Decca
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Gramophone Awards, 1991, Winner - Historic Vocal
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Orff: Carmina Burana
RecommendedLynne Dawson (soprano), John Daniecki (tenor), Kevin McMillan (baritone)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Herbert Blomstedt
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Grammy Awards, 34th Awards (1991), Best Choral Performance
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Rossini: Il Turco in Italia
RecommendedCecilia Bartoli (Fiorilla), Ramon Vargas (Narciso), Michele Pertusi (Selim), Laura Polverelli (Zaida), Alessandro Corbelli (Don Geronio), Roberto De Candia (Prosdocimo), Francesco Piccoli (Albazar)
La Scala Milan Chorus & Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly
Chailly has recorded the work before, but in the years since he's matured as a Rossini conductor, and the Scala orchestra has this music under its fingers; there's an energy and vitality to... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1998, Winner - Opera
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Freire's kind of artistry raises [the repertoire] to an entirely different level. There's plenty of flair and soul, yet the playing is always crystalline and precise, perfectly pedalled, the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2012, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, Instrumental Choice
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The Agnus Dei by Tarik O’Regan, an ethereal and exquisitely worked setting, is worthy to stand alongside O taste and see, the communion anthem composed by Vaughan Williams for the 1953 coronation. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - Technical Achievement
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023, Technical Achievement
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Grammy Awards, 43rd Awards (2000), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Drawing on a hatful of tricks, Benedetti makes her violin sing and dance, rage and lament. Flirtatious exchanges between soloist and ensemble enhance the tonal and textural contrasts of the... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th July 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Régine Crespin - French Songs
RecommendedRégine Crespin (soprano), John Wustman (piano)
Suisse Romande Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet
With recent recordings by Bernarda Fink, Susan Graham, Felicity Lott, there has been no shortage of Shéhérazades for our 21st century. But back in 1963 Régine Crespine recorded a performance... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Building a Library, September 2007, First Choice
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Sullivan, A: HMS Pinafore
RecommendedThomas Round (Ralph), Jean Hindmarsh (Josephine), Jeffrey Skitch (Captain Corcoran), Gillian Knight (Buttercup), Donald Adams (Dick Deadeye), Joyce Wright (Hebe), George Cook (Bill Bobstay), Eric Wilson-Hyde (Bob Becket)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, New Symphony Orchestra of London, Isidore...
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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