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Imaginative, sensitive programming has been a constant feature of Ruby Hughes’s collaborations; and this latest with the perennially adventurous Manchester Collective is no exception...A disc... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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Sunday Times, 20 Best Classical Albums of 2024
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an outstanding young artist at work...the early Tchaikovsky Scherzo brims over with panache and relish; and Islamey rivals even Berezovsky for the title of cleanest and most exhilarating account.... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th June 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Sebastian Fagerlund: Nomade & WaterAtlas
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Altstaedt gives a bravura performance [of Nomade] that captures every colour and nuance of the work, from the plaintive to the soaring to the percussive, while Hannu Lintu’s attentive reading... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2021, Concerto Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Contemporary
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The sound of Jakob Lindberg's lute, made by Sixtus Rauwolf in the last decade of the 16th century, is unusually warm...It a meticulously voiced recital that moves between court, theatre and... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2014, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Poltéra Plays Prokofiev
RecommendedChristian Poltéra (cello), Juho Pohjonen (piano), Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Anja Bihlmaier
Poltéra has all the warmth and variety of tone, plus technical address, the score demands...There are plenty of distinguished versions of this repertoire on CD, but at bargain price none that... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2024, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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The emphasis here is on beautifully judged line and flow, allowing the music's expressive extremes to speak for themselves without any need for exaggeration…This is one of those special listening... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2023, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Throughout, he plays Kapsberger’s virtuosic flourishes and chromatic twists with an informed sensitivity to the conventions and aesthetic norms of the early Baroque period and with a knowing... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Instrumental
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The orchestra is alert to every surprise and vagary, with especially fine playing from the woodwind...Ippolito’s own contribution is full of imaginative off-piste moments, but for me the great... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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First, you can take his peerless technical ability for granted. Next, he is blessed with a remarkable personal sound: it has the quality of a dark, warm roar from deep within the instrument,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2024, Editor's Choice
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Sunday Times, 20 Best Classical Albums of 2024
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2025, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Winners, Piano
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Rennert and Middleton are an unassailable team...Consummate storytellers both, they inhabit the narrative and psychological aspects of each song with unerring insight, intimacy and an innate... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2026, Vocal Choice
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