Deutsche Grammophon
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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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Debussy: Fantaisie, Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata, La Mer
RecommendedDaniel Barenboim (piano), Michael Barenboim (violin), Kian Soltani (cello), Martha Argerich (piano), Staatskapelle Berlin
Michael Barenboim and Kian Soltani are the concertmaster and principal cellist of the Barenboim-founded West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, so the stellar quality of their playing is no more a surprise... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th June 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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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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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
RecommendedIldebrando D'Arcangelo (Don Giovanni), Luca Pisaroni (Leporello), Diana Damrau (Donna Anna), Joyce DiDonato (Donna Elvira), Rolando Villazón (Don Ottavio), Mojca Erdmann (Zerlina), Konstantin Wolff (Masetto), Vitalij Kowaljow (Commendatore)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
D'Arcangelo's full bass allows this Giovanni to register as a vocal heavyweight, a dominant male who's also an expert seducer...Nézet-Séguin supplies plenty of character, with effective tempos... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Opera Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th September 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2012, Editor's Choice
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Opera, December 2012, Recording of the Month
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Building a Library, July 2018, Recommended Recording
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He’s an exceptionally free, agile and fluent player, and youthful impetuosity powers the first and third movements, only occasionally marred by a rather hectic vibrato. There’s a sense of real... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2020
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2020, Concerto Choice
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The first is Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’été, to which Bernheim brings the fine clarity of enunciation one expects from a native French singer, though his singing keeps breaking into a bigger, operatic... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2025, Male Singer of the Year
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Bernstein: Candide, Act I, etc.
RecommendedJerry Hadley (Candide), June Anderson (Cunegonde), Adolph Green (Dr. Pangloss/Martin), Christa Ludwig (Old Lady), Nicolai Gedda (Governor/Vanderdendur/Ragotski)
London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein
an irreplaceable treasure...Jerry Hadley is an ideal Candide (what a good career as a Broadway lead he might have had in another era), June Anderson is a grand opera Cunegonde with high wattage... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Music Theatre
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Grammy Awards, 34th Awards (1991), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 34th Awards (1991), Classical Album of the Year
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Bartók: The Piano Concertos
RecommendedKrystian Zimerman (piano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Hélène Grimaud (piano)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Boulez is arguably the most influential figure in the world of music today —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2005, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2005, Winner - Concerto
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Building a Library, February 2020, Also Recommended
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What empathy this is from these two young artists! —
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Solo Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Song
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music
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This is certainly a golden age collection from Trifonov, and it’s admirable that these two discs are always more about the music than about him...If I were to choose a compendium of Russian... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th November 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2021, Recording of the Month
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Opus Klassik, 2021, Instrumentalist of the Year
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