Chandos
-
Special offer. Dallapiccola: Il Prigioniero
Anna Maria Chiuri (La Madre), Michael Nagy (Il Prigioniero), Stephan Rugamer (Il Carceriere/Il Grande Inquisitore), Adam Riis (Primo Sacerdote), Steffen Bruun (Secondo Sacerdote), Danish National Concert Choir, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda
Noseda and his Danish forces offer a thrilling account of this masterpiece, its all-important orchestral detail meticulously realised… as the prisoner, Michael Nagy is alive to every nuance... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, August 2020, Recording of the Month
-
Presto Editor's Choice, July 2020
-
BBC Music Magazine, September 2020, Opera Choice
-
Opera, September 2020, Disc of the Month
-
Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Opera
-
-
Special offer. Handel: Amadigi di Gaula
Tim Mead (Amadigi), Mary Bevan (Melissa), Anna Dennis (Oriana), Hilary Summers (Dardano), Patrick Terry (Orgando), Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn
Handel took a less-is-more approach to his Amadigi di Gaula. Christian Curnyn’s answering restraint reveals the stark solos, shimmering textures, ringing silences and stunning one-to-a-part... —
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine, November 2022, Opera Choice
-
Gramophone Magazine, November 2022, Editor's Choice
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
-
Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2022
-
-
Elgar: Violin Concerto
RecommendedTasmin Little (violin)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Little and Davis steer a near-perfect path between the English stoicism and continental passion that lies at the heart of this glorious score. Positioned naturally against the orchestra, Little... —
Awards:
-
Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
-
Gramophone Magazine, December 2010, Editor's Choice
-
Building A Library, October 2021, Also Recommended
-
-
Korngold: Violin Concerto & String Sextet
RecommendedAndrew Haveron (violin), RTÉ Concert Orchestra, John Wilson, Sinfonia of London Chamber Ensemble
There’s a telepathy between them. And they have a very clear take on a piece born of Korngold’s own intention that it be ‘more Caruso than Paganini’. It sings...I love that there’s a modesty... —
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd April 2020
-
Gramophone Magazine, May 2020, Editor's Choice
-
The Times Records of the Year, 2020
-
-
Bavouzet immerses us fully in [Le gibet's] heavy mood. And, beyond the virtuosity we can take for granted, that's Bavouzet's trump card: his playing is so full of vivid character, whether conjuring... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, May 2025, Editor's Choice
-
BBC Music Magazine, June 2025, Instrumental Choice
-
Gramophone Awards, 2025 Shortlist, Piano
-
-
King of Kings - JS Bach Orchestral Transcriptions
RecommendedBBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis, Martyn Brabbins
the late Andrew Davis is in good company orchestrating Bach's organ works. He was his own man though, combining a little of the didacticism of Schoenberg and Webern, the ebullience of Walton,... —
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 1st August 2025
-
Gramophone Magazine, September 2025, Recording of the Month
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2025
-
-
The BBC Philharmonic under principal conductor Gianandrea Noseda plays it all with a straight face and makes a real success of things… —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, October 2003, Editor's Choice
-
Building A Library, April 2026, Top Choice (La Boutique Fantasque)
-
-
Special offer. Rachmaninov - Etudes tableaux, Op. 33 & Op. 39
RecommendedRustem Hayroudinoff (piano)
These are meticulously prepared and observed readings – if Rachmaninov asks for ppp legatissimo or sharply contrasted dynamics from one bar to the next, then Hayroudinoff takes the composer... —
Awards:
-
Building a Library, July 2008, First Choice
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Instrumental Finalist
-
BBC Music Magazine, January 2007, Instrumental Choice
-
Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Each of this foursome, the bulk from the 1940s, offers pungent and individual delights...Throughout the album the BBC Philharmonic plays with bright colours, a sharp attack and swaggering energy... —
Awards:
-
Presto Editor's Choice, October 2022
-
Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
-
-
Vaughan Williams: Valiant for Truth, Symphony No. 5, The Pilgrim Pavement & other works
RecommendedCarys Lane (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox Singers, Richard Hickox
This is an exceptionally powerful yet deeply moving account of the Fifth. Aided by glowing, wide-ranging engineering, Hickox's is an urgently communicative reading. The first and third movements... —
Awards:
-
Building a Library, April 2003, First Choice
-
Penguin Guide, Rosette
-
Building A Library, July 2025, Top Choice - Symphony No. 5
-
