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The imaginative creation by Simon-Pierre Bestion’s ensemble, La Tempête, is so stirring, heart-tugging and well recorded that I don’t know whether to sink to my knees in prayer or erupt into... —
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Hannigan’s luminous voice perfectly suits this music. She conveys the uneasy, almost unhinged feel of the fin de siècle not only in her lyric singing, but also in her crooning, swopping, sliding,... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Juno Awards, 2019, Classical Album of the Year - Vocal or Choral
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The Finale of Symphony No. 5 in G minor by Haydn's little-known Polish pupil Franciszek Lessel is a real discovery...In barely five minutes, its heated atmosphere imparts the impression of a... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2026, Chamber Choice
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Márton Illés: Bowed Spaces
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Münchener Kammerorchester, Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), SWR Experimentalstudio, Clemens Schuldt, Bas Wiegers
We’ve come to expect virtuosity from Kopatchinskaja, and her command of her instrument, with harmonics, double stops, glissandi and a wide tonal palette, gloriously unafraid of ugly sounds,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2026, Recording of the Month
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What I really like about Järvi's Mahler is his acute understanding of the musical language and most especially its volatility. He's really in sync with those dramatic volte-faces, be they driven... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2026, Editor's Choice
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Britten & Bruch: Violin Concertos
RecommendedKerson Leong (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Patrick Hahn
Kerson Leong commands a strong technique...and he draws an absolutely gorgeous tone from his unnamed violin. But he also possesses the personal security to avoid vain virtuosity and empty showmanship... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2023, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Perhaps the major discovery is the Violin Concerto by the exiled Polish composer Andrzej Panufnik...Quite simply, Kopatchinskaja lives and breathes every note, enabling her and the excellent... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2025, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2025, Recording of the Month
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As she navigates through this widely varied repertoire, she reveals her virtues clearly...if you're interested in a preview of the next pianistic generation, you'll want to hear this release. —
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Helmchen’s commanding pianism and perceptive musicianship hold their own in a competitive catalogue…[he] imbues the music’s question-and-answer trajectory [in Variations 13] with a sense of... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2018, Editor's Choice
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Cherubini & Plantade: Requiems pour Louis XVI et Marie-Antoinette
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
Niquet brings fresh artistry and specifically French authority honed over decades with Le Concert Spirituel to both works. For me, this is a prize-winning disc —
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Choral
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