Kristina Hammarström
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Special offer. Haydn: Stabat Mater
Steve Davislim (tenor), Kristina Hammarström (mezzo-soprano), Birgitte Christensen, Christian Immler (bass-baritone), Basel Chamber Orchestra, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, René Jacobs
Jacobs is a conductor who always strives to inject as much drama as possible into his performances, and he vividly conveys the sobbing effects and the stabs of pain that run through the Stabat... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Choral
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Special offer. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
RecommendedKrzysztof Bączyk (Figaro), Sabine Devieilhe (Susanna), Andrè Schuen (Count), Adriana González (Countess), Lea Desandre (Cherubino)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Raphaël Pichon, Martin Kušej
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024, Shortlisted - DVD/Blu-ray of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
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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. Mozart: Lucio Silla, K135
Henriette Bonde-Hansen (soprano), Susanne Elmark (soprano), Kristina Hammarström (mezzo soprano), Jakob Næslund Madsen (tenor), Simone Nold (soprano), Lothar Odinius (tenor) & Richard Lewis (harpsichord)
Danish Radio Sinfonietta & Ars Nova Copenhagen, Adam Fischer
The Milan premiere of Lucio Silla, on Boxing Day 1772, was a near-fiasco: ham acting from the last-minute tenor and the prima donna in a sulk. But from the second performance Mozart's second... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2008, Editor's Choice
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Lieder Mélodies
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Melvyn Tan (piano), Christina Högman (sop), Eric Hoeprich (clarinet), Nils-Erich Sparf (violin)
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2001, Disc of the Month
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Special offer. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
RecommendedKrzysztof Bączyk (Figaro), Sabine Devieilhe (Susanna), Andrè Schuen (Count), Adriana González (Countess), Lea Desandre (Cherubino)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Raphaël Pichon, Martin Kušej
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024, Shortlisted - DVD/Blu-ray of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
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Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto, K87
Mathias Zachariassen (Mitridate), Henriette Bonde-Hansen (Aspasia), Maria Fontosh (Sifare), Kristina Hammarström (Farnace), Lisa Larsson (Ismene), Anders J. Dahlin (Marzio) & Richard Lewis (harpsichord)
Vocal Group Ars Nova & Danish Radio Sinfonietta, Adam Fischer
The new set possesses notable features...excellent modern-instrument orchestra, the graceful, versatile and touching Henrietta Bonde-Hansen as prima donna, and - greatest strength of all -... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2010, Disc of the Month
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Special offer. Mozart: Idomeneo, K366
Christian Elsner (Idomeneo), Kristina Hammarström (Idamante), Henriette Bonde-Hansen (Ilia), Raffaella Milanesi (Elettra), Christoph Strehl (Arbace), Göran Eliasson (Nettuno) & Stephen Milling (La Voce)
Danish National Choir & The Danish Radio Sinfonietta, Adam Fischer
Fischer's vision of the opera is lean and muscular, with fleet-footed orchestral playing and strong, characterful soloists...Elsner captures the conflict raging within the Lear-like Idomeneo... —
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Haydn: Missa Cellensis
Mark Milhofer, Mari Eriksmoen (soprano), Kristina Hammarström (mezzo-soprano), Christian Senn, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Basel Chamber Orchestra, René Jacobs
The orchestral playing is everything you would expect from a band currently halfway through a thrilling recorded cycle of the symphonies (with Giovanni Antonini), and the choir acquit themselves... —
