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This is a set that takes its seat confidently at the top table; and in places is touched with genius. Underpinning Lim's approach is a playfulness that animates even the most arcane examples... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th February 2026
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2026, Instrumental Choice
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New. JS Bach: Johannes-Passion
RecommendedJulian Prégardien (Evangelist), Huw Montague Rendall (Jesus), Ying Fang (soprano), Lucile Richardot (mezzo-soprano), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Christian Immler (bass-baritone), Etienne Bazola (baritone), Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
You feel it in the gut like few other accounts, alongside unalloyed human observation and unyielding quality. Pygmalion have now served us with a trilogy of Bach masterpieces throwing down the... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th March 2026
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2026, Recording of the Month
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A completely new and inspiring benchmark for this unique tour de force. —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Instrumental Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2007, Recording of the Month
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Record Review, December 2007, Critics' Disc of the Year
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Record Review, December 2007, Listeners' Disc of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2007, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Winner - Instrumental
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the result is coherently put together, with Hughes's resourceful vocal imagination and use of tone, plus the subtlety and careful placement of her decorations, drawing the ear again and again. —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2026, Editor's Choice
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New. Handel: Messiah
Hilary Cronin (soprano), Helen Charlston (mezzo), Alexander Chance, Nathan Mercieca (countertenors), Guy Cutting (tenor), Frederick Long, Edward Grint (bass-baritones), Irish Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Peter Whelan
This fresh and exhilarating Dublin performance dispels decades of overblown Messiah baggage. A vivid and captivating recording, highly recommended. —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2026, Editor's Choice
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New. Johann Ludwig Bach: The Leipzig Cantatas
Sebastian Myrus, Richard Resch (tenor), William Shelton, Flore Van Meerssche, Carine Tinney (soprano), Michael Mogl, Tabea Mitterbauer, Anna-Lena Elbert, Micha Matthäus, Tobias Knaus, Capella Sollertia, Johanna Soller
This seminal project is a revelation in the sheer weight of first-rate 'Bach', previously under the radar, and now in premiere recordings delivered with exceptional attentiveness and care. —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2026, Recording of the Month
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It’s very clear that he’s playing these pieces not to prove anything, not to make any cosmic statement. Does this album reveal for the first time the true essence of these six pieces in a way... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd January 2026
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New. Lully: Atys
Mathias Vidal (Atys), Véronique Gens (Cybèle), Sandrine Piau (Sangaride), Tassis Christoyannis (Célénus) et al, Les Ambassadeurs ~ La Grande Écurie, Alexis Kossenko
Solo singers are handpicked for their likely vocal similarities to performers at the 1676 premiere. Véronique Gens (who was a deity on Christie's recording) is outstanding as Cybéle...If you... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2026, Opera Choice
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New. Bach on Nine Strings
Suite, Partita and Sonata for Two Piccolo Cellos
Mario Brunello (cello), Mauro Valli
Even without bow on string, such as in the [Fifth] Suite's Sarabande, Brunello and Valli mysteriously shape melodic contours in pizzicato that somehow seem to resonate not just in plucked vibration... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2026, Editor's Choice
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