Gramophone Awards, Classical (era)
-
As in the previous volumes, the orchestral playing is breathtaking in its accuracy -the sort of Haydn playing you dream of…this may well become the period-instrument Haydn cycle by which all... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Orchestral
CD
Original price ($16.75) Reduced price $13.50Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Mozart Momentum - 1785
RecommendedLeif Ove Andsnes (piano), Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Truscott (violin), Joel Hunter (viola), Frank-Michael Guthmann (cello)
highlights include a finely attentive account of the G minor Piano Quartet, showing vivid collegiality between the performers; Andsnes’s C minor Fantasy, perfectly balanced and full of dramatic... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
-
Gramophone Magazine, June 2021, Recording of the Month
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
-
Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021, Concerto
-
Gramophone Awards, 2022, Special Achievement Award
2 CDs
$17.75Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
It is perhaps no surprise that the various 18th-century works included find DiDonato on especially thrilling form...Yet DiDonato shines, too, in the more contemporary works…This is a highly... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, March 2022, Editor's Choice
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 25th February 2022
-
Opus Klassik, 2022, Winner - Solo Vocal Recording
-
Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
-
Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music
CD
$17.25Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
the concert-aria and operatic readings themselves are gems, each one thrown off with a splendid combination of technical brilliance, musicianly assurance and tonal sweetness, and impeccably... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 20th November 2015
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
-
Gramophone Awards, 2016, Winner - Recital
CD
$15.25Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Offer,
Simpson: Geysir and Mozart: Gran Partita RecommendedMark Simpson, Fraser Langton (clarinet), Nicholas Daniel, Emma Fielding (oboe), Amy Harman, Dom Tyler (bassoon), Oliver Pashley, Ausias Garrigos Morant (basset horns), Ben Goldscheider, Angela Barnes, James Pillai, Fabian van de Geest (horn), David Stark (double bass)
In a teeming catalogue, this new Gran Partita more than holds its own. But the clinching factor for many will be Mark Simpson’s companion piece: a tour de force of wind colour and carefully... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 4th December 2020
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2020
-
Gramophone Magazine, February 2021, Editor's Choice
-
Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Chamber
CD
Original price ($16.25) Reduced price $13.00Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Beethoven Révolution Vol. II
RecommendedSymphonies 6 to 9
Sara Gouzy (soprano), Salome Fischer (alto), Mingjie Lei (tenor), Manuel Walser (baritone), Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Nacional de Catalunya, Jordi Savall
The performances were evolved over a series of ‘academies’ interrogating every aspect of the score. His interpretive decisions nonetheless feel organic rather than didactic…the finale of the... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, February 2022, Recording of the Month
-
Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Orchestral
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
-
Building a Library, December 2022, Also Recommended - Beethoven 9
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Mozart: Piano Concertos, Volume 4
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy
This is altogether a really fine performance…Bavouzet uses the ubiquitous Beethoven cadenzas for K466, while for its C major companion-piece K467 he opts for the examples by Friedrich Gulda,... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, July 2019, Editor's Choice
-
BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, Concerto Choice
-
Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Concerto
CD
$16.75Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
In War & Peace
RecommendedHarmony Through Music
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo)
Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
Though the top of her voice is wiry under pressure, her coloratura is tightly sprung, her diction is flawless, and her phrasing of the often underrated poetry is sympathetic and sophisticated…Il... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, November 2016, Editor's Choice
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
-
Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Recital
-
ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
-
Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Classical Solo Vocal Album
-
Opera, January 2017, Recording of the Month
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
An often feisty recital of operatically-influenced 17th and 18th century sacred music intercut with instrumental items by Dantone’s firebrand ensemble. — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Awards, 2018, Winner - Recital
CD
Original price ($16.75) Reduced price $11.75Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Offer,
Arias for Guadagni Recommendedthe first modern castrato
Iestyn Davies (countertenor)
Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
Through his effortless line, countertenor Iestyn Davies revivifies Guadagni's Orphic powers...Whether drawing out sustained notes or knitting together filigreed coloratura, he is a paragon of... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, August 2012, Editor's Choice
-
Gramophone Awards, 2012, Winner - Recital
CD
Original price ($16.25) Reduced price $13.25Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
