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RecommendedStrauss - Berg - Zemlinsky
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté, Jean-François Verdier
Shunning the velvety voluptuousness of a Jessye Norman or the wide-eyed textual probing of a Schwarzkopf, she brings a freshness of perspective that encourages the reconsideration of cherished... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th March 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
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Lise Davidsen sings Wagner and Strauss
RecommendedLise Davidsen (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Davidsen is no ordinary singer. Throughout the whole album one marvels at the voice, its easy grandeur and sheer size, its steely focus and security… The timbre has a default cool beauty but... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st May 2019
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Record Review, 8th June 2019, Record of the Week
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Diapason d’Or, Summer Issue 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Vocal
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year
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As well as showing her ability to weave around a wide-ranging phrase, apparent in the first song on the disc, 'Einerlei', and incorporating a useful chest voice, she shows a wicked penchant... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2013, Editor's Choice
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These performers are in their element with pieces that contains hints of a narrative…In general, the Rachmaninov performances are better than those of Duparc where there is sometimes a problem... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2020, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Newcomer of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Solo Vocal
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Special offer. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder & Lieder
Diana Damrau (soprano), Helmut Deutsch (piano), Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
The German soprano’s virtues are well in evidence. There’s no doubting the integrity and intelligence of her performances, and there’s much to admire in her tidy, restrained way with the Four... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Solo Vocal Recital (Lieder)
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Special offer. Sinnbild - Strauss Songs
Hanna-Elisabeth Muller, WDR Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach
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Special offer. Heimliche Aufforderung: Lieder by Richard Strauss
RecommendedChristiane Karg (soprano) & Malcolm Martineau (piano), Felix Klieser (horn)
The Bavarian soprano is a delectably light, idiomatic Straussian, and the covered, pearly underside of her voice is the perfect instrument with which to recreate the secret moments and intimacy... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Isokoski begins with disarming lightness of touch...It's easy to forget that, at its core, this is a rich, almost heroic voice, modulating its way with seeming effortlessness through the bigger... —
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