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Stabat Mater Daniel Taylor (counter-tenor and Director), Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Theatre of Early Music
Emma Kirkby at her most serene is matched by Taylor as if they were two faces of a single musical entity. With first-rate surround-sound recording and a warm ambience, this is a disc not to... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2009, Editor's Choice
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Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works
RecommendedLouis Lortie (piano), Carla Huhtanen (soprano), Emily D’Angelo (mezzo-soprano), Lawrence Wiliford (tenor) & Tyler Duncan (baritone), Sarah Jeffrey (oboe), Teng Li (viola)
Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Elmer Iseler Singers, Peter Oundjian
The solo playing by Toronto Symphony principal Teng Li offers deep weight of tone, rapturous phrasing, and a musical personality that mesmerises the ear; the choral singing is superbly focused... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Classical Compendium
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Juno Awards, 2019, Classical Album of the Year - Large Ensemble
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Sally Beamish – The Singing James Crabb (accordion), Branford Marsalis (alto saxophone), Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, Martyn Brabbins
Sally Beamish has the Gaelic art of keening down to a fine art. Scotland is her adopted home, and its history and culture course through music that so often finds its starting point in something... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2015, Concerto Choice
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Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5 & Choral Fantasia Ronald Brautigam (piano), Hannah Holgersson (soprano), Marie Olhans (mezzo-soprano), Maria Sanner (alto), Mikael Stenbaek (tenor), Gunnar Birgersson (baritone) & Ove Pettersson (bass)
Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, with Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Andrew Parrott
The opening of the concerto is excellent: Parrott gets appropriately spacious playing from the orchestra, while the bell-like tone of Brautigam's instrument - a Steinway Model D - helps to prevent... — More…
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Bach - Cantatas Volume 45 Yukari Nonoshita (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
…virtually flawless performances of three of Bach's most inspired cantatas. The opening choral 'Concerto' of BWV 187 splendidly done, voices matching instrumental clarity. Robin Blaze is in... — More…
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Horizon 8
Jörgen van Rijen (trombone), Félix Dervaux (horn), Evez Abdulla (baritone)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Choir, Iván Fischer, Ryan Wigglesworth, Martyn Brabbins
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Horizon 7
Bejun Mehta (countertenor), Dominic Seldis (double bass)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nederlands Kamerkoor, George Benjamin, David Robertson, Daniel Harding
Benjamin’s song cycle … has a warm (and sometimes searing) sensuality which is eloquently projected by Bejun Mehta … Tan Dun’s Wolf… [is] a virtuoso vehicle for bass player Dominic Seldis, and... — More…
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 14 & 21 RecommendedRonald Brautigam (fortepiano), with Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Die Kolner Akadamie, Michael Alexander Willens
[This issue] proves every bit as immediate and lively in musical approach as its predecessors. Brautigam, bearing out his reputation as a musical and intellectual powerhouse, animates every... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2016, Also Recommended
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Orff: Carmina Burana, Beethoven: Late Choral Music & Gershwin: An American in Paris & Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin (1925 piano roll)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, New York Philharmonic, The Columbia Jazz Band, Michael Tilson Thomas
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Arcadia Lost: Music of Vaughan Williams & Britten
Michael Dauth (violin), Roger Benedict (viola), Steve Davislim (tenor) & Benjamin Martin (piano)
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Cantillation, Hamer Quartet, Mark Wigglesworth
A concept album which may or may not suit the dedicated collector but is certainly worth trying...Performance-wise [Sinfonia da Requiem] is arguably the highlight of the disc...[On Wenlock Edge]... — More…
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