Hi Res Download, Strauss, J, II (composer)
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Kaleidoscope
RecommendedFatma Said (soprano), Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Sascha Goetzel
Said vaults effortlessly across stylistic boundaries, often via dazzling arrangements by her collaborator Tim Allhoff. And that Whitney Houston track? Even diehard sceptics will be moved by... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd September 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year & Solo Vocal
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Operette
RecommendedWien - Berlin - Paris
Diana Damrau (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ernst Theis
Ever the intelligent artist Darmrau knows how to lighten the voice to create that distinctive soprano sound demanded by operetta – a light sparkling tone, spiralling coloratura and the story... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2024, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th December 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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Wien
RecommendedJonas Kaufmann (tenor), Rachel Willis-Sørensen (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Ádám Fischer
He embraces the style, the timbre, the allure, even the specific accent of this repertoire with complete conviction and self-evident delight. The great thing about these performances is that... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th October 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Klassik ohne Grenzen
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Schoenberg: Pierrot lunaire
RecommendedPatricia Kopatchinskaja (violin/sprechgesang), Meesun Hong (violin), Julia Gallego (flute), Reto Bieri (clarinet), Thomas Kaufmann (cello), Joonas Ahonen (piano), Marko Milenkovic (viola)
Kopatchinskaja’s approach – sharp-focus, hyper-detailed and searching out over-the-top extremes of vocal delivery – is remarkable in its way...The upside is the superlatively precise and stylish... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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All the roles are adequately done, from the romantic leads to the comic roles, and all the cast shows an understanding of the musical territory and operetta stereotype they are aiming at...While... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Premiere Recording
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Neeme Järvi and his Estonian players impart to these endlessly inventive scores an infectious sense of joie de vivre and conviviality that no doubt reflects the spirit in which they would have... — More…
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Gruber - Zeitstimmung
Martin Grubinger (percussion) & HK Gruber (chansonnier)
Tonkünstler Orchestra, Kristjan Järvi
Gruber performs the Artmann settings himself, in a fruitily rhetorical way that evokes the Viennese cabaret of the pre-war era… Martin Grubinger's performance of the percussion concerto is... — More…
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This felt like a New Year’s concert for those who regard January 1 as a time for regretful farewells, rather than fresh starts. But it’s part of the miracle of this music that it can bear both... — More…
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