Hi Res Download, Leoncavallo (composer)

Spyres has a remarkable range and is a consummate vocal chameleon too...in a truly remarkable finale to his ‘Largo al factotum’, Rossini’s Figaro is indeed all things to all men vocally. What... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Listen to Freddie De Tommaso at full throttle and you’ll need to lie down in a darkened room. Passione is singing in the tradition of De Tommaso’s hero Franco Corelli: stylish and heartfelt,... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

She has a slender tone, definitely more lyric than spinto, and is often so deeply invested in her role that it’s not always a very ‘pretty’ sound. Yet it’s exactly these qualities that are her... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020 More…

As expert an interpreter of Italian opera as one will find anywhere, conductor Carlo Rizzi seeks out the score’s full potential and his musical forces – the Opera Rara Chorus and the Royal Philharmonic... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

all sung with plenty of voice and abandon...when she settles into a long extract from Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, with tenor husband Yusif Eyvazov and Antonio Pappano conducting, the recital hits... — Financial Times, 26th August 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This is a big voice with a warm Italianate tone and a fitting sense of the legato required for this repertoire. Verismo sobbing is kept to a minimum. Beczala knows exactly how to build the drama... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2020, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The French items suit her slightly cool voice better. There’s a classy, moving grandeur to Didon’s ‘Adieu, fière cité’, and a lovely wistfulness to her Mignon…in short, here’s a beautifully... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2017 More…

An enjoyable introduction to a generation of opera composers who regarded the symphony as a vital source of inspiration, and gave it an added dash of passion. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…