Challenge Classics
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This is clearly a well-honed performance, strongest in delicate moments....This new release is a happy marriage of musicality and musicology. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2023, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Early Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Winners, Early Music
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CPE Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord
Ryo Terakado (violin), Fabio Bonizzoni (early keyboard instruments)
Long overshadowed in the modern imagination by his father Johann Sebastian, CPE Bach's own genius shines through in this superlative album from two masterful performers. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2025, Editor's Choice
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The Times, Best Classical Albums of 2025
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Perfectly Free
Maja Bogdanović, Robbrecht Van Cauwenberghe, Phion Symphony Orchestra, David Cohen, Xandi van Dijk
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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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Awards:
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Die schöne Müllerin / Schwanengesang / Winterreise
Michael Gees, Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (early keyboard instruments)
My desert-island choice for a highly cultivated yet quite personal tenor-voice foray into Schubert’s world. —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2021, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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Prégardien brings ever new revelation to the songs, and though his pianist, Michael Gees, plays a modern piano, both vocal and keyboard parts are ornamented in the performing practice of Schubert's... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2008, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also Recommended
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