Erato
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Bruno de Sá sings with immaculate legato, and has a gift for scintillating decoration, dramatic octave drops and stratospheric ascents above the stave...The dependable Il Pomo d’Oro conducted... — More…
Awards:
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2022, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year & Solo Vocal
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Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
RecommendedJoyce DiDonato (Maria Stuarda), Elza van den Heever (Elisabetta), Matthew Rose (Talbot), Joshua Hopkins (Cecil), Matthew Polenzani (Leicester), Maria Zifchak (Anna Kennedy)
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Maurizio Benini
handsomely designed...well acted and strongly sung. Elza van der Heever delivers a statuesque Elizabeth, if with tomboyish tendencies...DiDonato offers a physically plain, emotionally determined... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Meyerbeer: Grand Opera
Standard Edition
Diana Damrau (soprano)
Orchestre et Choeur de l'Opéra National de Lyon, Emmanuel Villaume
Diana Damrau tackles with pretty consistent success all the vocal difficulties Meyerbeer threw at his heroines - and some of his mature works were written for the leading singers of the day.... — More…
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Schallplattenkritik Awards, 2017, Winner - Jahrespreis
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Opera, June 2017, Recording of the Month
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Female Singer of the Year
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Schubert: String Quintet & Lieder
RecommendedGautier Capuçon (cello), Matthias Goerne (baritone) & Laurene Durantel (double-bass)
Quatuor Ebène
The Quatuor Ebène, who together with the remarkable cellist Gautier Capuçon perform the C major String Quintet, stands out, even in a golden age of string quartets…and since Capuçon integrates... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Building A Library, March 2022, Recommended Recording
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Joyce DiDonato: Diva, Divo
RecommendedJoyce DiDonato (mezzo)
Orchestre et Choeur de L'Opéra National De Lyon, Kazushi Ono
Proof of DiDonato's consummate musicianship is everywhere here...For sheer beauty of tone, legato that defies gravity and singing that restores your faith in human nature, listen last of all... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Recital
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2011, Opera Choice
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Grammy Awards, 54th Awards (2011), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Opera, June 2011, Recording of the Month
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Meyerbeer: Grand Opera
Limited edition casebound deluxe
Diana Damrau (soprano)
Orchestre et Choeur de l'Opéra National de Lyon, Emmanuel Villaume
Diana Damrau tackles with pretty consistent success all the vocal difficulties Meyerbeer threw at his heroines - and some of his mature works were written for the leading singers of the day.... — More…
Awards:
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Schallplattenkritik Awards, 2017, Winner - Jahrespreis
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2017
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Opera, June 2018, Recording of the Month
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Female Singer of the Year
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Miroir(s)
Opera Arias
Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie Pyrénées Méditerranée, Michael Schønwandt
This is [Dreisig’s] debut album and it is phenomenally good. First there is the concept of juxtaposing arias for the same dramatic character by different composers…Next, stylistic variety enables... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2018, Opera Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Jeune Talent
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Recital
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Winner - Vocal Recital
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Véronique Gens: Tragediennes 1 (French Operatic Tragedies)
Véronique Gens (soprano)
Ensemble les Talens Lyrique, Christophe Rousset
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2006, Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2006, Editor's Choice
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The pianism is exemplary. David Fray has probably never hit an ugly note, nor failed to produce textures of luminous clarity and seductive depth and colour...Beautiful, certainly, in its way;... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2015, Editor's Choice
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