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