The New York Times has included countertenor John Holiday’s debut album, Over My Head, among its best classical albums of August 2026, with the paper writing that musicality like John
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August 17, 2026
Gramophone Praises Patrick Yim’s “Bamboo Grove”
Gramophone has praised Bamboo Grove, an album of new Chinese chamber music led by violinist and violist Patrick Yim, singling out Zhou Long’s title work...
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August 17, 2026
Gramophone: Gil Rose, “Saint of Modern American Opera”
Gramophone has praised the new recording of Mark Adamo’s Lysistrata, or The Nude Goddess, with critic David Patrick Stearns calling conductor Gil Rose...
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August 17, 2026
Gramophone: “Superb” Performances on The Year of Silence
Gramophone has praised the Louisville Orchestra’s recording of Christopher Cerrone’s The Year of Silence and Andrew Norman’s Split, with...
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August 17, 2026
Gramophone: “Space and Power” for Carmina Burana
Gramophone has spotlighted Pentatone’s new recording of Orff’s Carmina Burana, performed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under Jader Bignamini,...
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August 13, 2026
Missy Mazzoli’s “The Listeners” Receives World Premiere Recording on PENTATONE
Lyric Opera of Chicago, under the leadership of General Director John Mangum and the baton of Music Director Enrique Mazzola, presents the world premiere...
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August 12, 2026
PENTATONE’s Pick for August 2026: Lara Downes’ Hold These Truths
This month, PENTATONE’s Managing Director Sean Hickey selects Lara Downes’ Hold These Truths as our Personal Pick: “Like the person, Hold...
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August 11, 2026
Cristina Prats Costa in an Interview with Total Baroque
Total Baroque Magazine has published an in-depth interview with Spanish violinist Cristina Prats Costa on her debut solo album, Spiritillo Mediterraneo,...
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August 11, 2026
MusicWeb International: “No Dull Moment” on Spiritillo Mediterraneo
MusicWeb International has praised Cristina Prats Costa’s Spiritillo Mediterraneo, with critic Johan van Veen writing that there is no dull moment,...
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August 11, 2026
Opus Klassiek: “Extremely High” Playing on Spiritillo Mediterraneo
Dutch classical music site Opus Klassiek has praised Cristina Prats Costa’s Spiritillo Mediterraneo, with critic Aart van der Wal writing that the level...
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August 11, 2026
BBC Music Magazine: “Outstandingly Lovely” Violin Playing
BBC Music Magazine has highlighted Cristina Prats Costa’s Spiritillo Mediterraneo, with critic Nicholas Kenyon praising outstandingly lovely violin...
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August 11, 2026
Gramophone: “Polished” Baroque Triumph for Prats Costa
Gramophone has praised Spanish baroque violinist Cristina Prats Costa’s recording debut, Spiritillo Mediterraneo, with critic Charlotte Gardner calling...
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August 11, 2026
The WholeNote: A “Dazzling” Solo Debut for Prats Costa
Canada’s The WholeNote has praised violinist Cristina Prats Costa’s solo album debut, Spiritillo Mediterraneo, calling it a dazzling array of...
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