Mary-Ellen Nesi
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Hasse, J A: Siroe re di Persia
RecommendedDresden version (1763)
Max Emanuel Cencic (Siroe), Franco Fagioli (Medarse), Julia Lezhneva (Laodice), Juan Sancho (Cosroe), Mary-Ellen Nesi (Emira), Laureen Snouffer (Arasse)
Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
a triumph. It reveals the full splendour of Hasse's score, from tender lyricism to eye-popping virtuosity...Petrou storms his way through the score, pushing the artists beyond what seems physically... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd November 2014
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2015, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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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. Gluck: Il Trionfo di Clelia
Hélène Le Corre (Clelia), Mary-Ellen Nesi (Orazio), Irini Karainni (Tarquinio), Burçu Uyar (Larissa), Vassilis Kavayas (Porsenna), Florin Cezar Ouatu (Mannio)
Armonia Atenea, Giuseppe Sigismondi de Risio
de Risio's performance with Armonia Atenea is one of tireless dynamism, the trumpets, oboes and kettle drums parade-ground smart in the overture and tempestuous sinfonias...With the possible... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, Opera Choice
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Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto
RecommendedKristina Hammarström (Cesare), Emanuela Galli (Cleopatra), Mary-Ellen Nesi (Sesto), Irini Karaianni (Cornelia), Romina Basso (Tolomeo), Tassis Christoyannis (Achilla), Petros Magoulas (Curio), Nikos Spanatis (Nireno)
Orchestra of the Patras (period instruments), George Petrou
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th February 2010
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Special offer. Handel: Oreste
Mary-Ellen Nesi (mezzo-soprano), Maria Mitsopoulou (soprano), Mata Katsuli (soprano), Antonis Koroneos (tenor), Petros Magoulas (bass), Nicholas Spanos (counter-tenor)
Camerata Stuttgart, George Petrou
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
RecommendedFanie Antonelou (Susanna), Christian van Horn (Figaro), Simone Kermes (Countess), Andrei Bondarenko (Count), Mary-Ellen Nesi (Cherubino)
MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis
Currentzis’s cast has a character and blend of its own. A premium has been put on crackling recitative, deft vocalisation (limited vibrato) and dramatic truthfulness: the sense of ensemble is... —
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Building A Library, April 2022, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Handel: Berenice, regina d'Egitto, HWV 38
Klara Ek (Berenice), Ingela Bohlin (Alessandro), Franco Fagioli (Demetrio), Romina Basso (Selene), Mary Ellen Nesi (Arsace), Vito Priante (Arsitobolo) & Zorzi Giustiniani (Fabio)
Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis (direction)
...the characterisation of the title role has a complexity not unlike that of Rodelinda. Spurred on by superior material...Ek delivers an outstanding performance in the soft-grained acoustics... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Baroque Vocal
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Porpora: Germanico in Germania
Max Emanuel Cencic (Germanico), Julia Lezhneva (Ersinda), Mary-Ellen Nesi (Arminio), Juan Sancho (Segeste), Dilyara Idrisova (Rosmonda), Hasnaa Bennani (Cecina)
Capella Cracoviensis (on period instruments), Jan Tomasz Adamus
This opera is all about power, and no one needs more of it than the principal singers…Porpora’s writing, fitted originally to the artistry of famed castrato Domenico Annibali, spurs countertenor... —
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Diapason d’Or, March 2018, Nouveauté
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Special offer. Christmas at San Marco
Gemma Bertagnolli, Valentina Varriale, Mary-Ellen Nesi, Julien Behr, Clemens Heidrich
Vocal Concert Dresden, Dresdner Instrumental-Concert, Peter Kopp
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Sigrid Plundrich (soprano), Mary-Ellen Nesi (mezzo-soprano), Colin Balzer (tenor), Simon Tischler (bass-baritone)
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Bruno Weil
[much here] reminded me of Wand’s recording: the lofty, Klemperer-like disdain for orchestral colour as an end in itself; the bucolic stamp of the Scherzo; the refusal to whip the finale into... —
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