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Special offer. Thomas Wilson: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Rory Macdonald
This was a fascinating discovery. Wilson – a 20th-century Scottish composer – has clearly been overlooked. His writing is colourful, dynamic and cinematic, and it is delivered with real panache... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2019
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Special offer. Makedonissimo
by Pande Shahov in collaboration with Simon Trpčeski
Simon Trpčeski, Hidan Mamudov, Aleksandar Krapovski, Alexander Somov, Vlatko Nushev
Don’t be fooled by the playful title…[Makedonissimo] is is a serious affair shaped by input from ethnomusicologists and ultimately chiselled into form by a composer. The sound of the kaval and... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2020
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Special offer. Handel: Acis and Galatea
RecommendedSusan Hamilton, Nicholas Mulroy, Thomas Hobbs, Nicholas Hurndall Smith & Matthew Brook
Dunedin Consort & Players, John Butt
The chief strength of this account lied in the excellent instrumental playing (the recorders that form the 'warbling choir' addressed in Galatea's first aria are sheer magic)… —
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Building a Library, July 2009, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2009, Disc of the Month
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Special offer. Sullivan, A: HMS Pinafore
RecommendedElizabeth Watts (Josephine), Toby Spence (Ralph Rackstraw), John Mark Ainsley (Sir Joseph Porter KCB), Andrew Foster-Williams (Captain Corcoran), Hilary Summers (Buttercup), Neal Davies (Dick Deadeye), Gavan Ring (Bill Bobstay), Barnaby Rea (Bob Becket), Kitty Whately (Hebe), Tim Brooke-Taylor (narrator)
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Richard Egarr brings springy energy to the score...Elizabeth Watts's Josephine has a mischievous touch. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th May 2016
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2016, Opera Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Special offer. Brahms: Piano Concertos
Simon Trpčeski (piano), WDR Sinfonieorchester, Cristian Măcelaru
It is a splendid showcase, not just for the performers, but for the music: it has such a pleasing, expansive warmth and sense of relish. Apart from anything else, it sounds as if the performers... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2024, Concerto Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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These are all very experienced musicians with marvellous voices and a deep understanding of the repertory; and Philip Cave guides them with a thoroughly experienced and musically thoughtful... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2024, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Early Music
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Special offer. Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 31, 70 & 101
RecommendedScottish Chamber Orchestra, Robin Ticciati
The performances, though on modern instruments, pay attention to matters of period style - every repeat observed, careful balance between parts…the SCO is everywhere on wonderfully characterful... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th September 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Special offer. Brahms Songbook, Vol. 2
Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Martineau is at his excellent best throughout, but not least – for those who enjoy the odd dash of humour with their despair – in the tottering drunken paean of ‘Unüberwindlich’ (Fünf Gesänge,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2024, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Special offer. JS Bach: Magnificat & Christmas Cantata 63
Reconstruction of Bach's first Christmas Vespers in Leipzig
Julia Doyle (soprano), Joanne Lunn (soprano), Clare Wilkinson (alto), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass)
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
It’s an absolute joy – far too good to keep for Christmas. —
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BBC Music Magazine, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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It looks very much as though Julian Podger is the presiding genius; and he has chosen the repertory very well...[the five motets are] presented in what seem to me the most intelligent and musically... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2018, Editor's Choice
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Vocal/Choral
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