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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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René Pape sings Wagner
RecommendedRené Pape (bass), Placido Domingo (tenor)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim
he remains more than capable of the spellbinding legato that Wolfram's Hymn to the Evening Star requires...purely musical values are of rare distinction. The Parsifal scene in particular benefits... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Finalist - Recital
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2011, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Magdalena Kožená - Songs My Mother Taught Me
RecommendedMagdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Michael Freimuth (lute and guitar) & Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Beautifully recorded and accompanied, this is not just a showpiece for an exceptional voice, but a fascinating conspectus of Czech song, with a Moravian twist. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd September 2008
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Solo Vocal
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2008, Editor's Choice
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Bruckner: Masses Nos 1-3
RecommendedEdith Mathis, Marga Schiml, Wieslaw Ochman, Karl Ridderbusch, Maria Stader, Claudia Hellman, Ernst Haefliger, Kim Borg
Bavarian Radio Chorus & Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eugen Jochum
Like Bruckner, Eugen Jochum came from a devout Catholic family and began his musical life as a church organist. He would have known the Mass texts more or less inside out, which explains why... —
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Building a Library, February 2002, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Nielsen: The Concertos
Bomsori (violin), Ulla Miilmann (flute), Johnny Teyssier (clarinet), Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi
The chameleonic protagonist is the great Dane himself, inhabiting at least four temperaments in each concerto…the soloists tune into that with unparalleled vividness, responding so sensitively... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2023, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Winner - Concerto
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Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin
Recommendedand other lieder
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano)
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Janáček: The Excursions of Mr Broucek
RecommendedPeter Straka, Jan Vacík, Zdenek Plech, Maria Haan, Roman Janál, Martina Bauerová, Ales Briscein, Jaroslav Brezina & Václav Sibera
BBC Singers & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jirí Belohlávek
The instrumental playing here is magnificent and the BBC Singers negotiate their often stratospheric lines with raw passion and enviable confidence. But what makes the whole performance of... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - Opera
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2008
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Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 and Ballades
RecommendedSeong-Jin Cho (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda
…his playing is unfailingly cultivated and his sound beautifully focused and poised.[Concerto in E minor]…Cho commands the work, and he leads the dance in the finale —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th November 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Haydn: London Symphonies
RecommendedLondon Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Berliner Philharmoniker, Eugen Jochum
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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This wonderful score is such a good fit for Dudamel's sleek Los Angeleans...Dudamel is terrific is the fight sequences - all flashing rapiers and keen rhythm. —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2026, Editor's Choice
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