Deutsche Grammophon
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There are hints of aching melody and some wondrous orchestral effects...As 'Sustain' swirls inexorably towards its ultimate destruction, it exerts a gravitational pull that has the dramatic... —
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Winner - Best Orchestral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2020, Editor's Choice
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Boulevard des Italiens
RecommendedBenjamin Bernheim (tenor), Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Frédéric Chaslin
There’s something of the young Roberto Alagna about Bernheim’s tenor, a bright, open sound, unforced and with a sunny smile in his voice. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th April 2022
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Opera, August 2022, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year, Conductor of the Year & Solo Vocal
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Sergei Taneyev - Chamber Music
RecommendedVadim Repin, Ilya Gringolts, Lynn Harrell, Nobuko Imai & Mikhail Pletnev
Sergey Taneyev composed his three piano chamber works in the years 1902-11, on either side of his 50th birthday, when his days as director of the Moscow Conservatoire were well behind him but... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2005, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2006, Winner - Chamber Music
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The booklet-notes make reference to the original Gramophone review, in which Gilels and Jochum were praised for 'a rapt songfulness that in no way detracts from Brahms's heroism, and so comes... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims
RecommendedKatia Ricciarelli (Madame Cortese), Lucia Valentini Terrani (Marchesa Melibea), Lella Cuberli (Contessa di Folleville), Cecilia Gasdia (Corinna), Eduardo Giménez (Cavalier Belfiore), Francisco Araiza (Conte di Libenskof), Samuel Ramey (Lord Sidney), Ruggero Raimondi (Don Profondo), Enzo Dara (Baron...
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Recording of the Year
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Puccini: La Bohème
RecommendedAnna Netrebko (Mimi), Rolando Villazón (Rodolfo), Nicole Cabell (Musetta), Boaz Daniel (Marcello), Stéphane Degout (Schaunard), Vitalij Kowaljow (Colline), Kevin Connors (Parpignol), Tiziano Bracci (Benoit/Alcindoro)
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bertrand de Billy
As Rodolfo, Rolando Villazón is magnificent, by turns ardent and angry and there's a stream of bright golden tone in a ringing 'O soave fanciulla'. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th May 2008
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Opera
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2008, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Beethoven: The Symphonies
Siobhan Stagg (soprano), Ekaterina Gubanova (alto), Werner Güra (tenor), Florian Boesch (bass (vocal)), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Accentus, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Nézet-Séguin’s conducting is efficient and often quite exciting, and the CO of Europe plays splendidly. Symphonies 1, 2, 4, 7, and 8 come off the best in this set, and I can recommend these... —
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Record Review, 16th July 2022, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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New. Joe Hisaishi Conducts
Future Orchestra Classics, The Philharmonic Chorus of Tokyo, Joe Hisaishi
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Liu finds a rare – miraculous – balance between the liquidity that works so well in Chopin and the lightly plucked style that retains the essence of Rameau’s originally harpsichord-based music. —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Young Talent of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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