Download, Cornelius (composer)
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Sounds and Sweet Airs - A Shakespeare Songbook
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Joseph Middleton (piano)
Sampson’s vocal security throughout the registers, clear diction, and patrician phrasing all testify to a complete artist. And Sampson proves every bit as much at home in the modernist works... — More…
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The Christmas Album
RecommendedBenjamin Appl (baritone), Regensburger Domspatzen, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Florian Helgath
It turns out that Appl’s contribution to the season of goodwill is as thoughtfully assembled as one of his Lieder programmes, and performed with the same level of care. The Regensburg boys are... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th November 2024
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My Christmas
RecommendedDiana Damrau (soprano), Matthias Höfs (trumpet), NDR Radiophilharmonie, Knabenchor Hanover, Richard Whilds, Riccardo Minasi
Damrau’s two-disc My Christmas ticks some of the same boxes as the legendary Elisabeth Schwarzkopf’s Christmas Album, though Damrau seems more naturally at home in the seasonal idiom...Opinions... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd December 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year
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this selection of arrangements for eight voices shows the group's undoubted vocal pedigree — More…
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Arnold van Mill sings Favourite Opera Arias
Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 30
Arnold van Mill (bass), Raphael Arié (bass), Wilfred Parry (piano)
Robert Wagner
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Choral Recording of the Year
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Karg’s angelic soprano – light and buttery – is perfect for this charming repertoire and she does it full justice in winning performances — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd December 2021
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Irmgard Seefried
Vienna 1943-1952
Irmgard Seefried (soprano) with Leopold Ludwig, Viktor Graef & Erik Werba (piano)
A lovely collection: if you had to choose a single disc to represent Seefried in song you could not do better than this...Her personal warmth permeates the voice, and in these recordings one... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2010, Editor's Choice
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Their style of singing – perfectly blended vocal harmony, exquisite tuning, inventive phrasing, delicately poised textural clarity - provides a magical accompaniment to the warmth of the Christmas... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2023, Recording of the Month
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Duet: Mendelssohn - Schumann - Cornelius
Lucy Crowe (soprano), William Berger (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano)
Lucy Crowe and William Berger are vocal soul mates…this CD is a small miracle to be cherished — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2016, Choral & Song Choice
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