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Special offer. Brahms & Schumann: Piano Quintets
RecommendedLeif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Artemis Quartet
With an almost ideal balance between piano and strings, the variety of articulation in their playing brings a marvellous textural variety to the full-blooded writing in the outer movements of... —
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Building a Library, April 2008, First Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2007, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - Chamber
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Building a Library, April 2021, Also Recommended - Schumann Quintet
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Special offer. Barricades
RecommendedJean Rondeau (harpsichord), Thomas Dunford (lute), Lea Desandre (mezzo-soprano), Marc Mauillon (baritone), Myriam Rignol (viola da gamba)
Though still both around 30, Dunford and Rondeau are already steeped in this rich and subtle repertoire, and play it like they own it …Both also like to indulge in some slowish tempos, but Dunford’s... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th June 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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[La valse] sounds as if at least six hands are at work. This is a titanic, gripping account of this tumultuous piece, combining impact with warmth and projecting with absolute clarity the collapse... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2025, Instrumental Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Special offer. Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette & Cléopâtre
RecommendedJoyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Cyrille Dubois (tenor), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Coro Gulbenkian, Chœur de l’OnR, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, John Nelson
The Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra – lynchpin of the Nelson series – offers conf ident, full-toned playing, with crisp and alert strings, characterful woodwind, subtle yet, where necessary,... —
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Record Review, 1st April 2023, Record of the Week
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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A charm of lullabies, or an excess? If anyone could convince you that mostly slow and soft can work as an album sequence, it would be sonic magician Bertrand Chamayou...Within the narrow compass... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th October 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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This bright and driven Concierto de Aranjuez [is] played with a clarity that manages to achieve the shock of the new despite being the world’s best known concerto for his instrument. Garcia’s... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2020
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Special offer. Operette
RecommendedWien - Berlin - Paris
Diana Damrau (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ernst Theis
Ever the intelligent artist Darmrau knows how to lighten the voice to create that distinctive soprano sound demanded by operetta – a light sparkling tone, spiralling coloratura and the story... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2024, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th December 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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Special offer. The Mathilde Album - Webern, Schoenberg & Zemlinsky
Elsa Dreisig (soprano)
Quatuor Arod
On this occasion the limelight is stolen from Schoenberg by Zemlinsky...This music requires little excuse to become overheated, and it is much to the Arod’s credit that they resist the temptation... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2019, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Facce d'Amore
RecommendedJakub Józef Orliński (countertenor)
Il Pomo d’Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
It's music by Luca Antonio Predieri (a nearcontemporary of Handel’s) that really hits the mark. Predieri’s gentle lyricism and clean lines suit Orliński’s soft-grained voice well. He’s no convincing... —
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th December 2019
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International Opera Awards, 2020, Winner - Solo Recital Recording
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Recital
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Special offer. Schubert: String Quintet & Lieder
RecommendedGautier Capuçon (cello), Matthias Goerne (baritone) & Laurene Durantel (double-bass)
Quatuor Ebène
The Quatuor Ebène, who together with the remarkable cellist Gautier Capuçon perform the C major String Quintet, stands out, even in a golden age of string quartets…and since Capuçon integrates... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Building A Library, March 2022, Recommended Recording
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