Orchestral, Wagner (composer)
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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…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2022, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th February 2022
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Winner - Solo Vocal Recording
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 & Wagner: Siegfried’s Funeral March
RecommendedGewandhausorchester, Andris Nelsons
What elevates these performances for me is the fact that Nelsons takes equal care over the string parts...Having said that, the brass certainly don't disappoint either: the outbursts of the... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th April 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2018
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Orchestral
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If I had to pick one word to describe this recording, it would be ‘ intense’...An unsentimental, unshowy and rather lovely Liebestraum No. 3 opens proceedings; a cathartic Harmonies du soir... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th September 2022
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Wagner’s Prelude and Liebestod stands out for the mellifluous blend between orchestral sections, and the burnished yet never excessive string tone that Jakub Hrůša obtains from his musicians... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Symphonic
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All of the aspects that I so admired in previous albums are all present and correct here: the warmth of the strings, immensely characterful woodwind playing, and a blazing brass sound at the... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th February 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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The Wagner Project
RecommendedMatthias Goerne (baritone)
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding
Goerne does misery masterfully … As Goerne’s Wotan kisses Brünnhilde to sleep, the moment is so intimate that (depending on your speakers) you might even feel a peck on the cheek. Yet this isn’t... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th November 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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Record Review, 23rd December 2017, Recording of the Week
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Opera
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The organ has a really gutsy, symphonic core... Jan Kraybill... plays with considerable verve and a feeling both for colour and for the grand gesture. — More…
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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The Organ of Westminster Cathedral
Robert Quinney (Westminster Cathedral organ, Henry Willis III, 1922-32)
It’s quite an achievement to pull off orchestral transcriptions for the organ that don’t have you missing the original, but Robert Quinney manages this on the magnificent Westminster Cathedral... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2006, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2007, Editor's Choice
2 CDs
$23.00Downloads
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 & Wagner: Lohengrin Prelude to Act 1
RecommendedGewandhausorchester, Andris Nelsons
It is a fairly leisurely account, encouraging us to listen to what is happening at the moment rather than what is going to emerge from or follow it. That is fine until we reach the last movement,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th April 2018
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, Orchestral Choice
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Might this be the start of a complete Bruckner symphonies from the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under Andris Nelsons? On the strength of this I very much hope so. The orchestra is still on with... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th May 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Orchestra of the Year
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