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GYORGY KURTAG
Kurtag: Zwiegesprache Heinz Holliger (oboe/cor anglais/piano), Marie-Lise Schüpbach (cor anglais/oboe), Ernesto Molinari (bass clarinet/ contrabass clarinet), Sarah Wegener [ ECM New Series / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] explores his interpretative gifts as a performer rather than his full range as a composer, its focus on the dialogues between his own music and that of György Kurtág makes for a beautifully rounded double portrait - Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List |
SCHUMANN / BRAHMS
For Clara: Works by Schumann & Brahms Hélène Grimaud (piano), Konstantin Krimmel (baritone) [ Deutsche Gramophone / CD - released 1/Apr/2018 ] Inspired by the Romantic storyteller E. T. A. Hoffmann's eccentric alter ego, Robert Schumann's Kreisleriana is a work Hélène Grimaud has known since she was a teenager and has recorded once before - yet, as she says, "you can spend a lifetime with a... |
LUDWIG DASER
Daser: Polyphonic Masses Huelgas-Ensemble (early music ensemble) Paul Van Nevel [ Deutche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] "this larger ensemble creates a rich, wellbalanced sound which at times I found attractively wistful...I'm already looking forward to the next volume." Gramophone Award WINNER 2023 - Early Music |
DANIEL-LESUR / FRANCAIX / POULENC / MILHAUD / RAVEL / SATIE
Amuse-Bouche: French Choral Delicacies I Fagiolini / Robert Hollingworth, with Anna Markland (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 22/Apr/2016 ] "it's in keeping with Hollingworth and his agile, chameleon-like group that…we get something entirely fresh and unexpected, a recording that's a bit sexy, a bit silly and absolutely, unmissably superb" (Editor's Choice Gramophone April 2016) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Complete works for violin and piano Alina Ibragimova (violin) & Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
JOSEF HAYDN
Project Haydn 2032 - Vol. 4 'Il distratto' Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini [ Alpha / CD - released 8/Aug/2017 ] "The orchestral playing is breathtaking in its accuracy -the sort of Haydn playing you dream of…this may well become the period-instrument Haydn cycle by which all others are measured." Gramophone Award WINNER 2017 - Orchestral |
LAURENCE CRANE
Crane: 6 Trios, 2 Solos and 1 Quintet Ives Ensemble [ Nimbus Alliance / CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] "the very familiarity of this material playing games with tonal memory as chords are placed in unlikely juxtapositions" Gramophone Award Nomination 2017 - Contemporary |
CAVALLI / BONONCINI / HANDEL / MATTEIS / SCARLATTI / HASSE / etc
Jakub Józef Orliński - Facce d'Amore Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) / Il pomo d'oro, Maxim Emelyanchev [ Erato Classics / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] Gramophone Awards 2020 Shortlisted - Recital International Opera Awards 2021 - Winner (Solo recital) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas 7 &10 James Ehnes (violin), Andrew Armstrong (piano) [ Onyx Classics / CD - released 11/Dec/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Chamber |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven Violin Sonatas Op. 12 James Ehnes (violin), Andrew Armstrong (piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone December 2019 |
J. S. BACH
Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV244 James Gilchrist, Stephan Loges, Hannah Morrison, Zoë Brookshaw, Charlotte Ashley, Reginald Mobley / Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 24/Feb/2017 ] "..a thoughtfully moulded, expertly executed and deeply committed reading, so honestly communicative of its intent and so free of self-conscious monumentalism, sententiousness or melodramatics...one of his finest achievements." Gramophone |
J. S. BACH
St John Passion Joanne Lunn, Clare Wilkinson, Nicholas Mulroy, Matthew Brook / Dunedin Consort and Players, John Butt [ Linn Records SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Mar/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Baroque Vocal |
SCHOENBERG
Moses und Aaron Franz Grundheber, Andreas Conrad, Johanna Winkel, Katharina Persicke / SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg & EuropaChorAkademie, Sylvain Ca [ Hanssler SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jan/2015 ] "This imposing, intriguing opera is one of the most powerful contributions to 20th-century musical modernism and this recording does it justice." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Opera) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The McCormack Edition Volume 10 - Victor Talking Machine Company (1923-1924) & Gramophone Company Ltd. (1924) John McCormack (tenor) with Alexander Schmidt (violin), Alfred Lennartz (cello), Edwin Schneider (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 20/Nov/2013 ] John McCormack found extraordinary success as a concert hall artist, being declared in 1918 'the most popular singer in the world' and at one stage selling more records than Caruso. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Lieder (Incls Zueignung, Morgen! & Ruhe, meine Seele) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Helmut Deutsch (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 16/Aug/2006 ] The name of Richard Strauss immediately conjures up thoughts of operas and large-scale symphonic works; but we tend to underestimate his lieder, a genre to which the composer devoted no fewer than 205 pieces! Like a glorious sunset culminating in the... |
MAGNUS LINDBERG
Chamber Works Kari Kriikku (clarinet), Anssi Karttunen (cello) & Magnus Lindberg (piano) [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Apr/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Contemporary |
MAGNUS LINDBERG
Lindberg: Clarinet Concerto / Gran Duo / Chorale Kari Kriikku (clarinet) / Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor) [ Ondine / CD - released 26/Jan/2006 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2006: Contemporary - "A marvellous vehicle for the amazing virtuosity of clarinettist Kari Kriikku, this is a shiny, sophisticated, nostalgic cultural artefact... a stunning disc." BBC Music Magazine |
AGOSTINO STEFFANI
Steffani: Niobe Regina di Tebe (complete opera) Karina Gauvin, Philippe Jaroussky, Amanda Forsythe, Aaron Sheehan / Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Paul O'Dette and Stephen Stubbs [ Erato / Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 18/Jan/2015 ] "The performance is never forced but always emotive...An exemplary testament of superb musicianship from all participants...this is a landmark event in Steffani's much-deserved rehabilitation." (Gramophone Magazine Award Nomination 2015 Baroque Vocal |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Partenope, HWV 27 (complete opera) Karina Gauvin, Philippe Jaroussky, John Mark Ainsley, Teresa Iervolino / Il Pomo d'Oro, Riccardo Minasi [ Erato / Virgin Records / 3 CD Box Set - released 5/Nov/2015 ] Handel's sparkling opera Partenope reunites Erato' star countertenor Philippe Jaroussky and the captivating Canadian soprano Karina Gauvin, who both made such an impact in the Erato recording of Steffani's rediscovered opera Niobe, released in early... |
DAVID MATTHEWS
Symphony No. 7 / Vespers Katie Bray (mezzo-soprano) & Matthew Long (tenor) The Bach Choir, David Hill / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 28/Apr/2014 ] "magnificent singing from the Bach Choir, with David Hill securing a powerful response from the Bournemouth Symphony...This is an important addition to Matthew's ever-increasing discography." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Contemporary) |
