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Building a Library, April 2005, First Choice
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Ottone in Villa
RecommendedSonia Prina (Ottone), Julia Lezhneva (Caio Silio), Veronica Cangemi (Cleonilla), Roberta Invernizzi (Tullia) & Topi Lehtipuu (Decio)
Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (director)
A major attraction of Antonini's version is the casting of Sonia Prina as Roman Emperor Ottone. Her rounded vocal timbre and powerful declamation bring strong characterisation to the role...Antonini... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th December 2010
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Special offer. Beethoven - Irish and Scottish Songs
Sophie Daneman (soprano), Paul Agnew (tenor), Peter Harvey (baritone)
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2001, Editor's Choice
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This commandingly dramatic account of Il Combattimento, a totally idiomatic Italianate version from Rinaldo Alessandrini and his Concerto Italiano, offers superb singing from all three principals.... —
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Special offer. Baroque Voices 7 - Handel: Opera arias & cantatas
María Bayo
Capriccio Stravagante, Skip Sempé
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, October 2007, First Choice
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Special offer. Schubert - Arpeggione
Arpeggione Sonata and other transcriptions
Anne Gastinel (cello) & Claire Désert (piano)
Anne Gastinel gives a charming apologia for this programme of transcriptions, in the form of a letter to Schubert, but the best justification lies in the appropriateness of the material and... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2005, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Shostakovich - Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Sergey Khachatryan (violin)
Orchestre National de France, Kurt Masur
Do we need another pairing of the Shostakovich violin concertos? The answer is an unequivocal yes when the playing is as sensational as this.
Not just a preternaturally gifted teen, Sergey Khachatryan... —Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2006, Editor's Choice
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Musically she’s a chameleon, capable of completely changing her colour at the drop of a hat, and that versatility is what makes this new recording such a success...It’s a neat idea, which she... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, Recording of the Month
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Special offer. Fazil Say: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3
Carolina Eyck (theremin), Bülent Evcil (bass flute), Çaatay Akyol (bass recorder), Aykut Köselerli (percussions) & Fazil Say (piano)
Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Gürer Aykal
In these colourful, eclectic, dramatic works...Say impressively flexes his compositional muscles and pianistic dexterity. —
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