Erato
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Paul Agnew here makes a stunningly successful recording debut as conductor...this disc's unusual blend of authority and intimacy sets Agnew apart from Christie...this performance's bravura makes... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2011, Editor's Choice
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Poulenc: Gloria, etc.
RecommendedCatherine Dubosc (soprano)
Westminster Singers & City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
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Building a Library, February 2020, Also Recommended
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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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Strauss, R: Violin Sonata in E flat major, Op. 18, etc.
Vadim Repin (violin), Boris Berezovsky (piano)
Stylistically, Strauss's lyrical Op 18 (1887) sits poised somewhere between Brahms's chivalrous song cycle Die schöne Magelone and Strauss's own Don Juan of the following year.
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The young Mexican tenor is an impressive artist, and much about his new recital hits the spot. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2006, Editor's Choice
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Rolando Villazon - Opera Recital
limited edition deluxe version
Rolando Villazon
Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Michel Plasson
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2006, Editor's Choice
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Mozart Heroines
Operatic arias
Natalie Dessay (soprano)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Louis Langrée
A stupendous showcase for Dessay's chameleon qualities, there are few better examples of vocal dexterity allied to dramatic commitment. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2001, Editor's Choice
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This exciting recording of the Monteverdi Vespers is probably the fastest ever. The double-choir effects in 'Laudate Jerusalem', for example, flicker back and forth like lightening. Even when... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2011, Editor's Choice
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Coming soon. Joyce DiDonato: Drama Queens
Royal Arias from the 17th and 18th Centuries
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano)
Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis
DiDonato and Alan Curtis...have unearthed some Baroque rarities. Instead of Handel's Berenice, we have Orlandini's Berenice, whose 'Da torbida procella' is an ideal fit for DiDonato's spitfire... — More…
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Opera, January 2013, Recording of the Month
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Barbara
RecommendedAlexandre Tharaud (piano), with Juliette Binoche, Vanessa Paradis, Jane Birkin, Radio Elvis, Bénabar, Juliette, Dominique A, Tim Dup, Jean-Louis Aubert, Albin de la Simone, Camélia Jordana, Rokia Traoré, Hindi Zahra, Luz Casal, Guillaume Gallienne, Renaud Capuçon, Michel Porta, Modigliani string...
As usual, Tharaud confounds expectations and the two discs here, each of which is actually a self-contained album, approach Barbara’s music in very different ways…If the first disc could broadly... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Classical Compendium
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