Thomas Hampson
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Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 RecommendedCatherine Wyn-Rogers (Angel), Andrew Staples (Gerontius), Thomas Hampson (Priest/Angel of the Agony)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Staatsopernchor, RIAS Kammerchor, Daniel Barenboim
Staples is a young-sounding and affecting Gerontius…he uses his vulnerability to good effect…Wyn-Rogers sings with great feeling and intensity and an always vivid response to text…Hampson is... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th July 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Record Review, 15th July 2017, Recording of the Week
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Charles Ives - An American Journey
RecommendedThomas Hampson (baritone)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas
Tilson Thomas has managed the impossible: a totally satisfying overview of Ives's genius on one sixty-five minute cd. Songs, symphonies, psalms and tone poems - they're all represented, and imaginatively... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2002, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra RecommendedThomas Hampson (Simon Boccanegra), Joseph Calleja (Gabriele Adorno), Kristine Opolais (Amelia/Maria), Carlo Colombara (Fiesco), Luca Pisaroni (Paolo)
Wiener Symphoniker & Wiener Singakademie, Massimo Zanetti
Hampson is, as always, a searching interpreter, aware of the meaning and possible ambiguities of every phrase he sings; but his voice is not a classic Verdi baritone...The only principal to meet... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th September 2013
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Choral
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Walton: Symphony No. 1 & Belshazzar's Feast
RecommendedThomas Hampson (tenor, baritone)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle
This is a winning coupling, with Walton’s two searing masterpieces from the 1930s given electrifying performances…Rattle with players he knows so well combines expressive freedom with knife-edged... — More…
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Building A Library, July 2022, First Choice
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Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
Genia Kühmeier (soprano) & Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Arnold Schoenberg Choir & Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Tempos are slow, sometimes even stolid, yet Harnoncourt achieves effects of extraordinary intensity...the superb Arnold Schoenberg Choir respond willingly to his every demand...Genia Kühmeier... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2011, Editor's Choice
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Les Vents Français: French Music for Winds & 20th Century Wind Quintets
RecommendedLes Vents Français (Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Paul Meyer (clarinet), Francois Leleux (oboe), Gilbert Audin (bassoon), Radovan Vlatkovic (horn)
individually, they play with attractive timbre and immaculate intonation and articulation. Collectively, they blend their colours with great finesse, within dynamics ranging from cushioned pianissimo... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th January 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Szymanowski: Król Roger & Symphony No. 4
RecommendedThomas Hampson, Elzbieta Szmytka, Ryszard Minkiewicz, Philip Langridge, Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle
King Roger is a ravishingly beautiful opera, but a very fragile one. With a shrill soprano or a less than ideally cast tenor it would be fatally flawed. Minkiewicz's Dionysiac Shepherd betrays... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Winner - Opera
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Tides of Life
RecommendedArrangements for string ensemble and baritone by David Matthews
Candida Thompson (violin) & Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Netherlands Female Youth Choir
In his orchestrations Matthews makes inspired and sensitive use of string colour and intimate solos…and in Schubert's Ständchen for vocal ensemble, the demure-sounding girls' choir, supported... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th February 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Barber - The Songs RecommendedCheryl Studer (soprano), Thomas Hampson (baritone), John Browning (piano)
Emerson String Quartet
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Gramophone Awards, 1994, Winner - Solo Vocal
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