Harmonia Mundi
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There is fine singing here, particularly from the bass Lisandro Abadie in Altri canti d’Amour (great richness and clarity) and the contralto Lucile Richardot in Lettera Amorosa (with some stylish... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Record Review, 18th February 2017, Recording of the Week
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Schumann: Violin Concerto
RecommendedIsabelle Faust (violin), with Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) & Alexander Melnikov (piano)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado
The great advantage of presenting Schumann on period instruments is brilliantly demonstrated here. Pablo Heras-Casado and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra's urgent account of the orchestral accompaniment... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd March 2015
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2015, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Vivaldi - Concertos for the Emperor
RecommendedSix violin concertos from the Vienna MS
The English Concert, Andrew Manze
Vivaldi published his Op 9 concertos, La cetra ('The Lyre'), in 1727. Soon after, he presented Charles VI, the Habsburg emperor, with a manuscript set of concertos, also called La cetra. It... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2004, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Biber: The Rosary Sonatas
RecommendedAndrew Manze (violin), Richard Egarr (organ and harpsichord), Alison McGillivray (cello Sonata XII)
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Building a Library, December 2004, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2005, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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…the superb singers of Stile Antico are up to the challenge of presenting all the required moods from pious restraint… to melting abandon… a magnificent display of the very best kind of polyphonic... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2009, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Early Music
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The singers pay studious attention to the poetry and its nuances, painting the words with a rich palette and contrasting light and shade to reflect Gesualdo’s chiaroscuro...Harmonia Mundi’s... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Early Music
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JS Bach: Cantatas for Soprano
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Andreas Wolf (bass-baritone)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Petra Müllejans
Here are performances...to treasure for a lifetime...Sampson conveys a beguiling innocence, enlivening Bach's vernal masterpiece with affective ornaments, lightly articulated declamation and... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2017, Recording of the month
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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Record Review, 27th May 2017, Recording of the Week
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Stravinsky: Les Noces, Mass & Cantata
RecommendedCarolyn Sampson, Susan Parry, Jan Kobow, Vsevolod Grivnov & Maxim Mikhailov
RIAS-Kammerchor, MusikFabrik & Ensemble für Neue Musik, Daniel Reuss
Stravinsky loathed superimposed 'expressiveness', and always insisted his music should be executed rather than interpreted. On that basis, this latest release from the RIAS Chamber Choir of... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2006, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, November 2018, Recommendation - Choral & instrumental virtuosity
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Shostakovich: Piano Concertos
Alexander Melnikov (piano), with Isabelle Faust (violin), with Jeroen Berwaerts (trumpet)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Teodor Currentzis
his lightning switches of tempo and mood in the fast movement outdo most competitors for bizarrerie...Melnikov includes a searing, thrilling account of Shostakovich's late Violin Sonata, Op.... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Finalist - Concerto
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2012, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, Orchestral Choice
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