Concerto Köln
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Her impressive breath control so often draws us in to the continuity of the melodic lines (Handel’s ‘Se pietà’), and her vocal acrobatics are bright and dynamically flexible…this is a terrific... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2022, Editor's Choice
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Opera, March 2022, Disc of the Month
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Winner - Solo Vocal Recording
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Handel: Saul
Rosemary Joshua, Emma Bell, Lawrence Zazzo, Jeremy Ovenden, Gidon Saks, Michael Slattery, Finnur Bjarnason & Henry Waddington
RIAS-Kammerchor & Concerto Köln, René Jacobs
Emma Bell is turning out to be a fine Handel singer of considerable power… and her Merab - sometimes haughty, sometimes indignant - affords effective contrast with the fresh and sensuous contours... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2006, Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2005, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2005, Editor's Choice
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Patricia Petibon's choice of arias by the three greatest of late 18th-century opera composers is tailor-made to display her range, in terms of both drama and sheer vocal compass. …her debut... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Opera Award Winner
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Special offer. Handel: Deidamia
Sally Matthews (Deidamia), Veronica Cangemi (Nerea), Olga Pasichnyk (Achille), Silvia Tro Santafé (Ulisse), Andrew Foster-Williams (Fenice), Umberto Chiummo (Licomede) & Jan-Willem Schaafsma (Nestore)
Concerto Köln, Ivor Bolton (conductor) & David Alden (director)
Alden's approach is lightly ironic, matching well with a piece that treats its material with a knowing air...Ivor Bolton and Concerto Koln provide the expert musical underpinning. Sally Matthews... — More…
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Opera, April 2013, Recording of the Month
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An excellent cast in one of Handel's greatest operas. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Hearing the Clarinet Concerto in this context is a quite a refresher...Génisson plays it beautifully: shifts in colour, light and shading and the wonderful contrasts in tone and character when... — More…
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The programme is expressly devised so that Kermes can shed new light on 19th-century vocal writing, applying the stylistic approaches she has developed in music of earlier eras: her trademark... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Recital
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Fröst is an outstanding musician and every operatic roulade and embellishment is expertly turned with the precision of a master craftsman...Do they convince as concertos? Not especially, but... — More…
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Opus Klassik, 2021, Instrumentalist of the Year
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Lezhneva often scintillates. Using her instrument and extemporisations to breathe life into her characters — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Solo Recording (Opera Arias)
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Natalie Dessay - Italian Opera Arias (Standard Version)
Natalie Dessay (Soprano), Sascha Reckert (glass harmonica), Karine Deshayes (Anna), Franck Ferrari (Enrico), Matthew Rose (Raimondo) & Wolfgang Klose (Normanno), Franck Ferrari (Riccardo) & Matthew Rose (Giorgio)
Concerto Köln & Europäischer Kammerchor, Evelino Pidò
Violetta's aria at the end of Act I of La traviata demands the impossible. A lyric voice for 'Ah forse è lui' and then weight and depth and cascading coloratura in 'Sempre libera'. Natalie... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2008, Opera Choice
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