New and Future Releases
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New. For Dieter: Hommage à Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
RecommendedBenjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano)
Benjamin Appl’s singing is thoughtful and enjoyable.The voice sometimes uncannily recalls that of his guru...Appl and his artistic partners deserve huge credit for making this imaginative, moving... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd May 2025
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2025, Vocal Choice
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Magdalena Kožená and Mitsuko Uchida have the kind of symbiosis that comes from having performed this repertoire together for many years, moving as one in the Wagnerian ebb and flow of Debussy’s... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2025, Editor's Choice
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New. Visiting Rachmaninoff: Chopin Variations - Romances
Julia Lezhneva (soprano), Alexander Melnikov (piano)
Melnikov is very animated in the Chopin Variations, a propulsive, sometimes restless account...I’ve always associated Lezhneva primarily with Baroque and bel canto repertoire, where her cut-glass... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2025, Editor's Choice
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New. Moonlight Variations
Pablo Ferrández (cello), Julien Quentin (piano)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Martin Fröst
The question is what makes this album of well-loved cameos especially noteworthy? The answer is that to play these pieces convincingly, you need real artistry, to have a wide palette of colours... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2025, Chamber Choice
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New. Mozart
Andrè Schuen (baritone), Daniel Heide (fortepiano, piano), Nikola Hillebrand (soprano), Avi Avital (mandolin)
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Roberto González-Monjas
It’s a beautifully constructed album. This is no haphazard assembly of Mozart’s baritone (and bass) arias, but is thematically built. Schuen begins with Figaro, an early role (he tends to sing... — More…
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New. If the Fates Allow - Music By Purcell and His Contemporaries
Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano), Sounds Baroque
She is someone who acts fully with her vocal armory, and we can see this in the way she does not only project her voice with prettiness and fluency...Helen Charlston is a special singer. The... — More…
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Canal's seven songs from Flute de Jade (1922) fashionably Chinese poems edited by Franz Toussaint have a fine ear for musical detail with gentle breezes and rocking rhythms in the piano part... — More…
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It says a great deal for the quality of the baritone’s artistry that he’s so persuasive across such a range: serious but never portentous; concentrated but able also to relax the voice and his... — More…
