Acclaim
Monteverdi L'Orfeo
Andrew Parrott
Taverner Consort & Players
(AV 2278)
"superb control...considerable artistry...breathtaking ensemble" Read More...
David Shengold, Time Out New York
Monteverdi L'Orfeo
Andrew Parrott
Taverner Consort & Players
(AV 2278)
"a sumptuous account of the world's first great opera" Read More...
Stephen Pettitt, The Sunday Times
Monteverdi L'Orfeo
Andrew Parrott
Taverner Consort & Players
(AV 2278)
"the most beguiling Monteverdi opera recording for years." ***** Read More...
Richard Morrison, The Times
Histoire du Tango
Falla ? Paganini ? Piazzolla ? Sarasate
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Pablo Sáinz Villegas, guitar
(AV 2280)
"The latest release from Augustin Hadelich and Pablo Sainz Villegas is hot!" Read More...
John Clare, Texas Public Radio
"Hadelich knocked it out of the park" Read More...
Sarah Bryan Miller, St. Louis Post Dispatch
Harry Bicket
"the conducting of Harry Bicket, who knows better than anyone how to make a modern orchestra understand baroque music ... made for 4½ hours (including intermissions) of musical and theatrical bliss ... The evening was paced with superb sensitivity by Mr. Bicket" Read More...
Heidi Waleson, The Wall Street Journal
David Daniels as Julius Caesar and Natalie Dessay as Cleopatra in Handel's "Giulio Cesare" at the Metropolitan Opera
"under the baton of Harry Bicket the musical realization, all four-and-a-half hours of it, is superb" Read More...
Judith Malafronte, The Classical Review
Harry Bicket
"members of the opening-night audience rose to their feet after midnight to give an exuberant ovation to the excellent cast, headed by the countertenor David Daniels in the title role and the coloratura soprano Natalie Dessay as Cleopatra, and the excellent conductor Harry Bicket" Read More...
Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times
Nicholas Phan, tenor
"Nicholas Phan, singing with a mix of sweet sound and impetuous temperament, was excellent in the dramatic recitatives" Read More...
Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times
Harry Bicket and The English Concert
"The splendid 25-member ensemble, with Mr. Bicket leading from the harpsichord, brought pungent clarity and rhythmic swing to this 1720 score, a classic Handel cornucopia of varying moods and characters." Read More...
Heidi Waleson, The Wall Street Journal
Harry Bicket and The English Concert
"the fine period-instrument band English Concert deftly conducted from the harpsichord by Harry Bicket ... magnificently rendered ... nothing but gorgeous." Read More...
James R. Oestreich, The New York Times
Hans Gal and Hans Krasa: Complete String Trios
Ensemble Epomeo
(AV 2259)
"supremely approachable, engaging music, and sweetly played ... buy this disc and experience them for yourself. Eloquent performances in glowing sound." Read More...
Graham Rickson, TheArtsDesk.com
Harry Bicket and The English Concert
"a performance to keep up with – a dynamic, rip-roaring dash through the score, but with shape and nuance too" Read More...
Erica Jeal, The Guardian
Schumann Piano Trio No. 2 in F Major, Op. 80; Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47 - The Benvenue Fortepiano Trio 
(AV 2272)
"the scale of this performance manages a robust energy of the concert hall fused to the musing interiority of the salon, quite a sophisticated achievement" * * * * Read More...
Gary Lemco, AudiophileAudition.com
Avie Records
The Best Classical Music Recordings of 2012 Read More...
James R. Oestreich, Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times
Sacrum Mysterium: A Celtic Christmas Vespers
Apollo's Fire
Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Meredith Hall, soprano
with
Ensemble La Nef &
Sylvain Bergeron
(AV 2269)
Jeannette Sorrell leads the acclaimed Baroque ensemble Apollo's Fire. Their new holiday disc imagines a vesper service combining chant, dance, and Celtic carols. Read More...
Julie Amacher, Minnesota Public Radio - New Classical Tracks
Alexandra Silocea
"an artist to watch out for ... sensitivity that maintained an acutely tasteful sense of tone and scale ... Alexandra Silocea proved her Mozartian credentials with phrasing of supreme elegance" * * * * * Read More...
Evan Dickerson, bachtrack.com
Darknesse Visible
Ades, Britten, Debussy, Ravel
Inon Barnatan, piano
(AV 2256)
"Inon Barnatan’s most recent album, 'Darknesse Visible,' is intelligent and moving ... Mr. Barnatan’s recital on Thursday evening brought the 'Darknesse Visible' program to thrilling life." Read More...
Zachary Woolfe, The New York Times
Still falls the Rain
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Jennifer Montone, horn
Sivan Magen, harp
Myra Huang, piano
Alan Cumming, narrator
(AV 2258)
"stunning" Read More...
Craig Zeichner, Ariama.com
Harry Bicket
"An unqualified great night at the Met ... Harry Bicket elicited an excellent performance from orchestra and chorus." Read More...
David Shengold, Gay City News
Harry Bicket
"Bicket is a rarity among Baroque specialists, able to endow even ordinary orchestras with that elusive early-music snap and swing" Read More...
Zachary Woolfe, The New York Times
Venice by Night
Albinoni, Lotti, Pollafolo, Porta, Veracini, Vivaldi
Mhairi Lawson, soprano
Simon Munday, trumpet
Peter Whelan, bassoon
Adrian Chandler
La Serenissima
(AV 2257)
"a gorgeous collection" Read More...
Jens Laurson, Listen
Sacrum Mysterium: A Celtic Christmas Vespers
Apollo's Fire
Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Meredith Hall, soprano
with
Ensemble La Nef
& Sylvain Bergeron
(AV 2269)
"lovingly prepared" Read More...
Daniel Felsenfeld, Listen
Sacrum Mysterium: A Celtic Christmas Vespers 
Apollo's Fire 
Jeannette Sorrell, conductor 
Meredith Hall, soprano 
with 
Ensemble La Nef & Sylvain Bergeron 
(AV 2269)
"a charming musical mulligan stew" Read More...
Sarah Bryan Miller, St. Louis Post Dispatch
Augustin Hadelich with the New Jersey Symphony
"a poignant and exhilarating performance ... an engaging display from such a meticulous performer" Read More...
Ronni Reich, Star-Ledger
Harry Bicket
"This 'Tito' was more than the sum of its excellent parts, thanks to the imaginative and vigorous conducting of Harry Bicket" Read More...
James Jorden, New York Post
Harry Bicket
“elegance and efficacy” that Bicket “elicited from the Met cast, chorus and orchestra” Read More...
Steve Smith, The New York Times
Still falls the Rain
Britten The Heart of the Matter, A Birthday Hansel, Canticle V, Folksong Arrangements
Nicholas Phan, tenor
with Myra Huang, piano
Jennifer Montone, horn
Sivan Magen, harp
Alan Cumming, narrator
(AV 2258)
"one of the great solo-vocal albums of the year" Read More...
John Terauds, Musical Toronto
Harry Bicket
"Harry Bicket conducts the orchestra in a propulsive, shapely performance" Read More...
Associated Press
American Mavericks
Cowell, Harrison, Varese
Jeremy Denk, piano
Paul Jacobs, organ
Michael Tilson Thomas
San Francisco Symphony
(SFS 0056)
"profundity ... reverent care and finesse ... extraordinary delicacy ... incisive ... revelation" * * * * * Read More...
Ivan Hewett, The Daily Telegraph
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