CPO
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Bacewicz’s music is always absorbing, with great rhythmic drive and underlying tension. The works on this beautifully performed disc add playfulness and sonic adventure to that drama. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Coming soon. Ferdinand Hiller: Symphonies in E minor & C major
Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Howard Griffiths
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Special offer. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: La Serva Padrona and Livietta e Tracollo
Amanda Forsythe (soprano), Christian Immler (bass-baritone), Carlotta Colombo (soprano), Jesse Blumberg (baritone), Boston Early Music Festival, Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs, Robert Mealy
Soprano Amanda Forsythe and baritone Christian Immler make a lovely pairing...Under the joint direction of Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, these productions possess all the fizz they must have... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2024, Opera Choice
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Vítězslava Kaprálová: The Completed Orchestral Works
Veronika Rovná (soprano), Tomáš Vrána (piano), Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, Alena Hron
In turns tempestuous and rhapsodic, eerie and excitable, the Piano Concerto is the most substantial piece here, though there is also a lot to enjoy in the likes of the boisterous Suita Rustica... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Shortlist, Orchestral
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2025, Project Artistique
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Aram Khachaturian: Symphony No. 3 & Gayaneh Suite No. 3
RecommendedRobert-Schumann-Philharmonie, Frank Beermann
Don't even think about attempting this one on headphones: the gloriously over-the-top Symphony involves fifteen trumpets squaring up to a thunderous organ solo, so crank up your sound-system... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Handel - Water Music & Music For The Royal Fireworks
RecommendedL'Arte dell'Arco (on period instruments), Federico Guglielmo (Direction)
The tradition of dividing the Water Music into three separate suites dates back to the 1950s. The suspicion that Handel envisaged it as one long sequence of movements has informed a couple of... —
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Building a Library, April 2009, First Choice
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Concerto Copenhagen's performances ooze abundantly with charm, wisdom and warmth...Mortensen's fluent playing of the tricky quick organ solos in the concluding Allegro are articulated flawlessly.... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Finalist - Baroque Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2012, Editor's Choice
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