SACD, Pentatone (label)
-
French Bel Canto Arias
RecommendedLisette Oropesa (soprano), Sachsischer Staatsopernchor, Dresdner Philharmonie, Corrado Rovaris
Her voice is both pure and full-bodied, with an extensive range in terms of both tessitura and characterisation, allowing her to do justice to the many different moods showcased on this recording,... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Editor's Choice, October 2022
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
-
Gramophone Magazine, November 2022, Editor's Choice
-
Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year & Solo Vocal
-
Gramophone Awards, 2023, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
-
International Opera Awards, 2023, Winner - Solo Recording
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Schoenberg: Transfigured Night & Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedAlisa Weilerstein (cello)
Trondheim Soloists
In performances of such freshness, verve and chamber transparency, the concept works...You’d go far to find performances of the Haydn concertos that match Alisa Weilerstein’s mix of stylistic... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 10th August 2018
-
Gramophone Magazine, October 2018, Editor's Choice
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
New,
Mozart & Poulenc Double & Triple Piano Concertos Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama, Karin Kei Nagano, Orchestre de La Suisse Romande, Kent Nagano
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
Ombra Compagna - Mozart Concert Arias
RecommendedLisette Oropesa (soprano)
Il Pomo d'Oro, Antonello Manacorda
Oropesa sings with exquisite emotional restraint, subtly shading her vibrato and colouring her mezzo range with a Schwarzkopf-like radiance and intensity.- — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 7th May 2021
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
New,
Haydn - Die Schöpfung Christine Karg (soprano), Benjamin Bruns (tenor), Tareq Nazmi (bass), MDR Leipzig Radio Choir, Desdner Philharmonie, Marek Janowski
The performance is most successful in part 3, once the actual business of Creation is over and the first humans rejoice together, Christiane Karg combining sublimely with the two male soloists. — More…
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
Weber: Der Freischütz
RecommendedLise Davidsen (Agathe), Andreas Schager (Max), Sofia Fomina (Ännchen), Alan Held (Kaspar), Markus Eiche (Ottokar), Franz-Josef Selig (Eremit)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony, MDR Leipzig Radio Choir, Marek Janowski
It is carefully done, and due attention is paid to Weber’s inventive score, but the result is frankly pedestrian…There’s good singing here, led by Lise Davidsen’s sweet-toned Agathe, who sings... — More…
Awards:
-
Record Review, 26th October 2019, Disc of the Week
-
Presto Editor's Choice, October 2019
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Opera
-
Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Beethoven: Fidelio
Lise Davidsen (Leonore), Christian Elsner (Florestan), Georg Zeppenfeld (Rocco), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Don Pizarro), Christina Landshamer (Marzelline), Cornel Frey (Jaquino), Günther Groissböck (Don Fernando), Dresdner Philharmoniker, Marek Janowski
it’s the orchestra which catches attention, with Janowski coaxing heartfelt playing from the strings and above all the horns, who somehow come to signify all that is most hopeful in this great... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Editor's Choice, July 2021
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Opera
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
An excellent issue of distinctive performances in a relatively rare coupling. Vivid recording in Super Audio. — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, March 2010, Editor's Choice
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Jacobs locates the music firmly among the great 19th-century symphonic tradition, and his admiration for it can be heard in these performances...Jacobs’s interpretations certainly aren’t without... — More…
Awards:
-
Record Review, 26th September 2020, Record of the Week
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Verdi & Donizetti: Opera Arias
Michael Fabiano (tenor)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Voices, Enrique Mazzola
Fabiano is at his best in those great Verdian oaths of vengeance such as ‘Sprezzo la vita’ from Ernani. For complicated reasons it is usually cut in performance, but Fabiano shows us just what... — More…
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, Opera Choice
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
