Challenge Classics
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Wolf, H: Italienisches Liederbuch
Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Julia Kleiter (soprano) & Hilko Dumno (piano)
Both Prégardien and Kleiter (with their excellent pianist Hilko Dumno aiding and abetting) offer larger than life portrayals...Prégardien, with his baritonic tenor, finds the measure of each... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Vocal Finalist
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Solo Vocal
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Record Review, December 2010, Critics' Disc of the Year
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Building a Library, October 2003, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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What we have is a fine, detailed performance – and it includes the disputed cymbal clash at the climax of the great slow movement, music to celebrate and mourn Richard Wagner – and an account... —
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Record Review, 6th November 2021, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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In Heaven
Songs for a Trip to Space
Olivia Vermeulen (mezzo), Jan Philip Schulze (piano/synthesizer)
An extraordinary sonic journey. This duo consistently delivers inventive concepts yet their deeper artistic purpose never eclipses their light touch. Schulze's virtuosic playing matches Vermeulen's... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2026, Vocal Choice
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Christoph & Julian Prégardien - Father & Son
Christoph Prégardien, Julian Prégardien (tenor), Michael Gees (piano), Fabienne Waga, Patricia Messner (harmonica)
a real treasure...What makes this anthology so enriching is the skill of their arrangements...The two tenors of father and son - shared DNA, complementary tints and timbres - blend with grace... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Choral & Song Choice
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Prégardien never allows the novelty of a new incarnation to distract him: his singing here is full of imaginative insights...the tenor's courage and imagination triumph. —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, Choral & Song Choice
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 'Lobgesang'
Judith van Wanrooij (soprano) & Patrick Henckens (tenor)
Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend
No rival version is better and few are as good...for a fresh, immediate statement that compels one's attention from start to finish, I cannot imagine anyone being disappointed by this new release —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2013, Editor's Choice
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Lieske and Spindler's interpretations can be expansively orchestral in conception...or intimately lyrical and expressive...Albéniz apparently said his music appealed to him more when played... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2010, Editor's Choice
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