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This is, generally, a stunning performance, whether the kaleidoscopic wind colours of the part-one dances or ravishing glories of the part-three sunrise. Moreover, Chandos certainly know how... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd November 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2023, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Florent Schmitt: Psaume 47, La Tragédie de Salomé & Le Palais hanté
Susan Bullock (soprano)
São Paulo Symphony Orchestra and Choir, Yan Pascal Tortelier
Tortelier is...supple and caressing, emphasising the score's Gallic progeniture. Going from the lurid sex and violence of Salome to Schmitt's setting of Psalm 47 should be a major wrench stylistically,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2011, Choral & Song Choice
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Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé & La Valse
RecommendedOrchestre et Choeur de l'Opéra National de Paris, Philippe Jordan
I don't think I've heard the dances by Dorcon and Daphnis, where they compete for the affection of Chloé, so effectively characterised: Daphnis in partocular is genuinely 'légère et gracieuse'... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Stravinsky: Les Noces (1919) - Ravel: Bolero
RecommendedEnsemble Aedes, Les Siècles, Mathieu Romano
Hearing Stravinsky’s long-desired but originally unfulfilled version of Les Noces – so compellingly realised between Verbey and these fine musicians – is worth the price of entry alone. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, Recording of the Month
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Ravel: Complete Orchestral Works
RecommendedYuja Wang (piano), Ray Chen (violin)
Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Lionel Bringuier
When it comes to the works common to all sets – Pavane pour un infante defunte, Rapsodie espagnole, La valse, Valses nobles et sentimentales…Bringuier’s ear for style and mood, shaping and phrasing,... — More…
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Building A Library, February 2022, Also Recommended
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Monteverdi: Memories
Capella de la Torre, Margaret Hunter (soprano), Viktoria Wilson (soprano), Jaro Kirchgessner (alto), Martin Logar (tenor), Minsub Hong (tenor), Julian Popken (bass)
Katharina Bäuml
Most of these pieces are vocal in nature. The singers are fairly nimble and spirited and give good accounts of Confitebor tibi II (Viktoria Wilson, Minsub Hong, Julian Popken) and Laudate Dominum... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Choral
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Ginastera: Orchestral Works 2
RecommendedXiayin Wang (piano)
BBC Philharmonic, Ladies of Manchester Chamber Choir, Juanjo Mena
The ambitious score pays homage to Schoenberg, Beethoven and Chopin. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st June 2018
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Valery Gergiev conducts Stravinsky
Dsd recording, Mariinsky Concert Hall, St Petersburg December 2009 (Les Noces) Feb 2010 (Oedipus Rex)
Mlada Khudoley (soprano), Olga Savova (mezzo), Alexander Timchenko (tenor), Andrei Serov (bass), Svetlana Smolina, Yulia Zaichkina, Alexander Mogilevsky, Maxim Mogilevsky (pianos), Sergei Semishkur (Oedipus), Ekaterina Semenchuk (Jocasta), Evgeny Nikitin (Creon & Messenger), Mikhail Petrenko...
Ekaterina Semenchuk...[is] the contralto with the biggest range and lustre since Bernstein's Troyanos, and Sergey Semishkur's Oedipus blends clarion authority with youthful pathos...all the... — More…
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Szymanowski: Stabat Mater & Harnasie
Lucy Crowe (soprano), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano) & Gabor Bretz (baritone), Robert Murray (tenor)
BBC Symphony Chorus & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Once again, Edward Gardner shows that he excels in Szymanowski's rich orchestral tapestries. This performance mixes wild mystery with coruscating brilliance, somehow managing - despite being... — More…
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Stravinsky: Orpheus & Mass
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Church of the Blessed Sacrament Choir, Igor Stravinsky
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