Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Mahler: Symphony No. 3
RecommendedGerhild Romberger (mezzo-soprano)
Augsburger Domsingknaben, Frauenchor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bernard Haitink
a perfect beauty of a performance, natural sound matching natural evoution and every solo perfectly intoned — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th January 2017
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2017, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Winner - Orchestral
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Recording of the Year
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Record Review, 7th January 2017, Recording of the Week
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Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 3, 4 & 6
RecommendedRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
this second half of his Tchaikovsky symphonies cycles thrusts home for me a singular skill of his: the ability to build a long line over a substantial period of time. It happens to the generous... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th January 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2017, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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The Basel Chamber Orchestra present a sound that is a touch sweeter than Il Giardino Armonico’s, although that familiar period-instrument ‘spit’ is still never absent...That sweetness suits... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2018, Editor's Choice
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Sibelius: Tapiola, En Saga & 8 Songs RecommendedAnne Sofie von Otter (mezzo)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Lintu has added nothing to the familiar score [Tapiola] – just heard things it seems others haven’t heard before. Best of all is the way he draws out singing lines almost throughout the piece…I’m... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2018, Orchestral Choice
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Record Review, 16th December 2017, Recording of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Vocal/Choral
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International Classical Music Awards, 2018, Winner - Assorted Program
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Rhythmically very taut, clean and just a little unusual…The conductor holds focus in what can sometimes be a turgid sequel to the opening funeral march; the scherzo flies…And the finale is just... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st July 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Orchestral Performance
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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op. 61 & Overture, Op. 21
RecommendedCeri-Lyn Cissone (narrator), Alexander Knox (narrator) & Frankie Wakefield (narrator)
London Symphony Orchestra & The Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
…much to enjoy here…pinpoint precision of melody-carrying flutes and violins, the sure footed bass and above all a sense that the composer is being taken seriously. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd February 2017
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2017, Orchestral Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2017, Winner - Musique Symphonique
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
RecommendedMarion Ralincourt (flute)
Les Siècles & Ensemble Aedes, François-Xavier Roth
There are some excellent things on this disc: full rein given to the ballet’s explosive side, often underplayed; as part of that, the wide range observed in crescendo markings, the underplaying... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Winner - Orchestral
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Building A Library, February 2022, Also Recommended
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One notoriously tricky passage after another…is brought off with top-flight panache and accuracy…Brilliant precision in the Scherzo, successful avoidance of over-emotive juice-extraction in... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Building A Library, July 2022, Also Recommended
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique'
RecommendedMusicaeterna, Teodor Currentzis
Currentzis has a clear and unified vision of the music’s trajectory, his interpretation grabbing you by the scruff of the neck…Most remarkable of all is the clarity of sound achieved here which... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th October 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017, Nouveauté
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2018, Disc of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, Recording of the month
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Finalist - Orchestral
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Orchestral
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Diapason d’Or, December 2017
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Orchestral
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Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica, Concerto for Two Pianos & Four Last Songs
RecommendedMari Eriksmoen (soprano), Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier (pianos), Roderick Williams (baritone)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Either [Lortie] or Hélène Mercier could probably polish off the original [Concerto] by themselves, but their partnership develops its intensity without strain, particularly attractive in rich... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th September 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Diapason d’Or, December 2017, Nouveauté
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