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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... |
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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 |
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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 |
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FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Sea Drift / Cynara (with Holst - The Hymn of Jesus) Roderick Williams (baritone) / Hallé Choir & Hallé Youth Choir, Halle Orchestra, Mark Elder [ Halle / CD - released 15/Nov/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Stabat Mater Ilse Eerens, Michaela Selinger, Maximilian Schmitt & Florian Boesch / Collegium Vocale Gent - Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Philippe Herreweghe [ PHI / CD - released 22/Apr/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Job / Old King Cole / The Running Set Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze [ ONYX / CD - released 30/Jun/2023 ] "Scrupulously prepared and boasting some superbly coordinated, infectiously dedicated playing from the RLPO, it's a thoroughly absorbing interpretation [of *Job*]...Overall, this is unquestionably a very fine achievement." Gramophone Awards Finalist |
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GEORGE BENJAMIN
Written on Skin (complete opera recorded in 2013) Royal Opera House / Christopher Purves, Barbara Hannigan, Bejun Mehta, Victoria Simmonds / George Benjamin (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2014 - Contemporary |
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J. S. BACH
Sean Shibe: Bach Sean Shibe (guitar) [ Delphian / CD - released 22/May/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award WINNER 2021 - Instrumental |
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GRAZYNA BACEWICZ
Bacewitz: String Quartets Silesian Quartet [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 15/Jul/2016 ] "These seven works, composed between 1938 and 1965, add up to a compelling portrait of a powerfully original creative spirit...the whole group seem to understand this life-affirming music from the inside." Gramophone Award WINNER 2017 - Chamber |
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MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Orchestral Works (Incls Ma Mère L'oye, Boléro & La Valse) Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 28/Jan/2022 ] "What really shines here is the illumination of so many colouristic permutations, sounding for all the world as if Ravel had just in this moment heard them." Gramophone Award WINNER 2022 - Spatial Audio |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Four Last Songs and other Lieder Soile Isokoski (soprano) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Marek Janowski, conductor [ Ondine 20th Anniversary / CD - released 10/Jun/2004 ] "Strauss singing doesn't come much better than this. I suspect that the composer him∆self‚ with his love of the soprano voice‚ would have been enthralled by Isokoski's glorious singing." (Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2002) |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos Nos 1-5 / Africa Fantasie for piano and orchestra Stephen Hough (piano) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 27 / 2 CD - released 16/Sep/2001 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) -- "This seems to me a spiffing set and pleasurable discoveries and rediscoveries await." (Gramophone) |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: The Cello Suites Steven Isserlis (cello) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 26/May/2007 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2007 'Isserlis asserts the music's dance roots, whether through his thrusting accents or by sweeping through with a winning lilt … Just listen to Isserlis, Bach and your heart, and the music that never dies' (Times) |
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MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (piano version) [with piano pieces by Prokofiev] Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2013: Instrumental |
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GIACHES DE WERT
Giaches de Wert: Divine Theatre - Sacred Motets Stile Antico [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2017 ] "It is a testament to Werts's emotional immediacy that this album is one of their (Stile Antico's) most engaging recording; polyphony to grab one's attention rather than to carpet a devotional daydream" Gramophone Award Nomination 2017 - Early Music |
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JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Mass, Op 111 in D / Mass Op 77 in B flat major Susan Gritton (soprano) / Collegium Musicum 90 / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] 2003 Gramophone Magazine Award Finalist - Recording of the month - Gramophone (Dec 2002) |
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ORLANDO GIBBONS
Gibbons: Phantasm Susanna Pell (tenor viol), Asako Morikawa (bass viol) / Phantasm [ Linn ECHO / CD - released 1/Dec/2014 ] Gramophone Awards 2004 Winner - Early Music |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Late Quartets Opus 95, 127, 130-133, 135 Takacs Quartet [ Decca Records / 3 CD Box Set - released 12/Dec/2004 ] "Excellent recordings too: sonorous, and with well-judged sense of four-voices-in-one. It doesn't feel all risky to say that this is probably the finest modern set of these great quartets." (BBC) |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios [Nos 14, 18, 21, 26 & 31] Trio Wanderer [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Apr/2018 ] "There is enough clarity around each instrument to make every line audible, which hasn't necessarily been the case in the Wanderer's previous recordings of Romantic music" Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2018 |
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DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Abendmusiken Vox Luminis & Ensemble Masques, Lionel Meunier [ Alpha / CD - released 20/Jun/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2019 - Choral |