Search Results: award nomination 2017
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations Beatrice Rana (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2017 ] "Her detailing is one of the aspects that makes this performance so compelling, be it the bringing out of a new line in the repeat, subtle changes in phrasing, a touch of pedal - examples are to be found in every single variation." Gramophone |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / JEAN SIBELIUS
Schubert: String Quartet No 14 'Death and the Maiden' / Sibelius: String Quarte 'Intimate Voice' Ehnes Quartet [ Onyx Classics / CD - released 9/May/2017 ] "I never would have thought of putting these two works together, but in this group's hands it has resulted in something wonderful." Gramophone Magazine, Editor's Choice, January 2017 |
LENNOX & MICHAEL BERKELEY
Stabat Mater: Sacred Choral Music by Lennox & Michael Berkeley The Marian Consort, Berkeley Ensemble, David Wordsworth [ Delphian / CD - released 22/Jul/2016 ] "The Marian Consort's background in early music pays dividends in their superb precision of pitch, impeccable rhythmic placing and beautiful diction.the lush harmonies that open [Judica me] are sumptuously delivered and beautifully recorded" Gramopho |
THOMAS ADES
Ades: The Exterminating Angel (complete opera recorded in 2017) Metropolitan Opera / Audrey Luna, Amanda Echalaz, Sally Matthews, Sophie Bevan, Alice Coote, Christine Rice, Iestyn Davies / Thomas Ades (cond) [ Erato DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 TOP THREE - Contemporary |
JOHN BLOW
Blow: Symphony Anthems Choir of New College Oxford & St James' Baroque (on period instruments) [ Novum / CD - released 20/Mar/2017 ] "All the works are given splendid performances which not only remind us that there is more to Blow than merely being Purcell's mentor but also confirm that New College's famous choir is in very good hands." Gramophone Award Nomination 2017 |
JONATHAN HARVEY
Harvey: Deo: Choral and Organ Works The Choir of St John's College Cambridge, Edward Picton-Turbervill (organ), Andrew Nethsingha (director) [ Signum / CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "nuanced and exhilarating performances." BBC Music Magazine Awards 2017 - Choral Winner |
JEAN GUYOT
Guyot: Te Deum laudamus & other sacred music Cinquecento [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Apr/2017 ] "the five adult men of Cinquecento - here joined by the countertenor David Allsopp - are, as always, absolutely flawless in the performance of this music. Even by the best standards of today their ensemble, balance and intonation are beyond reproach" |
THOMAS ADES / ER NORGARD / HANS ABRAHAMSEN
Ades: Arcadiana / Norgard: Quartetto Breve / Abrahamsen: 10 Preludes The Danish String Quartet [ ECM New Series / CD - released 15/Apr/2016 ] "The Danish are remarkable, as ever - capable of intense blend, extreme dynamic variation (in which they seem glued together), perfect intonation even on harmonics, and constant vitality and flow" Gramophone Award Nomination 2017 - Chamber |
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 |
