Harmonia Mundi
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Vaughan Williams & James Macmillan: Oboe Concertos
RecommendedNicholas Daniel (oboe & conductor), Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Nicholas Daniel (cor anglais)
Britten Sinfonia, James MacMillan
[Daniel] tends to let the tempo slacken when the harmonic pulse slows down [on the Vaughan Williams]...it's hard to complain when that leaves more space for his consistently golden tone...MacMillan... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2015, Concerto Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Contemporary Winner
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Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale (English Version)
RecommendedIsabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (piano)
It’s rounded, intensely vocal, intimate, incredibly sophisticated – not the usual, but very welcome, as if the whole thing were an ethereal fairytale...It’s your choice which language version... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th August 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Chamber
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The Wagner Project
RecommendedMatthias Goerne (baritone)
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding
Goerne does misery masterfully … As Goerne’s Wotan kisses Brünnhilde to sleep, the moment is so intimate that (depending on your speakers) you might even feel a peck on the cheek. Yet this isn’t... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th November 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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Record Review, 23rd December 2017, Recording of the Week
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Opera
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Brahms: Trio Op. 114. Robert & Clara Schumann: Romances
Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Javier Perianes (piano), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)
With a dynamic palette that ranges from a whisper to a wail, the viola player and her superb, sensitive pianist Javier Perianes take us on an emotionally wrenching journey in just over five... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2026, Editor's Choice
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Mozart: Sonatas for Fortepiano & Violin, Vol. 2
Isabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (fortepiano)
The seasoned pairing of Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov promises to match all comers in style and fantasy. From the puckish opening Allegro of K376…you’re aware of an eager creative partnership,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2020, Editor's Choice
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Bizet: Les Mélodies
Cyrille Dubois (tenor), Luca Montebugnoli, Edoardo Torbianelli, Coline Dutilleul, Marianne Croux, Guilhem Worms
The most striking feature is the songs' variety, in atmosphere, style, harmonic language and accompaniment...Whatever your mood, you will find a song here to suit it. —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2025, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Beethoven: Complete Variations For Piano, Vol. 2
Sweelinck - Bach - Cage - Feldman - Crumb
Cédric Tiberghien (piano)
This is the rewarding second volume, weaving between Beethoven’s music and illuminating interjections by others. His playing is characterful and lively, relishing the inventive ways in which... —
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New. Bach: Köthen, A Life in Music, Vol. 3
Les Arts Florissants, Benjamin Alard (harpischord), Paul Agnew
This instalment manages to say something engaging about music that sits at the core of the canon; no mean feat. —
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Melnikov unquestionably gives an impression of freshness and daring, as if he's discovering the music for the first time...Certainly one's bound to feel, listening to such superb playing, that... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th May 2010
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Record Review, December 2010, Critics' Disc of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Instrumental Award Winner
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The technicolour playing of Nikolai Lugansky spruces up these quirkily enchanting pieces with impressive range. Lugansky has sometimes in the past seemed a pianistic ice-king, his peerless technique... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2026, Instrumental Choice
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