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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245
RecommendedWerner Güra (Evangelist), Johannes Weisser (bass arias/Christus), Andrew Redmon (Petrus), Johannes Schendel (Pilatus), Sunhae Im (soprano arias), Benno Schachtner (alto arias), Sebastian Kohlhepp (tenor arias), Fabienne Weiss (Ancilla), Minsub Hong (Servus)
Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS...
Clarity of sound and purpose distinguish [this] recording…woodwind are placed in front of the strings, allowing for exceptional detail in the turba choruses [while] the soloists sing throughout,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th March 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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International Classical Music Awards, 2017, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Handel: Messiah
RecommendedLucy Crowe (soprano), Alex Potter (countertenor), Michael Spyres (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), The English Concert & Choir, John Nelson
The theatrical instincts that have served Nelson so well in Berlioz ensure some detailed characterisation such as the semiquaver flurry of beating wings as the angels prepare to impart their... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd December 2023
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Don’t expect high drama and showy vocals: Charpentier’s idiom is subtly understated, and the Latin texts…were intended to edify rather than entertain. Sebastien Daucé judges their tone sensitively... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2019
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Diapason d’Or, June 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2019, Recording of the Month
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Vocal
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Suzi Digby’s ORA Singers performance [of Spem], at a touch over nine minutes, is one of the f leetest on record, and boasts an expert choir whose tuning is immaculate and who munch the technical... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st August 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Handel: Theodora RecommendedJulia Bullock (Theodora), Joyce DiDonato (Irene), Jakub Józef Orliński (Didymus), Ed Lyon (Septimius), Gyula Orendt (Valens), The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Royal Opera Chorus, Katie Mitchell, Harry Bicket
Bullock’s Theodora is a compelling and passionate tour de force, even if the characterisations and moods of her music are dictated to by the director’s hamstrung concept. Joyce DiDonato’s Irene... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - DVD/Blu-ray of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Video Opera
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Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, Rv 621
Jakub Józef Orliński (counter-tenor), Capella Cracoviensis, Jan Tomasz Adamus
You’re likely either to love or to loathe Sebastian Pańczyk’s short film which provides a contemporary visual accompaniment to Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater – rather in the manner of a pop or rock... — More…
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Winner - Audiovisual Music Production
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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245 Recommendedcontains 2 DVDs and Blu-ray disc
Mark Padmore (Evangelist), Camilla Tilling (soprano), Magdalena Kožená (mezzo), Topi Lehtipuu (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Roderick Williams (Jesus)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle, Peter Sellars (director)
Sellars is an intrinsically 'musical' director...Williams's Christ all but steals the show - even alongside tenor Mark Padmore whose Evangelist fearlessly interrogates as well as interprets... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Barbara Hannigan (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
Every nuance [of The Rite] is crafted, each detail considered, yet there is still a sense of danger and visceral power…Rattle and the LSO are joined, usurped even, by the extraordinary Barbara... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, Orchestral Choice
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Allan Pettersson: Complete Edition Box 17 Discs and 4 DVDs plus Book
Nordic Chamber Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Swedish Radio Choir, Christan Lindberg, Leif Segerstam, Stig Westerberg
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra
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Life with Czech Music - Janacek & Martinu
RecommendedElisabeth Söderström (soprano), Drahomira Drobkova (contralto), Frantisek Livora (tenor), Richard Novak (bass), Jan Hora (organ), Kvetoslava Nemeckova (soprano), Leo Marian Vodicka (tenor), Vaclav Zitek (baritone), Josef Ruzicka (piano), Jan Bouse (timpani), Eva Urbanova (soprano), Bernarda Fink...
Even the recording acoustic is warm, enough sometimes to curl the music’s edges and smudge away little details. But Mackerras’s handling of this repertoire is so fresh, so responsive to the... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Choral
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