Hyperion
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The musical imagination of The Cardinall's Music does full justice to that of Byrd. The group's delivery is a sensual delight, as an individual singer's colours will flash up in polyphonic... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th October 2010
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2010, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Recording of the Year
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The Lewis-Osborne duo establishes a slyly (or should that be shyly?) wistful mood in the Andante varie in B minor, revels in the bravura writing of the Variations in A flat...and transforms... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th November 2010
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2010, Editor's Choice
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Bach: Notebooks for Anna Magdalena
Mahan Esfahani (harpischord/clavichord), Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
What an unfailingly delightful compilation it is, featuring keyboard galanteries, chorale melodies with or without voice and a wide variety of arias...few if any will be disappointed with an... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Stravinsky - The Fairy’s Kiss & Scènes de ballet
RecommendedBBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov
What a joy...to hear a conductor with the right instinct for tempo co-ordination and continuity...If only there were more truly sympathetic conductors out there such as Volkov to observe Stravinsky's... —
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Building a Library, July 2010, First Choice
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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The Takács have recorded it before. Back in 1997 for Decca its tensile urgency was to the fore...But the experience of nearly three decades has intervened, as has changes of personnel. The result... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Finalists, Chamber
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The beauty of Alice Coote’s mezzo-soprano glows with radiance. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Solo Vocal
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Rachmaninov: The Piano Concertos & Paganini Rhapsody
RecommendedStephen Hough (piano)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton
The underrated Fourth Concerto features the Dallas Symphony's stellar brass and winds ideally aligned, plus Hough's balletic projection of the finale's dazzling runs. No less distinct are the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2004, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended Recording
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Few possess the spiritual, emotional and physical stamina required for a successful interpretation of Messiaen's transcendent. Recorded on the back of a series of well-received concert performances,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2002, Editor's Choice
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Ravel: Complete music for violin & piano
RecommendedAlina Ibragimova (violin) & Cédric Tiberghien (piano)
Alina Ibragimova and Cedric Tiberghien are utterly convincing advocates, matching the ebb and flow of this work's intense and slow-burning passion...Ibragimova charms with more than limpid tone.... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd August 2011
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2011, Editor's Choice
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New. Finzi: Requiem da camera & Other Choral Works
Thomas Simpson (organ), Gwilym Bowen (tenor), Florian Störtz (bass), Augustine Cox (organ), Hilary Cronin (soprano), The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Florian Störtz, Steven Grahl
