Naxos - 50% off Hi-Res
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Naxos - 50% off Hi-Res, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (orchestra)
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It is rare to be able to say that a performance forces one to listen to a work anew, but this is exactly what Alsop's reading achieves. Excellently recorded and with an elegant and witty performance... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Orchestral Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2008, Disc of the month
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Building a Library, November 2023, Also Recommended - Symphony No. 9
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Special offer. Bernstein: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
Jennifer Johnson Cano (mezzo-soprano), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
The performances are predictably excellent. In No. 1, the imposing first movement is presented with fervour, and the Copland-like central scherzo with lightness and precision; Jennifer Johnson... — More…
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Record Review, 14th January 2017, Recording of the Week
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Symphonic Recording (20th/21st-century music)
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From the syncopated opening to the mighty unison phrase at the end, Alsop judges the tempo of the first movement very well...In the furious Scherzo the exuberance of the Baltimore players transports... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2010, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Bernstein: Mass
RecommendedJubilant Sykes (baritone)
Morgan State University Choir, Peabody Children's Chorus, Morgan State University Marching Band & Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
…is a virtual triumph from beginning to end, and the only recording for me worthy of sitting next to the composer's own. …Alsop's tight-knit, symphonic pacing delineates the structure of the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2009, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Editor's Choice
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Care for detail is apparent...[Alsop's] sense of line is at its most impressive in the way in which the slow movement is sustained and the unfolding of the joyous second theme in the finale...as... — More…
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Building a Library, October 2020, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra & Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
If you're unfamiliar with these seminal mid-20th century works, here's an unmissable chance of getting to know it. — More…
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Alsop brings a vigorous spring to the music's step...At no point does her Mahler seem anything less than well considered and expertly groomed. But one still wishes she'd take off the leash and... — More…
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Special offer. Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World'
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
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Special offer. Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 ‘Kaddish’
Claire Bloom (narrator), Kelley Nassief (soprano 1), Paulo Mestre (countertenor)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, The Maryland State Boychoir, The Washington Chorus, The São Paulo Symphony Choir, Members of The São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
Claire Bloom delivers [Kaddish] in a calm, inward manner, as if at prayer, without the fierce anger generated on Bernstein's first recording…despite assured, purposeful contributions by the... — More…
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Special offer. Kevin Puts: The City - Marimba Concerto - Moonlight
Katherine Needleman (oboe), Ji Su Jung (marimba), Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
Like any great metropolis, The City g rabs your attention from the off and doesn’t let go. The meditative oboe concerto Moonlight seeks calm and resolution in a divided Trump-era US. — More…
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