Hyperion
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This recording really is a joy from start to finish...the Takács Quartet are alive to every inflection in Ravel’s meticulously marked score, so that we live the journeys of each movement with... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th January 2023
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2023, Chamber Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Franck: Piano Quintet & Debussy: String Quartet
RecommendedMarc-André Hamelin (piano)
Takács Quartet
An exemplary performance —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Boesch's performance...demonstrates huge imaginative variety in characterisation (offering two different voices when necessary, or even three in Loewe's setting of Erlkonig), and moving convincingly... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Vocal Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2011, Editor's Choice
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New. Reformation
RecommendedKeyboard Works By William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons, John Bull & Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Mishka Rushdie Momen (piano)
Less dramatic [than Kit Armstrong's 2021 album] but more even-tempered and sometimes even delightfully sentimental, Momen’s approach is different but no less satisfying. I admired Armstrong’s... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th July 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Early Music
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Sunday Times, 20 Best Classical Albums of 2024
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Such flair proves The Florestan Trio, if proof is needed, to be among the finest chamber ensembles of the present day. Outstandingly imaginative performances, finely recorded —
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Building a Library, December 2022, Recommended Recording
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the music here is exceptionally varied, often florid and requiring no little agility. Its not insubstantial challenges are masterfully met by the admirable Brabant Ensemble. —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2025, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Shortlist, Early Music
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This album covers 50 years of Jean Françaix's droll, deadpan and meltingly lyrical work. —
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American Polyphony
RecommendedDavid Allsopp (countertenor), Christopher Lowrey (countertenor) & Robert Millett (percussion)
Polyphony, Stephen Layton
This is the finest performance of Barber's Agnus Dei I've heard by any choir, live or on record…a wonderful recital, not to be missed. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th July 2015
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2015, Disc of the month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Mozart: Clarinet Concerto & Clarinet Quintet
RecommendedThea King (basset clarinet)
English Chamber Orchestra, Gabreili String Quartet, Jeffrey Tate
The two works on this disc represent Mozart's clarinet writing at its most inspired; however, the instrument for which they were written differed in several respects from the modern clarinet,... —
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Building a Library, September 2006, First Choice
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Building a Library, March 2019, Also Recommended
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The voices of Cinquecento produce balanced, tuneful, clear and stylish performances...The recording deserves credit, too, for lending substance and space to the mere six voices that produce... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Early Music
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