Gramophone Awards, 2021 Winners
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Britten: Peter Grimes
RecommendedStuart Skelton (Grimes), Erin Wall (Ellen), Roderick Williams (Balstrode), Susan Bickley (Auntie), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs Sedley), Robert Murray (Bob Boles), James Gilchrist (Horace Adams), Marcus Farnsworth (Ned Keene)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
The best feature of this new Grimes is the orchestral playing, similar in tempo and character to Britten’s own recording. Where Edward Gardner really scores is the Bergen Philharmonic’s precision,... — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2020, Recording of the Month
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Opera, November 2020, Disc of the Month
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Winner - Opera
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Recording of the Year
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Järvi is an almost ideal interpreter of this composer, not only managing to bring transparency and luminosity to Schmidt’s often thickly textured orchestration, but also keeping a tight rein... — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Winner - Orchestral
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Verdi
RecommendedLudovic Tézier (baritone)
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Frédéric Chaslin
With his richly burnished voice, Tézier gives a compelling account of all these diverse characters but is at his best in the arias that call for psychological nuance and contrasts in vocal shading. — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th February 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Winner - Voice & Ensemble
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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