Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Orchestral players will travel long distances to make music with [Wilson] and this recording shows why…It’s far from being all noise, the woodwind in particular being exquisitely agile…All the... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2020, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen, Sinfonietta
RecommendedLucy Crowe (Vixen), Gerald Finley (Forester), Sophia Burgos (Fox), Jan Martiník (Badger/Parson), Peter Hoare (Mosquito/Rooster/Schoolmaster), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Harašta)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle
If this Vixen is good, the Sinfonietta is outstanding – arguably the best on disc, though you need to experience the work in a concert hall with the nine trumpets blazing. They’re supremely... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Nominee - Best Opera Recording
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th September 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2020, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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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…
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Winner - Opera
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Recording of the Year
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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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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Opera, November 2020, Disc of the Month
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Handel: Agrippina
RecommendedJoyce DiDonato (Agrippina), Elsa Benoit (Poppea), Luca Pisaroni (Claudio), Franco Fagioli (Nerone), Jakub Józef Orliński (Ottone), Andrea Mastroni (Pallante), Carlo Vistoli (Narciso), Biagio Pizzuti (Lesbo), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Giunone)
Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
This Agrippina jostles for top place among the opera’s complete recordings. Joyce DiDonato is matchless in the title role, most other cast members likewise outstrip their rivals and their vocal... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Winner - Opera
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Opera
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Opera Recording
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Record Review, 11th January 2020, Record of the Week
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st January 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2020, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, Opera Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year (DiDonato)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, 1692
RecommendedCarolyn Sampson (soprano), Anna Dennis (soprano), Mhairi Lawson (soprano), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), Roderick Williams (baritone), Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh
McCreesh’s production rises to the occasion: original voicing, unorthodox continuo, project-specific trumpet design and rediscovered string techniques bring out qualities missing from earlier... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Opera
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Building a Library, February 2023, Recommended Recording
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th April 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2020, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, Opera Choice
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Immortal Beloved: Beethoven Arias
RecommendedChen Reiss (soprano), Oliver Wass (harp)
Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr
Reiss manages coloratura passages with ease, her tone bright and clear, her voice firm throughout its considerable range and she is always wonderfully in tune…The Academy of Ancient Music gives... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th March 2020
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Opera, May 2020, Disc of the Month
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Charpentier: Orphée aux enfers RecommendedReinoud Van Mechelen (tenor)
Vox Luminis, A Nocte Temporis, Lionel Meunier
Van Mechelen is a seductive Orpheus – small wonder that his limpid, pliant, expressive voice and eloquent diction enchants both his nymph-bride Eurydice (brought to life here by the dewy-voiced... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th January 2020
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2020, Opera Choice
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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…
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Winner - Orchestral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Verdi: Otello
RecommendedJonas Kaufmann (Otello), Federica Lombardi (Desdemona), Carlos Álvarez (Iago), Orchestra e Coro dell'Academia Nationale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
Pappano’s interpretation of Verdi’s penultimate opera makes for an exhilarating ride. This is a conductor in his element, coaxing a performance of thrilling dynamism from the Orchestra dell’Accademia... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2020
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Opus Klassik, 2021, Winner - Opera (19th-century)
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Sturm Und Drang, Vol. 1
RecommendedBeck, Gluck, Haydn, Jommelli, Traetta
Chiara Skerath, The Mozartists, Ian Page
The Mozartists play this repertoire with a mix of urgent spirit and plumbed depths…Skerath voices the various heroes and heroines, exploring the full emotional range of the lesser-known parts... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Building A Library, February 2022, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2020, Editor's Choice
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