Deutsche Grammophon
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Adams, J: The Gospel According To The Other Mary
RecommendedKelley O'Connor (Mary), Tamara Mumford (Martha), Russell Thomas (Lazarus), Daniel Bubeck, Nathan Medley, Brian Cummings (countertenors)
Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale, Gustavo Dudamel
Miracles are violent and terrifying...Kelley O'Connor is an impactful Magdalene - unruly, extravagantly passionate. Contralto Tamara Mumford has mesmerising beauty and depth of tone. Under Gustavo... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th March 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2014
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Everything about this disc draws you in. Von Otter’s words have such intention and her sound is so fresh and direct – so finely shaded, so refined, yet somehow so close to speech —
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Gramophone Awards, 1993, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 1993, Winner - Solo vocal
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The British Project
RecommendedElgar - Britten - Walton - Vaughan Williams
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Gražinytė-Tyla brings a fresheared approach to four English masters of orchestral writing…The Fantasia, rapt and mysterious, receives the most successful performance. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th August 2021
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Record Review, 7th August 2021, Record of the Week
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Overall, in the face of such imaginative music-making, one forgets the less than optimal sound of the instruments. It's wonderful to hear Richter again. —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2025, Archive Issue of the Month
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Orff: Carmina Burana
Gundula Janowitz (soprano) Gerhard Stolze (tenor) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin Schoneberger Sangerknaben, Eugen Jochum
Since its original release, Jochum's performance has consistently been a prime recommendation for this muchrecorded piece. Listening to it again in the superbly remastered sound, one can easily... —
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Coming soon. Homage to Heifetz
María Dueñas (violin), Itamar Golan (piano), Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel
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Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos
RecommendedYo-Yo Ma (cello), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
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Grammy Awards, 68th Awards (2026), Nominated - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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Bach: St. John Passion
RecommendedNick Pritchard (Evangelist), William Thomas (Christus), Alex Ashworth (Pilatus), Julia Doyle (soprano), Alexander Chance (countertenor), Peter Davoren (tenor)
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
the wonder is that in the circumstances the performance emerges so taut, dramatically focused, and exactingly crafted...singing off-score, his choir doesn’t so much relay the narrative as inhabit... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2022, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 26th February 2022, Record of the Week
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Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Nominee - Best Choral Performance
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Mozart: Works for Violin & Orchestra
RecommendedAugustin Dumay & Veronika Hagen
Camerata Academica Salzburg
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Building A Library, January 2026, Top Choice - Sinfonia Concertante K364
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Baïka
Nemanja Radulovic (violin), Stephanie Fontanarosa (piano), Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Laure Favre-Kahn (piano)
Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Sascha Goetzel
A fiery whirlwind of an album from the virtuosic Franco-Serbian violinist: the Khachaturian violin Concerto and new takes on Scheherazade are fabulous showpieces. —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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