Deutsche Grammophon
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The virtue of the pianist Alexander Schmalcz’s orchestrations for baritone Matthias Goerne, his regular recital partner, is that he strives to hold faith with what he reads as Schubert ’s intentions,... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th December 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2023, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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spaciousness is [not] the most surprising aspect here…more challenging to many ears will be the steadiness of the E flat Impromptu and the liberally applied hesitations of the A flat. Allied... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th January 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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These performances come from the first ever complete set of Mozart symphonies (reviewed above), and they still represent 'big orchestra' Mozart at its most congenial. The contrast between Böhm's... —
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Building a Library, November 2002, Mid-Price Choice
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Schubert: Trout Quintet
RecommendedAnne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Daniil Trifonov (piano), Roman Patkoló (double bass), Hwayoon Lee (viola), Maximilian Hornung (cello)
Schubert’s adorable Trout Quintet emerges as more of a shark, or at least a dolphin…But it is emphatically domestic music, and the thing that strikes you as soon as this disc starts is the dynamic... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Grammy Awards, 29th Awards (1986), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Grammy Awards, 29th Awards (1986), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 29th Awards (1986), Classical Album of the Year
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If the programme sounds familiar, the reality is anything but. The first movement of Beethoven’s Sonata Op. 2 No. 3 emerges spacious and unhurried…The Op. 119 Bagatelles are an even greater... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th May 2020
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2020, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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New. Mozart: Requiem & Mass in C Minor
Ying Fang (soprano), Emily D'Angelo (mezzo-soprano), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (tenor), Michael Volle (bass), Helen Vollam (trombone), RIAS Kammerchor, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
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Record Review, 18th July 2026, Record of the Week
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The first thing to say is that Bernheim has an immaculate natural voice – rich, flexible, mellifluous and nuanced. He is at his very best in French items from the later 19th century…Moreover,... —
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Diapason d’Or, November 2019, Nouveauté
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2019
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International Opera Awards, 2020, Nominated - Solo Recital Recording
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Opera, April 2020, Disc of the Month
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Newcomer of the Year
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Mozart
Andrè Schuen (baritone), Daniel Heide (fortepiano, piano), Nikola Hillebrand (soprano), Avi Avital (mandolin), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Roberto González-Monjas
His long stretch from Figaro, where the Count attempts to seduce Suzanna (sung by Nikola Hillebrand) is particularly full of emotional twists and turns, and in his 'Fin ch'han dal vino' from... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2026, Winner - Male Singer of the Year
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Aside from conveying this repertoire's surface charm and seeming simplicity, Buchbinder also reveals more of its characterful diversity than one often encounters. As such, once you start listening... —