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Imaginative, sensitive programming has been a constant feature of Ruby Hughes’s collaborations; and this latest with the perennially adventurous Manchester Collective is no exception...A disc... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, Choral & Song Choice
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Great Works for Flute and Orchestra Sharon Bezaly (flute)
Residentie Orkest Den Haag, Neeme Järvi
[the Nielsen] merits the supreme artistry that Shraon Bezaly brings to it, both in terms of deft, discerningly harnessed virtuosity and in her supple, sinuous shaping of the music. Neeme Jarvi... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Vänskä’s apparent eccentricities here are mostly to accentuate Mahler’s own in his most outlandish ad unpredictable symphony…All the brass do the Minnesota Orchestra proud, and if the strings... — More…
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Record Review, 27th June 2020, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2020, Editor's Choice
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Songs For New Life and Love RecommendedMahler - Ives - Grime
Ruby Hughes (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)
Hughes commands attention throughout – there’s no ‘clever’ underlining, no irrelevant tonal refulgences or prima donna posturings. Intense concentration on text and emotional nuance replace... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Panache is Kantorow’s strength throughout the program, but it is combined with probing emotional maturity, which is rare. I doubt that any prediction will come true for him other than the prediction... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th October 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2020, Editor's Choice
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Isserlis and regular partner Connie Shih are perfect hosts, ensuring it all flows with deceptive ease, setting the scene with the wistful nobility of Hahn’s Variations chantantes sur un air... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2021
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Victorious Love - Songs by Henry Purcell RecommendedCarolyn Sampson (soprano), Laurence Cummings (harpsichord & spinet), Elizabeth Kenny (archlute / theorbo), Anne-Marie Lasla (bass viol), Sarah Sexton (violin I), Andrea Morris (violin II) & Jane Rogers (viola)
Her tone is extraordinarily beautiful: natural, warm and unforced, with almost superhuman vocal athleticism — More…
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Building a Library, February 2014, Top Recital Recommendation
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2007, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Grieg - Music for String Orchestra RecommendedBergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ole Kristian Ruud
…the engineering… is exemplary in every way, conveying the warm acoustics of Bergen's Grieg Hall with thrilling presence. …playing so enchantingly musical that occasionally one might have thought... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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…The playing by the Stenhammar Quartet is absolutely ravishing. — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Penderecki: St Luke Passion Sarah Wegener (soprano), Lucas Meachem (baritone), Matthew Rose (bass), Slawomir Holland (speaker), Krakow Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Boys' Choir
Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano
Nagano’s soloists are uniformly excellent and his choral singers exceptional in their unfailing commitment. A definitive recording of a modern masterpiece. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Juno Awards, 2021, Nominated - Classical Album of the Year (Large Ensemble)
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