Harmonia Mundi
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Pärt - Da Pacem
RecommendedChristopher Bowers-Broadbent (organ)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier
The Estonian Chamber Choir under Paul Hillier sings everything with near miraculous precision and delicate dedication… an aural delight. —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2006, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 49th Awards (2006), Best Choral Performance
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Dvorak: Violin Concerto & Trio Op. 65
RecommendedIsabelle Faust (violin), The Prague Philharmonia, Jiří Bělohlávek, Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano)
Faust's exultant solo playing, magnificently matched by the orchestra, is hugely infectious; in short, a performance to treasure and one very close to the head of the field. —
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Building a Library, April 2006, First Choice
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The romantic connotations of Tartini's Violin Sonata in G minor, the Devil's Trill, deriving from the composer's account of an appearance by the devil in a dream, have contributed towards making... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K621
RecommendedMark Padmore (Tito), Alexandrina Pendatchanska (Vitellia), Bernarda Fink (Sesto), Marie-Claude Chappuis (Annio), Sunhae Im (Servilia) & Sergio Foresti (Publio)
RIAS Kammerchor & Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs
A high-voltage performance with vivid characterisations —
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Building a Library, September 2006, First Choice
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Record Review, December 2006, Critics Disc of the Year
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Moulinie: Meslanges pour la chapelle d'un prince
RecommendedSébastien Daucé (harpsichord, organ, direction)
Ensemble Correspondances
persuasively performed by Ensemble Correspondence with a flavoursome depth and texture to supremely lively sound quality. —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Hanns Eisler: Ernste Gesänge & Sonata Op. 1
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Thomas Larcher (piano)
Ensemble Resonanz, Ingo Metzmacher
Goerne’s performance of the Ernste Gesange is mesmerising… Goerne colours every word with insight and intensity and moulds each melodic line with amazing fluidity. The Ensemble Resonanz follows... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Vocal Finalist
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2014, Winner - Lied
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…Lewis makes the most of the bleak contours and cryptic ideas characterising Liszt's late pieces. —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2004, Editor's Choice
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Canciones Argentinas
Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano), Marcos Fink (baritone) & Carmen Piazzini (piano)
As much as popular Latin American music, these songs burst with gorgeous, heartbreaking melodies… the music is a distinct development Spanish styles, almost larger than life as it responds to... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, Vocal Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2006, Choral & Song Choice
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Saariaho: L'Amour de loin
RecommendedDaniel Belcher, tenor (Jaufré Rudel), Ekaterina Lekhina, soprano (Clémence) & Marie-Ange Todorovitch, mezzosoprano (Le Pèlerin)
Rundfunkchor Berlin & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano
Kent Nagano's Berlin forces convey every nuance of this shimmering score, and the surround-sound recording is first-rate, making this a set that approaches ideal. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Opera
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Grammy Awards, 53rd Awards (2010), Best Opera Recording
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