War requiem
Benjamin Britten
Emneord
Minder om
Chamber works for strings, vol. 2
Kaija Saariaho
Eddie Piller presents the mod revival
Sonny & Brownie's last train : a look back at Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry
Guy Davis
In time : violin concerto & octet
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Symphonies 1 & 2
William Walton
First dance on Second Avenue
She'Koyokh
Achante et Céphise
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Kind hearts have a run run
22-Pistepirkko
The masque of moments
Theatre of the Ayre
Anmeldelser (12)
MusicWeb international
2011 January
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William Hedley
2011 January
"Louis-Philippe Marsolais plays beautifully, but with so little time to create his own musical identity, it is once again the gorgeous singing of Miss Gauvin that lingers in the mind. It makes a lovely, touching envoi for this excellent disc".
The guardian
d. 4. aug. 2022
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Andrew Clements (musikanmelder)
d. 4. aug. 2022
"The tenor Andrew Staples makes a Britten collection of his own ... bringing together the three great orchestral song cycles, with Daniel Harding and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Staples is hugely impressive in [the Serenade and Nocturne], reinforced in the Serenade by superb solo horn playing by Christopher Parkes, but he seems to me to be at his very best in Les Illuminations, where he brings just the right amount of steeliness to its powerful declamations".
BBC music magazine
2009 November
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Michael Scott Rohan
2009 November
"A temptingly unfamiliar Britten collection, well played by Thomas Zehetmair and co. ... Piau is a worthy successor, cooler and less emotive than Pears, less nuanced but more naturally phrased, and simply more beautiful".
Fono Forum
2010 Dezember
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ts
2010 Dezember
"Vurdering: Tipp" - "Schlichthin frappierend: Die diversen Genreparodien in Brittens frühen Bridge-Variationen sind punktgenau realisiert, mit umwerfender Virtuosität und unfehlbarer Akzentsetzung".
Fono Forum
2013 Juli
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Thomas Schulz (f. 1960)
2013 Juli
"Amsterdam Sinfonietta legt hier eine Einspielung zweier bedeutender Gesangszyklen Brittens ... vor, die sich for der Konkurrenz nicht zu verstecken braucht. Die Vielzahl der Klangfarben ... werden von den Musikern mit grosser Raffinesse ziseliert und ausgekleidet ... Von den beiden Vokalsolisten ist durchweg Gutes zu berichten".
BBC music magazine
2013 April
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Bayan Northcott
2013 April
"Hannigan brings a fined-down intensity to the more hushed Rimbaud settings such as 'Being Beauteous', but elsewhere her tone tends to flutter under pressure ... Gilchrist, by contrast, sounds at home in the Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings ... and while his slightly reedy timbre sounds very different to Peter Pears, he brings equally valid insights into this iconic cycle".
Diapason
2022 été
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Benoît Fauchet
2022 été
Fono Forum
2022 Dezember
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Susanne Benda
2022 Dezember
"Empfehlungen des Monats: Was für ein Tenor! Andrew Staples ist Instrument, Stimme, Sprache, ist neutrale Projektionsfläche ebenso wie schillerndes Individuum. Er kann fast tonlos agieren. füllt Rezitiertes mit sahlreichen Farbnuancen. Und er ergänzt das klangfarbliche Vexierspiel das Britten mit den Streichinstrumenten inszeniert ... Zauberhaft! ... Die Serenade ... bis zum Nocturne ... legt Daniel Harding am Pult mit viel Sinn für lebendige Dramaturgie als durchgehende Erzählungen an".
BBC music magazine
2022 October
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Daniel Jaffé
2022 October
"The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Daniel Harding throws some grit into the opening fanfares [of Les Illuminations], but soon demonstrates its refinement and range of tone colour ... Staples generally sings beautifully, avoiding the extreme characterisation of Ian Bostridge, his best rival in this programme ... Staple's tasteful interpretation may suit those who prefer more straightforward accounts than Bostridge's sometimes mannered delivery".
The gramophone
2009 Awards
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Andrew Farach-Colton
2009 Awards
"Vurdering: Editor's choice" - "All the performers are superb ... In short, this is one of the most important Britten recordings in many years".
International record review
2009 November
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Mark Pullinger
2009 November
"Vurdering: IRR outstanding" - "There are jewels aplenty here for Britten enthusiasts, but Piau's performance of Les illuminations is alone worth the price of this fascinating disc".
The gramophone
2013 March
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Mike Ashman
2013 March
"Hannigan brings to the text the dramatic energy she has to burn in her championship of Ligeti and Boulez, while the conductorless orchestra and soloist (herself sometimes a conductor) sound a natural fit ... [In the Serenade] both soloists play their parts quite straight ... An enjoyable and carefully balanced CD".