Erato
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Bellini: La Sonnambula
Natalie Dessay (Amina), Jaël Azzaretti (Lisa), Francesco Meli (Elvino), Carlo Colombara (Rodolfo), Sara Mingardo (Teresa), Gordon Gietz (Notaro), Paul Gay (Alessio)
Chœur & Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon, Evelino Pidò
Evelino Pidò conducts magnificently. Quite simply, Natalie Dessay is the most accomplished and the most affecting Amina on record since Callas. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Opera Finalist
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As a duo they're breathtaking, with Tetzlaff soaring sweetly over Bartok's gritty piano part in the Sonata No. 1, with his soft-grained sound and almost breathy phrasing bringing a vocal quality... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2004, Editor's Choice
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A Chromatic Fantasia full of flair, five Toccatas dispatched with needle-sharp articulation, a pugnacious respray of the A minor solo Violin Sonata: Hantai's exuberance is infectious. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1984, Winner - Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance)
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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Ian Bostridge, Natalie Dessay, Patrizia Ciofi, Alice Coote, Sonia Prina, Mario Luperi, Véronique Gens, Lorenzo Regazzo, Christopher Maltman, Paul Agnew, Pascal Bertin, Richard Burkhard, Carolyn Sampson
Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm
Haïm's terrific dramatic pace enables normally rather static moments to sparkle with purpose and intensity. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2004, Editor's Choice
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The C minor Quartet requires playing of the utmost passion if its complex textures are not to sound clogged, and this is what it receives here, though the delicacy and affection the players... — More…
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Building a Library, September 2010, First Choice
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J.C. Bach - La Dolce Fiamma (Deluxe)
Forgotten castrato arias
Philippe Jaroussky
Le Cercle De L'Harmonie, Jérémie Rhorer
You can't help... but be seduced by the passion and range of Jaroussky's singing, which embraces everything from perfect coloratura to rapt introversion. — More…
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2010, Winner - Musique Baroque Vocale
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Villazón's virtues include an engagement with the texts, and some genuine touches of style. Conductor Domingo, who was born into zarzuela troupe, enters fully into the spirit as well as the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2007, Editor's Choice
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Britten & Elgar: Works for Cello and Orchestra
RecommendedTruls Mørk (cello)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle
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Building a Library, February 2004, Modern Choice
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Sibelius - Cantatas
RecommendedSofia Joons (voice)
Ellerhein Girls Choir, Estonian National Male Choir, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
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Grammy Awards, 46th Awards (2003), Best Choral Performance
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