Ruxandra Donose
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Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, Hob XX/2 (Choral version)
Lisa Milne (soprano), Ruxandra Donose (mezzo soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor) & Christopher Maltman (baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Vladimir Jurowski
[Jurowski shows] a vital sense of motion in presenting this music - an essential challenge, given its predominant slowness - as well as pointing up the work's intensity and revealing its inner... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Choral
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Special offer. Handel: Tamerlano
RecommendedXavier Sabata (Tamerlano), Max Emanuel Cencic (Andronico), John Mark Ainsley (Bajazet), Karina Gauvin (Asteria), Ruxandra Donose (Irene), Pavel Kudinov (Leone)
Il Pomo d’Oro, Riccardo Minasi
The cast is of exceptional and even strength...[Sabata and Cencic] deliver brilliant tone and lively fioritura, while the scenes between Sabata and Ainsley crackle with fury...An all-round outstanding... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2014, Disc of the month
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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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Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Farnace
RecommendedMax Emanuel Cencic (Farnace), Ann Hallenberg (Selinda), Karina Gauvin (Gilade), Daniel Behle (Pompeo), Ruxandra Donose (Tamiri), Mary-Ellen Nesi (Berenice), Emiliano Gonzales Toro (Aquilio)
I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis
Fasolis gives a vibrant account of a fine score with supple rhythms, well-judged tempos and dramatically charged recitative imparting character at every turn...Cencic enlivens [the title-role]... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th September 2011
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2011, Opera Choice
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Special offer. Rossini: La Cenerentola
RecommendedRuxandra Donose (Cenerentola), Maxim Mironov (Don Ramiro), Simone Alberghini (Dandini), Luciano di Pasquale (Don Magnifico), Raquela Sheeran (Clorinda), Lucia Cirillo (Tisbe), Nathan Berg (Alidoro)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus, Vladimir Jurowski, stage direction by...
Some found Peter Hall's staging… too dark and serious, but for me it was an invigorating evening. …Vladimir Jurowski… draws highly polished and brilliant playing from the LPO of one of Rossini's... —
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Building a Library, December 2012, First Choice (DVD)
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2006, DVD Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2006, DVD of the Month
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Special offer. Enescu: Oedipe
Monte Pederson, Eglis Silins, Davide Damiani, Michael Roider
Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Michael Gielen
Enescu's only work for the lyric stage is one of the greatest of all 20th-century operas, and one of the most neglected. …most of the newcomers are good, with Monte Pederson's Oedipe being... —
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Handel: Arminio
Max Emanuel Cencic (Arminio), Layla Claire (Tusnelda), Ruxandra Donose (Ramise), Vince Yi (Sigismondo), Juan Sancho (Varo), Xavier Sabata (Tullio) and Petros Magoulas (Segeste)
Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
Cencic makes the most of [the writing], sustaining a rich, beautifully rounded tone through even the most athletic numbers…his voice offers a lovely middle ground between Xavier Sabata’s darker... —
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Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue
Vienna Radio-Symphony Orchestra & Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Bertrand De Billy
Bertrand de Billy is a strong advocate for the work in this live recording from a concert performance in the Vienna Konzerthaus. The sound is vivid enough and chorus and orchestra are splendid. —
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Caldara: La concordia de’ pianeti
Veronica Cangemi, Delphine Galou, Ruxandra Donose, Franco Fagioli, Daniel Behle, Carlos Mena, Luca Tittoto
La Cetra Barockorchester, Andrea Marcon
Marcon conducts with crisp authority, giving high definition to the composer's motifs and rhythms. As Diana, Veronica Cangemi delivers eye-popping variations on her da capo arias's first section...The... —
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Ride of the Valkyries
Explosive Classics
Ruxandra Donose (mezzo-soprano), Manfred Fink, Claudio Otelli, Hasmik Papian, Hungarian State Opera, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Brussels Philharmonic, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia,...
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Proms 2012 - Music from the 2012 Proms Season
Mireille Delunsch (soprano), Helene Jossoud (mezzo-soprano), Gerard Theruel (baritone), Manfred Fink (tenor), Ruxandra Donose (mezzo-soprano), Hasmik Papian (soprano), Claudio Otelli (bass-baritone), Simon Lindley (organ), Christopher Purves (baritone), John Cheek (bass), Claire Rutter (soprano),...
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