Harmonia Mundi
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Schubert: Fantasie in F Minor & other piano duets
RecommendedAndreas Staier, Alexander Melnikov (fortepiano Graf by Christopher Clarke)
Andreas Staier and Alexander Melnikov play all these pieces with admirable poetry and intimacy…this new recording has the advantage of being played on the type of instrument Schubert would have... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Brahms - Horn Trio
RecommendedIsabelle Faust (Sleeping Beauty Stradivarius 1704), Alexander Melnikov (1857 Bösendorfer piano) & Teunis van der Zwart (Lorenz Waldhorn 1845)
It's a superb version of the piece by any standard, the slow movements absolutely saturated in intense Romantic melancholy but fleet and agile in scherzo and finale. Faust and Melnikov and... —
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Building a Library, January 2021, Also Recommended
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Lamentations for Holy Week
Works by Carissimi, Frescobaldi, Marcorelli, Palestrina plus Toccatas by Rossi & Kapsberger
Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano)
Concerto Soave, Jean-Marc Aymes
Maria Cristina Kiehr's is one of the most beguiling voices to be heard today. …no artifice (whether compositional, stylistic, or vocal) gets in the way of her instrument. Every note dead centre,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2007, Editor's Choice
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Karthauser’s plangent singing covers a broad range of dynamic expression without ever obscuring a refined emotional essence, and tasteful embellishments always serve the meaning of the Lamentation... —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2015, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Schumann: Dichterliebe & Liederkreis
RecommendedMark Padmore (tenor) & Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
from a circumscribed palette Padmore draws an intense and startling range of colour...the evident intelligence and directness of both performers reaches an almost perfect unity of approach through... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th December 2010
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Though The Art of Fugue is usually considered a composition for keyboard, the timbre of strings, especially viols played and reproduced this way, does give the music another dimension.
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2002, Editor's Choice
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Konrad Junghänel brings finesse and clarity to the music, but there is also plenty of excitement… Cantus Cölln's unity of approach between voices and instruments is outstanding. —
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Building a Library, June 2008, First Choice
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With her Slovenian (ie central European) parentage and Buenos Aires upbringing, Bernard Fink is ideally paced to dip one performing toe in each of the classical and linguistic/folkloric streams... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2013, Editor's Choice
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Locke: Psyche
Ensemble Correspondances (early music ensemble), Lieselot de Wilde, Nicolas Brooymans, Renaud Brès, Caroline Bardot, Caroline Weynants, Lucile Richardot (mezzo-soprano), Davy Cornillot, Marc Mauillon (baritone), Antonin Rondepierre, Etienne Bazola (baritone), David Tricou, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Dijan,...
Daucé has assembled a talented cast for this stylish performance: soloists are well matched, giving a sense of integrity to the whole, and Shadwell’s text is clearly articulated (albeit with... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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There is much to admire here from the excellent Jerusalem Quartet. In Smetana's First Quartet there is the fine opening viola melody...The slow movements of the Janacek quartets are also carefully... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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