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New. Edward Gardner conducts Britten
RecommendedNicky Spence (tenor)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Rarely since Britten’s own classic Decca recording have I heard a performance of the Sinfonia da Requiem bristling with such visceral energy and structural inevitably as this new account from... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th May 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2025, Editor's Choice
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New. Sibelius: Symphony No. 5; Two Serenades; Two Serious Melodies; Swanwhite
Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
The level of music-making presented here tells its own story. This is a Sibelius recording that’s up there with the finest of any era...And in the two groups of violin-and-orchestra pieces –... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2025, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2025, Orchestral Choice
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New. Wilhelm Furtwängler: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor
RecommendedEstonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
In the later stages of this live recording you sense the players' energy flagging a little, even with Neeme Järvi's astonishing octogenarian energy at the helm. Everywhere else, this is a classy... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th June 2025
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What is there left to say about Symphonie fantastique? Plenty, on the evidence of this vibrant new recording of Berlioz’s extraordinary masterpiece...Mäkelä gets the strings to shun the comfort... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th June 2025
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There's been critical acclaim for the previous TCHAIKOVSKY two volumes in this series, and Chauhan the latest one is well up there, with the opening string phrases of the Suite No. 2 lushly... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2025, Editor's Choice
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New. Sir Arthur Bliss: The Composer Conducts
John Ogdon (piano), Cyril Smith, Phyllis Sellick, Donald Douglas, BBC Chorus and Choral Society, Alexandra Choir, Croydon Philharmonic Society, Bbc Symphony Orchestra, BBC Northern Orchestra, Sir Arthur Bliss
London Symphony Orchestra
Here’s a splendid tribute to Arthur Bliss (1891-1975) marking the 50th anniversary of his death. It also serves as a most welcome reminder of his considerable interpretative acumen on the podium. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2025, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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New. Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps. Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye
Pavel Kolesnikov (piano), Samson Tsoy (piano)
Kolesnikov and Tsoy vindicate the piano arrangement [of Le Sacre du printemp] as a concert piece...However many or few piano duet albums you want on your virtual or actual shelves, I’d struggle... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2025, Editor's Choice
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New. Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie
Yuja Wang (piano), Cécile Lartigau (ondes martenot)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Whether adding the most delicate filigree to the symphony’s more reflective movements, like the sixth, Jardín du Sommeil d’ Amour, providing virtuoso punctuation to the eighth, Développement... — More…
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The hand-picked players of his Sinfonia of London are thrilling in [the] big moments, a relatively small ensemble conjuring the heftiest sonorities…Not always super-refined or conventionally... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th May 2025
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Beamish's arrangement of La mer provides the culmination and the album's title. Originally commissioned by the Trio Apaches, Beamish's first response was to laugh. However, her arrangement wisely... — More…
