Presto Recordings of the Year, Tippett (composer)
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Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage
RecommendedRobert Murray (Mark), Rachel Nicholls (Jenifer), Ashley Riches (King Fisher), Jennifer France (Bella), Toby Spence (Jack), Claire Barnett-Jones (Sosostris), Susan Bickley (She-Ancient), Joshua Bloom (He-Ancient), London Philharmonic Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Unexpectedly, it’s the second pair of lovers, Bella and Jack, admirably sung by Jennifer France and Toby Spence, who capture your ear...It’s the villain who almost steals the show. Ashley Riches... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2022, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Opera
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2022
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Winners, Winner - Opera
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Shakespeare Songs
RecommendedIan Bostridge (tenor), Antonio Pappano (piano), Elizabeth Kenny (lute), Adam Walker (flute), Lawrence Power (viola), Michael Collins (clarinet)
Five songs from Finzi’s incomparable Let us Garlands Bring see the tenor’s head voice floating sympathetically through the melismatic vowels and ever-shifting metres of Finzi’s most sensitive... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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Grammy Awards, 59th Awards (2016), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Michael Tippett: A Child of Our Time
RecommendedPumeza Matshikiza (soprano), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Joshua Stewart (tenor), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone)
BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis
Bass Ashley Riches shines particularly as the narrator, bringing a terrif ic clarity and command to the role. The BBC Symphony Orchestra give a fine performance, but the real star of the show... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd May 2024
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Choral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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New. Tippett: Symphonies Nos 3, 4 & B flat
RecommendedRachel Nicholls (soprano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
What the new accounts have are the virtues of Brabbins’s versions of Tippett’s First and Second…: a purposeful intentness, with care for dynamics and rhythmic precision…though with no lack of... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Jessye Norman Complete Studio Recitals - Philips, Deutsche Grammophon, Decca
RecommendedJessye Norman (soprano)
It’s a gorgeous presentation comprising some 44 CDs and three DVDs and taking in every aspect of Norman’s memorable vocal prowess...Pure class, like the soprano herself. — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - Box Set of the Year
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