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Æther
Sarah Aristidou (soloist), Daniel Barenboim, Christian Rivet, Emmanuel Pahud, Orchester des Wandels, Chor der KlangVerwaltung, Thomas Guggeis
Can you capture the ineffable? Sarah Aristidou’s remarkable debut disc Æther explores things within and beyond. She is duly shrouded in mist for the booklet pictures, but there is nothing the... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Nominated - Newcomer
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A dazzling spectrum of string-playing, all topped by sparkling singing. It’s a clever programme too...every piece is engaging and exciting, making for a high-energy, sonically delightful album... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2025, Editor's Choice
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Bleuse draws playing of greater spontaneity if only slightly less precision than Pierre Boulez in that previous EIC recording of the Chamber Concerto...this is a persuasive means for getting... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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When it comes to organ colour you won't get anything more dazzling than this. Frédéric Desenclos has chosen a glorious collection of pieces...[The Widor] sounds, like everything else here,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2011, Editor's Choice
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Sibelius: Symphony Nos. 3, 5 & Pohjola's Daughter
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali
This latest recording of Sibelius’s Third gets off to a vital start, with marvellously gutsy playing from the Gothenburg strings...Yet the most exciting performance is of the Kalevala-based... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Dance With Me
RecommendedLUDWIG Orchestra, Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Lucienne Rénaudin-Vary (trumpet), Berlage Saxophone Quartet
The tautness of the Ludwig Orchestra’s playing – augmented in four dances by the Berlage Saxophone Quartet – echoes that of the best bands of the big band era, and the arrangements are not only... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th March 2022
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The insight and dedication of Pashchenko's accounts transcend conventional expectations, and her partnership with the musicians of Il Gardellino discloses a synergy rarely encountered in comparable... —
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Britten: Les Illuminations and other works
Julie Roset (soprano), Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Lawrence Foster
the soprano voice brings a special clarity to this dazzling music [Les Illuminations] and this is one of the finest performances of its kind I've ever heard: it conjures the young Rimbaud's... —
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Listeners who know Dichterliebe intimately, and think they know the Schumanns pretty well, will discover many fresh delights. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2019
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2019, Choral & Song Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Vocal
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