Ondine - up to 30% off
Until 26th August, we are offering up to 30% off Ondine titles on CD, SACD, DVD, & Downloads.
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the Rachmaninov of Latvia's outstanding professional choir presents a golden mean between the uniquely open-throated but not always pitch-perfect Glinka Choir of the hallowed St Petersburg tradition,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2013, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Choral
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Rachmaninoff: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 31
Karlis Rutentals (tenor solo/celebrant) & Gundars Dzilums (bass solo/deacon)
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava
Normally you’d run a mile from music recorded in the reverberant acoustics of a cathedral. But not in this case...the music – reverent, restrained and slow-moving –suits this fine performance... —
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Special offer. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1, etc.
Alexander Ghindin (piano)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
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A frame of applause and ecstatic ovations greet what is one of Karita Mattila's most exciting discs yet… The repertoire takes Mattila's voice into thrilling new regions; and Martin Katz's piano... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2007, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2007, Editor's Choice
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…Mustonen creates a savage case for an unduly neglected sonata. …he creates a searing emotional turbulence, whirling us through the vortex of the first movement development with heart-stopping... —
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Special offer. Tzimon Barto: Paganini Variations
Tzimon Barto (piano)
Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchester, Christoph Eschenbach
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Special offer. Vocal Recital: Dilber - SCHUBERT, F. / LISZT, F. / HAHN, R. / RAVEL, M. / BACHELET, A. / RACHMANINOV, S. / STRAUSS, R. (Vocalise)
Ilkka Paananen (piano), Dilber (soprano)
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Special offer. Rachmaninov: Monna Vanna (Act 1) & Songs
Moscow Conservatory Opera Soloists: Evgeniya Dushina, Vladimir Avtomonov, Dmitry Ivanchey, Edward Arutyunyan, Mikhail Golovushkin, Soile Isokoski (soprano) & Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Moscow Conservatory Students Choir, Moscow Conservatory Students Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
Ashkenazy and his forces inject considerable dramatic impetus into the music...this is a tantalising disc of a what-might-have-been, Vladimir Avtomonov's rich, fluid baritone bearing the brunt... —
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for all his famously silky tones and deep-brown vocal shading Hvorostovsky does shape the lines meaningfully, and his delivery suits these songs admirably...Not everyone needs to respond to... —
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a thrilling crescendo of the performance art of one of the greatest living sopranos...She feasts on every language she takes on; and her fearless barefoot physicality in Dvorak's Gypsy Songs... —
