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Debussy & Hahn: French Vocal Music
Christiane Karg (soprano), Gerold Huber (piano), Angela Brower (alto), Max Hanft (piano), Tareq Nazmi (bass), Anna Maria Palii (soprano), Daniel Behle (tenor), Nikolaus Pfannkuch (tenor), Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Howard Arman
An unusual song recital...The twin pillars of the disc are Hahn’s remarkable Etudes Latines in a rare complete performance and Debussy’s cantata La Damoiselle élue. Heard in an effective two-piano... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Choral Music
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In this outstanding live performance, Mariss Jansons charts the multi-faceted emotional trajectory of Mahler One with total conviction and brings wonderful clarity to its subtly layered orchestration. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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Pärt’s bigboned Miserere sees the Estonian composer at his most devastatingly powerful. It is excellently performed here, as are the shorter, but by no means insignificant, other works on the... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Contemporary
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Valentin Silvestrov: Requiem Für Larissa
Priska Eser, Jutta Neumann, Andreas Hirtreiter, Wolfgang Klose, Michael Mantaj, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Munich Radio Orchestra, Andres Mustonen
a challenge for the singers, met magnificently by the soloists and choir... A remarkable piece, handled with delicacy and great control. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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it’s one of Rihm’s greatest achievements, an unstoppable, ever-renewing stream of invention that seems to follow its own satisfying logic. It’s also phenomenally difficult to play, though you’d... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year & Composer of the Year
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Mozart: Coronation Mass
Katharina Konradi (soprano), Sophie Harmsen (mezzo-soprano), Steve Davislim (tenor), Krešimir Stražanac (bass), Niklaus Pfannkuch, Raphael Alpermann (organ), Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Howard Arman
Arman is an attentive Mozartian. He’s particularly alert to the felicities of Mozart ’s instrumental writing , both colouristically, and in its role as agent of thematic integration. Throughout,... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year & Young Talent (Konradi)
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At every stage in this performance, the listener is compelled to reappraise a familiar masterpiece. All in all, this is a stunning interpretation with constantly rewarding orchestral playing,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2013, Disc of the month
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Strauss: Don Juan and Ein Heldenleben
RecommendedSymphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
This Don Juan is not about impulse and surprise, the 24-year-old composer's original goals. Rather it languidly reveals the tonal beauty of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra - unquestionably... —
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Building a Library, October 2019, Recommended Recording
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Beethoven: Messe C-Dur & Leonore Overture
Genia Kühmeier (soprano), Gerhild Romberger (alto), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), Luca Pisaroni (bass-baritone), Symphonie-Orchester und Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
Thrilling playing and solid singing from a reliable crack team – the superb recorded sound brings Beethoven’s liturgical work to almost operatic life. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, December 2018
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Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor 'Tragic'
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Daniel Harding
with the Scherzo and Finale Harding is well up there with the greats…above all it's the Bavarian Radio Symphony, with its fabulous first trumpet, baleful, full-toned tuba and winsome oboist,... —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2016, Winner - Musique Symphonique
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