Harmonia Mundi
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Handel: Organ Concertos, Op. 4 Nos. 1-6, HWV289-294
RecommendedThe Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr (organ & direction)
There is a freshness and sense to what (Egarr) does which becomes more apparent with every hearing —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th February 2008
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Baroque Instrumental
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Lugansky captures the depth of emotion and sheer variety…he demonstrates a balance of power and poise that mark him out as a notable Rachmaninov interpreter. The Steinway model D sounds glorious. —
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Diapason d’Or, March 2018, Nouveauté
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Schubert: Piano Trios Opp. 99 & 100
Andreas Staier (fortepiano Christopher Clarke (1996) after Conrad Graf, Vienna 1827), Daniel Sepec (violin Lorenzo Storioni, Cremona 1780) & Roel Dieltiens (cello Marten Cornelissen (1992) after Stradivarius)
the players catch just the right Schubertian balance of poise and profundity … There is never any lack of momentum … There’s plenty of colour, from subtly glassy on-the-bridge effects to a full-on... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2017, Chamber Choice
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Diapason d’Or, November 2016, d'Or
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Handel: Concerti grossi Op. 6 Nos. 1-12 HWV319-330
RecommendedAcademy of Ancient Music, Andrew Manze
Richard Egarr's charisma is infectious and the recorded sound sensational. —
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Building a Library, March 2014, First Choice
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Building A Library, March 2024, Recommended Recording
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Faust's account of the music is gently voiced and eloquently inflected. Her lightly articulated bowing, which eschews anything in the nature of aggressive declamation, is a constant pleasure...a... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2010, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2010, Winner - Violin
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D’Oustrac’s artistry is compelling throughout but the Wagner owes something of its impact to the fact that her voice is at its freshest…[her] smoky tone, careful dynamic shading and wonderful... —
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto & Symphony No. 5
RecommendedIsabelle Faust (violin)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado
Faust is the Wise Child of the violin world, combining the innocent exuberance of a prodigy with a commanding intellectual depth that carries all before it…If the Reformation is harder to love... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th August 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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The orchestral original of La mer would seem to defy translation to solo piano. Yet Piboule's deft evocation of this Impressionist masterpiece, her grasp of its musical substance and rendering... —
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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245
RecommendedWerner Güra (Evangelist), Johannes Weisser (bass arias/Christus), Andrew Redmon (Petrus), Johannes Schendel (Pilatus), Sunhae Im (soprano arias), Benno Schachtner (alto arias), Sebastian Kohlhepp (tenor arias), Fabienne Weiss (Ancilla), Minsub Hong (Servus)
Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS...
Clarity of sound and purpose distinguish [this] recording…woodwind are placed in front of the strings, allowing for exceptional detail in the turba choruses [while] the soloists sing throughout,... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th March 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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International Classical Music Awards, 2017, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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everything comes dramatically together for Perianes in ‘El amor y la muerte’, the cycle’s longest and most substantial piece...Perianes’s inspired way with this movement plus his invigorating... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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