ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
Scarlatti, (A): Missa defunctorum Odhecaton, Paolo Da Col [ Arcana / CD - released 22/Feb/2017 ] "The interweaving voices produce an attractive juxtaposition of density and transparency. Texts are declaimed crisply yet sensitively, melismatic vowels possess compassionate luminosity" Gramophone Awardc Nomination 2017 |
BEETHOVEN
The Symphonies [recorded Live in Rotterdam 2011] Rebecca Nash, Wilke te Brummelstroete, Marcel Beekman, Michael Tews / Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen [ Glossa SACD / 5 Hybrid SACD - released 22/Oct/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Orchestral |
ANONYMOUS
The Call of the Phoenix: rare 15th Century Church music (music of Dunstaple; Frye; Plummer; Anonymous) Orlando Consort [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 12/Dec/2002 ] "This forthright style of the Orlando Consort is accompanied by immaculate tuning, rhythmic concision and clear articulation of the text." BBC Music Magazine ( Dec 2002) Performance FIVE STARS - GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2003 - Early Music |
GUILLAUME de MACHAUT
Machaut: Sovereign Beauty The Orlando Consort [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jul/2017 ] "if I hear a finer recording of 14th-century music this year I'll be very surprised." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice, July 2017 |
WILLIAM BYRD
One Byrde in Hande: Byrd's Keyboard Music Pamela Thorby (recorder) Richard Egarr (harpsichord) [ Linn / CD - released 20/Jun/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 - EARLY MUSIC |
SCHUBERT
Piano Sonata No. 16, Wandererfantasie & Impromptus Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Instrumental |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
La Fauvette Passerinette: A Messiaen premiere with birds, landscapes and homages Peter Hill (piano) [ Delphian / CD - released 27/Oct/2014 ] "Whether in Dutilleux or Peter Sculthorpe, Murail or Takemitsu, Hill's provides a masterclass in capturing a composer's idiom with warmth and humanity." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Instrumental) |
J. S. BACH
Bach, (J.S.): The Well-Tempered Consort II Phantasm, Laurence Dreyfus [ Linn Records / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] "Phantasm have crafted a story with and through Bach's music. A wholly wondrous album" Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2021 |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 13 / Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 The Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] "Indeed, [his] account of the troubled First Symphony is as surprising and as thrilling as any I have heard since the much-lauded Ormandy account...An altogether stunning album." Gramophone February 2021 Recording of the Month |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Sacred and Profane Polyphony, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] "The programme is delightful and the choir excellent… this has to be one of the strongest winners of the choral award in recent years" (Gramophone) |
CESAR FRANCK
Franck: Chorals et Pièces our Grand Orgue Pétur Sakari (organ) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Mar/2021 ] 'From the brilliance of his playing, the instrument chosen and BIS's superlative stands out as something quite exceptional, even in the crowded field of outstanding Franck recordings.' Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2021 |
J. S. BACH
Bach: St Matthew Passion Julian Prégardien, Stéphane Degout, Sabine Devieilhe, Hana Blažiková, Tim Mead / Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD Box Set - released 29/Apr/2022 ] "With its glowing inner vitality and penetrating observations, this is a Passion that makes a very definite statement about what this work can communicate in our times." Gramophone Award WINNER 2022 - Choral |
HENRI DUTILLEUX / ARNOLD SCHOENBERG / RAPHAEL MERLIN
'round Midnight Quatuor Ébène, with Antoine Tamestit (viola) and Nicolas Altstaedt (cello) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 15/Oct/2021 ] "With sound of unsparing immediacy and Merlin's typically provocative notes, this release testifies to the Ébène's ambition and, moreover, its attainment." Gramophone Award WINNER 2022 - Chamber |
FELIX & FANNY MENDELSSOHN
Play Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn Quatuor Ebene [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 1/May/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2013: Chamber |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: La Stravaganza / 12 Violin Concertos Rachel Podger (baroque violin) / Arte dei Suonatori [ Channel Classics SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 28/Jul/2003 ] "The vitality and imagination of these concertos is quite extraordinary and the playing of Podger's band spills over with vitality - a real meeting of minds. The recording, made in a Polish church, is most impressive." Editor's Choice - Gramophone... |
HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ BIBER
Biber: The Rosary Sonatas Rachel Podger (baroque violin) Marcin Świątkiewicz (harpsichord/organ), Jonathan Manson (cello/viola da gamba), David Miller (theorbo/archlute) [ Channel Classics SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] Gramophone Magazine award WINNER 2016 - Baroque Instrumental |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni [The Four Seasons] Rachel Podger (violin) / Brecon Baroque [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Aug/2018 ] "It's not just that the actual playing is superb: serene virtuoso fluency from Podger, gorgeously supported by her colleagues...It's also that this is something genuinely, effortlessly and naturally different.": Gramophone |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: The Apostles, Op. 49 (complete oratorio) Rebecca Evans, Paul Groves, Alice Coote / Halle Choir & Orchestra, Mark Elder [ Halle / 2 CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] "It has all the tension and excitement of live performance, rising to incandescence in the closing pages, and Mark Elder has perfect control of the large forces and dramatic pacing." BBC Music Magazine Awards 2013 RECORDING OF THE YEAR |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Consolatio Ricercar Consort [ Mirare / CD - released 20/Jun/2019 ] The first cantatas offered by Bach in Leipzig: sinfonia, chorus, chorale, recitative, most diverse tunes, all struck by the eloquence of the musician, but also full of poetry according to deep spiritual commentaries. A great art is displayed here,... |
LEONARDO VINCI / NICOLA PORPORA / FRANCESCO MANCINI ./ etc
I Viaggi di Faustina: Faustina Bordoni's journeys to Naples Roberta Invernizzi (soprano) / I Turchini, Antonio Florio [ Glossa / CD - released 22/Jul/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |