José Coca Loza
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Cavalli's sparing use of strings is densified into fivepart textures that spread like wildfire - Daucé plasters fulsome orchestral accompaniments on to many arias and recitatives devised originally... —
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Arsilda
Benedetta Mazzucato (Arsilda), Vasilisa Berzhanskaya (Lisea), Marie Lys (Mirinda), Shira Patchornik (Nicandro), José Coca Loza (Cisardo), Nicolò Balducci (Barzane), Leonardo Cortellazzi (Tamese)
La Cetra Basel, Andrea Marcon
Vivaldi actually reserves his most highly charged music for the more complex character of Lisea, ardently sung here by mezzo-soprano Vasilisa Berzhanskaya who draws on an expressive palette... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2025, Opera & Stage Choice
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Scarlatti: Il giardino di rose
La Ritirata, Victor Sordo (tenor), Luciana Mancini (mezzo-soprano), Nuria Rial (soprano), Alicia Amo (soprano), José Coca Loza (bass), Josetxu Obregon
Alessandro Scarlatti’s fertile inventiveness and variety of musical means repay La Ritirata’s attention handsomely. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri
Vasilisa Berzhanskaya (Isabella), Alisdair Kent (Lindoro), Ricardo Seguel (Mustafà), Pablo Ruiz (Taddeo), Lilian Farahany (Elvira), Esther Kuiper (Zulma), José Coca Loza (Haly), Orchestra of the 18th Century, La Cetra Vokalensemble Basel, Giancarlo Andretta
It’s possible that in future times this set will be something of a collector’s item, thanks to the Isabella of its 29-year-old Russian mezzo, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya...possibly the finest of all... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Opera
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Special offer. Porpora: Polifemo
Julia Lezhneva (soprano), Éléonore Pancrazi (mezzo-soprano), José Coca Loza (bass), Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian (countertenor), Franco Fagioli (countertenor), Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal, Stefan Plewniak
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Pietro Torri: Entertainment For the Bavarian Court
Daniela Dolci (harpsichord), José Coca Loza (bass), Cristina Grifone, Musica Fiorita
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Handel/ Mozart: Der Messias
Elena Tsallagova (soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (mezzo-soprano), Richard Croft (tenor), José Coca Loza (bass), Alexis Fousekis, Philharmonia Chor Wien, Les Musiciens Du Louvre, Mark Minkowski, Robert Wilson
On the plus side, Wilson shows a definite response to the music.Yet there’s always a tendency for whatever work he stages to become an accompaniment to a fussy and (in terms of significance)... —
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Handel/Mozart: Der Messias
Elena Tsallagova (soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (mezzo-soprano), Richard Croft (tenor), José Coca Loza (bass), Alexis Fousekis, Philharmonia Chor Wien, Les Musiciens Du Louvre, Mark Minkowski, Robert Wilson
On the plus side, Wilson shows a definite response to the music.Yet there’s always a tendency for whatever work he stages to become an accompaniment to a fussy and (in terms of significance)... —
