Harmonia Mundi
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 & Choral Fantasy
Christiane Karg (soprano), Sophie Harmsen (mezzo), Werner Güra (tenor), Florian Boesch (baritone), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Pablo Heras-Casado
It goes beyond [Hogwood and Norrington], not in the remarkable speed at which it all moves, but in the intensity with which every player invests his part in its fury and wildness…I hadn’t heard... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2020, Orchestral Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn: Sacred Music, Vol. 1
Christina Landshamer (soprano), Rias Kammerchor Berlin, Kammerakademie Potsdam, Justin Doyle,
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Choral
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La Rêveuse’s off the beaten track programme illustrates the Corellian spin on British taste. Perhaps the most immediately attractive item is a concerto for descant recorder, pitched in Dmajor,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2020, Editor's Choice
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Handel: l'Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato
Rachel Redmond, Leo Jemison, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie,
Redmond’s dulcet shaping of lines and eloquent communication of poetry ensure that Penseroso’s set pieces are beguiling...Christie serves some marvellous confections. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Mozart: Requiem
RecommendedChadi Lazreq (treble), Ying Fang (soprano), Beth Taylor (mezzo), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Alex Rosen (bass)
Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Pichon and his superb choir and period instrument orchestra, Pygmalion, move the discussion on by sensitively adding their own interpretive layer in this beautiful and truly moving programme. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th October 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Choral
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Choral
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Don’t expect high drama and showy vocals: Charpentier’s idiom is subtly understated, and the Latin texts…were intended to edify rather than entertain. Sebastien Daucé judges their tone sensitively... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2019
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Diapason d’Or, June 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2019, Recording of the Month
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Vocal
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Song, piano piece, theatre interlude and duo enter one grammar: Hurel's rounded line speaks; Moretti's harp turns pedal, guitar, balafon and orchestral shimmer into touch. —
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Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Works For Keyboard, Vol. 7
Orgelbüchlein, Bwv 599-644 (with Choir)
Benjamin Alard (early keyboard instruments), Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris, Ensemble Vocal Bergamasque, Émilie Fleury, Marine Fribourg
This set of Bach’s Orgelbüchlein is not only first-rate in every way in terms of Alard’s idiomatic and thoughtful playing, the excellent recorded sound…every one of these chorales is followed... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Instrumental
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Lugansky deploys his technical magic – in particular, his sense of colour, his phrasing and his ability to illuminate key details within the most cluttered textures – less to wow the audience... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2024, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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