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New. In Heaven
Songs for a Trip to Space
Olivia Vermeulen (mezzo), Jan Philip Schulze (piano/synthesizer)
An extraordinary sonic journey. This duo consistently delivers inventive concepts yet their deeper artistic purpose never eclipses their light touch. Schulze's virtuosic playing matches Vermeulen's... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2026, Vocal Choice
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CPE Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord
Ryo Terakado (violin), Fabio Bonizzoni (early keyboard instruments)
Long overshadowed in the modern imagination by his father Johann Sebastian, CPE Bach's own genius shines through in this superlative album from two masterful performers. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2025, Editor's Choice
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The Times, Best Classical Albums of 2025
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What we have is a fine, detailed performance – and it includes the disputed cymbal clash at the climax of the great slow movement, music to celebrate and mourn Richard Wagner – and an account... —
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Record Review, 6th November 2021, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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a kindly gentleness of touch and a sensitive shaping of dynamic, helped by a recording that gives the piano just the right amount of space, generates a warmth and humanity that seeks only the... —
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Not surprisingly, [the performances] are much in the same vein as in Vol. 1, which is to say bright and buoyant, with no tricks or surprises but plenty of energy and brilliance. Bonizzoni’s... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Instrumental
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Die schöne Müllerin / Schwanengesang / Winterreise
Michael Gees, Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (early keyboard instruments)
My desert-island choice for a highly cultivated yet quite personal tenor-voice foray into Schubert’s world. —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2021, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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New. Vivaldi: Fury / Mercy
Kano Imada, Channa Malkin (leadvocalist), La Sfera Armoniosa, Mike Fentross
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New. Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 12, Rondo for Piano in D Major, K. 485
Dejan Lazic (piano), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend
the combination of artistry and intelligence customarily exhibited by Lazić is its own reward, and the latest in this gradually unfurling series of Mozart recordings is sure to appeal far beyond... —
