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Special offer. Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25
RecommendedVéronique Gens (Marie), Alastair Miles (Herod/Ishmaelite Father), Yann Beuron (Narrator), Stephan Loges (Joseph)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Robin Ticciati
Beuron, still probably France's finest lyric tenor, a compelling Recitant with open, ardent tones and warm delivery...Miles is a splendidly anguished but restrained Herod and benign Ishmaelite,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd December 2013
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by skilfully modulating their tone between the smooth and the raucous, the two clarinettists here contrive to minimise the absence of oboe timbre in what proves a lively and nicely nuanced reading...these... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2015, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass
Mary Wilson (soprano), Abigail Fischer (mezzo-soprano), Keith Jameson (tenor) & Kevin Deas (bass-baritone)
Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman
this new account opens with impact, even if the florid upper strings occasionally have to struggle against the implacable tirades of chorus, trumpets and drums. And the quartet of soloists led... — More…
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It's an illuminating, flawlessly performed survey of two halves: the first, rich with the vibrant freshness of his early process work, and the second no less driven or clear, but arguably less... — More…
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Pamela Thorby, a regular member of the Palladian Ensemble, demonstrates versatility and virtuosity beyond question and is imaginatively accompanied by Richard Egarr, who also contributes a sparkling... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2004, Editor's Choice
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one rather sits up at the opening Praeludium of Grieg's Holberg Suite, flutter-tonguing and all...Throughout, the trumpet-playing of Freeman-Attwood is first class. But what makes this collection... — More…
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Phantasm is simply the best viol consort around...the all-male choir...has some good individual singers, at their best in the ingenious Down Caitiff Wretch and the exuberant This is a Joyful,... — More…
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His technique and touch are immaculate, his tempos are judicious and, without over-emphasis or eccentricity, he always phrases meaningfully...And his account of the alternatively plaintive and... — More…
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Harp recitals are almost bound to be appealing, such is the instrument’s seductiveness, but this one has substance, too. — More…
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[Pizarro] brings spaciousness and a fine balancing of inner parts, in chords and counterpoint alike, alongside a freedom and energy very much his own...his formidable technique provides the... — More…
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