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Songs by Schubert, Schumann, Loewe & Jensen
Konstantin Krimmel (baritone), Doriana Tchakarova (piano)
Conviction, insight and a rightness of presentation are the hallmarks of this collection by Krimmel and pianist Doriana Tchakarova. Beautifully annotated and recorded, the recording is a success... —
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Diapason d’Or, November 2019, Découverte
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Vocal
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year
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The ensemble continues to do what it does best but retains a freshness and questing spirit that sometimes eludes groups of comparable vintage, a sense of joyous music-making that marked them... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Early Music
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What's Next Vivaldi?
RecommendedPatricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Angelo Calvo, Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
No one cooks up a Vivaldian storm like Patricia Kopatchinskaja. The opening movement of La tempesta di mare is a churning cauldron of tempestuous fury that would surely have terrified Poseidon... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Opus Klassik, 2021, Winner - Concerto
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Niquet appropriately creates a liturgical framework, weaving plainchant, motets and instrumental items around the main work; these also serve to contrast with and complement the sometimes gluttonously... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2018, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2018, Nouveauté
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Salzenstein’s sound is compact and clear, and she has a delicate touch with phrasing. There is much to recommend here. Placing Reali’s music among Vivaldi’s provides a point of reference and... —
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Diapason d’Or, November 2021, Nouveauté
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2021
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Cast in a single movement, this thrilling 35-minute work [Mythos] explores new pathways for the composer in an idiom entirely modern and his own while at the same time, inspired by Finno-Ugric... —
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Diapason d’Or, April 2020, Critique
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th March 2020
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Nino Rota: Chamber Music
Daishin Kashimoto, Emmanuel Pahud, Eric Le Sage, Paul Meyer, François Meyer, Gilbert Audin, Benoît de Barsony, Joaquín Riquelme García, Claudio Bohórquez, Olivier Thiery, Aurélien Pascal
[Rota] spent several decades working on-and-off on his five-movement Nonetto and, as such, it offers a tribute to the Italian composer’s changing styles. It receives a glorious outing here at... —
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Diapason d'Or, September 2021, Nouveauté
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021, Musique de chambre
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Antonini’s virtuosity is, we might say, literally breathtaking as he dispatches the fast outer movements with agility and stylistic aplomb. For my own sensibilities, though, this comes at a... —
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Diapason d’Or, May 2020, Nouveauté
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Dear Mademoiselle - A Tribute to Nadia Boulanger
Nathanaël Gouin (piano), Astrig Siranossian (cello), Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Astrig Siranossian and Nathanaël Gouin begin their tribute to Boulanger with a thrillingly passionate performance of Piazzolla’s Le Grand Tango...The prize here, in many respects, is Elliott... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Special offer. Handel: Theodora
RecommendedLouise Alder (Theodora), Tim Mead (Didymus), Anna Stéphany (Irene), Stuart Jackson (Septimius), Adam Plachetka (Valens)
Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
The balance of Cohen’s vigorously confident singers and players allows him to make his ensemble a major character in the story...The soloists also play their parts, led by Louise Alder as the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2024, March 2024
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Building A Library, June 2024, Recommended Recording
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