Harmonia Mundi
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These are beautifully played performances, set in a generous enough acoustic (the Teldex Studio in Berlin) to give each instrument full voice...There is enough clarity around each instrument... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2018, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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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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JS Bach: Cantatas for Bass
RecommendedMatthias Goerne (baritone)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz
Goerne gives us a deeply human protagonist whose struggles against the dying of the light are not quite over...Despite the years of singing highly declamatory roles on stage, his command of... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st September 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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It almost goes without saying that this is piano playing of the highest calibre, to which the recorded sound does full justice. Yet I do have reservations about his choice of repeats...Lewis's... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th May 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Ombra mai fú
RecommendedAirs, Overtures & Concerti
Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor)
Berlin Akademie for Alte Musik
Scholl at his inimitable best: superbly accomplished and fully inside each character in turn. —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Schumann: Piano Concerto & Piano Trio No. 2
RecommendedAlexander Melnikov (fortepiano), with Isabelle Faust (violin) & Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado
What is especially striking in this charismatic and illuminating interpretation is Alexander Melnikov's capacity to muster such a wide dynamic range and varied palette of timbres from his 1837... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th August 2015
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2015, Editor's Choice
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Lewis has the full measure of the work's epic scale, creating a real sense of cumulative growth as he navigates us through its extraordinary narrative...Unashamedly exploiting the warmth and... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th May 2011
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2011, Disc of the month
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Haydn: Missa Cellensis
Johanna Winkel (soprano), Benjamin Bruns (tenor), Sophie Harmsen (alto), Wolf Matthias Friedrich (bass), RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Justin Doyle
Altogether, there is much to discover in this little-known work, and the conductor Justin Doyle with his talented team of soloists and the RIAS Chamber Choice and Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2020, Choral & Song Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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Beethoven: Cello Sonatas, Op. 102 - Bagatelles, Opp. 119 & 126
Andreas Staier (early keyboard instruments), Roel Dieltiens
Devotees of Beethoven on period instruments will need no further encouragement. But sceptics, too, could do a lot worse than start here. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2022, Editor's Choice
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Pergolesi: Stabat Mater & Rossell: Salve Regina
Giulia Semenzato (soprano), Lucile Richardot (mezzo-soprano), Ensemble Resonanz, Riccardo Minasi
To both works, Minasi and his musicians bring all the drama of Italian opera, highlighting the gamut of Baroque affects with unapologetically extravagant gestures: expressive portamentos and... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2021, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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