Harmonia Mundi
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New. Corde Di Luna: Romantics Songs and Canzonette
Giulia Semenzato (soprano), Jadran Duncumb (guitar), Maxime Pidoux (tambourine)
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JS Bach: A Life in Music Vol. 2
The Weimar Years (1708-1717)
Paul Agnew (tenor), Les Arts Florissants (early music ensemble), Benjamin Alard (early keyboard instruments)
Undogmatic about forces or format, Agnew achieves from the outset an exceptional alliance between singers and instrumentalists. —
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JS Bach - Sonatas for Viola Da Gamba and Harpsichord
Antoine Tamestit (viola), Masato Suzuki (harpischord)
Suzuki’s phrases are stunningly articulated, teeming with nuance and character…Tamestit makes a luscious sound too. His playing is bold and elegant – everything you would expect from an international... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Instrumental
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Special offer. Granados: Goyescas
Nancy Fabiola Herrera (Rosario), Gustavo Pena (Fernando), Lidia Vinyes Curtis (Pepa), Jose Antonio Lopez (Paquiro)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Josep Pons
This live recording from an accomplished BBC Symphony Orchestra under conductor Josep Pons reveals the opera to be really a work of two parts…The cast acquit themselves well, if not with persuasively... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2019
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Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat (French 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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Tempos [in K157] are admirably judged and the interaction between each individual line sounds totally natural...The Jerusalem Quartet's approach, balancing full-blooded tone with exemplary contrapuntal... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2011, Chamber Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Chamber Award Winner
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As in his previous Schubert and Schumann albums, the young German baritone combines a warmly rounded tone, an imaginative range of colour and exemplary diction. He’s a natural in lieder; and... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2025, Lied
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it makes the perfect companion to her memorable recording of Bach’s solo violin works...Faust’s playing is poised and effortless. She uses minimal vibrato, producing a clean, silvery sound. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th October 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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JS Bach: Mass in B minor
Robin Johannsen (soprano), Marie-Claude Chappuis (mezzo), Helena Rasker (alto), Sebastian Kohlhepp (tenor), Christian Immler (bass-baritone)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs
Readers familiar with Jacobs’s performances will not be disappointed by the graceful phrasing and light rhythmic pulse which characterise his approach to Bach’s music. His soloists are thoughtfully... —
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Record Review, 28th May 2022, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Unsurprisingly, refinement abounds, though sometimes at the expense of ‘bite’. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2019
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Nominee - Early Music
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