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Perla Barocca
RecommendedEarly Italian Masterpieces
Rachel Podger (violin), Marcin Świątkiewicz (harpsichord & organ) & Daniele Caminiti (theorbo)
there's the sense of music in possession of a free spirit and keen to test boundaries both expressive and virtuosic...Predictably there's an unfailing eloquence to everything Podger does, whether... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2014, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Florilegium has already shown its sensibility to and affection for Telemann’s music…Difficult though it is to single out any particular work, I would commend the A major Trio for flute, obbligato... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2016, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Baroque Instrumental
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, Chamber Choice
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Vivaldi: L'estro armonico - 12 concerti, Op. 3
RecommendedRachel Podger (violin & director)
Brecon Baroque
There's a sense of Podger and her players examining and analysing every note in their preparation, deciding on its role, and placing it carefully back into context, without ever disturbing the... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th March 2015
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2015, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2015, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Baroque Instrumental
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Concerto Winner
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Building a Library, March 2020, Recommended Recording
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Guardian Angel: Rachel Podger
RecommendedMusic by Bach, Matteis, Tartini, Pisendel, Biber
Rachel Podger (violin)
Characteristically unforced and natural, the playing manages to sound endlessly considered yet spontaneous. There's a sureness to the placing of every note, whether poised or bristling with... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2013, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Instrumental Award Winner
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Beethoven: Sonatas For Violin and Piano Op. 12 No.1, Op. 24 & Op. 96
RecommendedRachel Podger (violin), Christopher Glynn
Listening to Rachel Podger (on the ‘Mauri’ Strad) and Christopher Glynn (on an 1840 Erard) is like experiencing the music in the clear light of day for the first time. Gone are those texturally... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th March 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2022, Chamber Choice
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Mahler: Symphony No. 3
RecommendedGerhild Romberger (alto)
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Cantemus Children's Choir, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Iván Fischer
As vivid a performance as one would expect. That stylishly lazy trombone, a dying monster, is emblematic of the characteristic licence the conductor gives to his splendid Budapest players…the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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Record Review, 20th May 2017, Recording of the Week
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Audiophile Multi-Track Recording of the Year
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This is not an interpretation that wants to grab you by the lapels…but rather one which by its natural ebb and flow aims to draw you stealthily into the music and have you breathe with it, so... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Biber: The Rosary Sonatas
RecommendedRachel Podger (violin), Marcin Świątkiewicz (harpsichord/organ), Jonathan Manson (cello/viola da gamba), David Miller (theorbo/archlute)
it stretches the instrument and the violinist to the limit. For this recording Rachel Podger uses the same instrument throughout, putting it through the pain, as part of the fascination for... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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The Complete Sonatas for Violin and Obbligato Harpsichord
RecommendedRachel Podger (violin), Jonathan Manson (viola da gamba) and Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
A recording of Bach's violin sonatas that really hits the spot. Rachel Podger has already attracted much praise for her recordings of the solo violin music, but is heard here to even better... — More…
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Building a Library, October 2002, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2001, Editor's Choice
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Vivaldi: La stravaganza - 12 concerti, Op. 4
RecommendedRachel Podger (violin)
Arte Dei Suonatori Baroque Orchestra
By the standards of the average Vivaldi violin concerto, the La stravaganza set is quite extravagant stuff, full of fantasy and experiment – novel sounds, ingenious textures, exploratory melodic... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2003, Winner - Concerto
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Building a Library, November 2017, First Choice
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Building a Library, November 2017, First Choice
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