Anna Stéphany
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Special offer. Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
RecommendedNicky Spence (Gerontius), Anna Stéphany (The Angel), Andrew Foster-Williams (The Priest/Angel of the Agony), Polish National Youth Choir, Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh
This is unquestionably a great recording of Gerontius, one that every Elgarian should have, and ranks high among the many important projects Gabrieli has so far undertaken in its four decades... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2024, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th April 2024
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2024, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Winners, Choral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winners 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Choral
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Winner - Choral
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Special offer. Handel: Serse
Anna Stéphany (Serse), Rosemary Joshua (Romilda), David Daniels (Arsamene), Hilary Summers (Amastre), Joélle Harvey (Atalanta), Andreas Wolf (Elviro), Brindley Sherratt (Ariodate)
Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn
[Stéphany's] is a stunning central performance, comfortably matched by incisive playing from the Early Opera Company orchestra. Sopranos Rosemary Joshua (as Romilda) and Joelle Harvey (Atalanta)... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Handel: Theodora
RecommendedLouise Alder (Theodora), Tim Mead (Didymus), Anna Stéphany (Irene), Stuart Jackson (Septimius), Adam Plachetka (Valens)
Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
The balance of Cohen’s vigorously confident singers and players allows him to make his ensemble a major character in the story...The soloists also play their parts, led by Louise Alder as the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2024, March 2024
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Building A Library, June 2024, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Mozart: La clemenza di Tito
Nicky Spence (Tito), Simona Šaturová (Vitellia), Anna Stéphany (Sesto), Chiara Skerath (Servilia), Antoinette Dennefeld (Annio), David Steffens (Publio)
Opéra de Rouen Haute-Normandie, Ben Glassberg
The title-role is difficult to cast, but Nicky Spence has the range, the fluency and the technique to bring off all the vocal challenges while equally entering fully into the character’s plight...With... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2022, Opera Choice
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Weir: The Vanishing Bridegroom
RecommendedAilish Tynan (soprano), Anna Stéphany (mezzo), Andrew Tortise (tenor), Owen Gilhooly (baritone) & Jonathan Lemalu (bass baritone)
BBC Singers & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
a composer of integrity, [Weir] communicates intelligently with different audiences and ages. This timely release of The Vanishing Bridegroom (1990), her most successful opera, underscores her... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2014, Opera Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Judith Weir: the Vanishing Bridegroom
Stephen Jeffes (narrator), Andrew Murgatroyd (vocals), Christopher Bowen (tenor), Edward Goater (tenor), Edward Price (baritone), Jonathan Lemalu (baritone), Ailish Tynan (soprano), Owen Gilhooly (baritone), Andrew Tortise (tenor), Nicolas Simeha (baritone), Jonathan Saunders (bass), Paul Haas-Curievici...
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The performances exquisitely capture the shifting nuances and moods of a programme with a French bias, yet decidedly international in spirit…There is no doubt here that Stéphany’s is a highly... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2018
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Special offer. Massenet: Werther
Juan Diego Flórez (Werther), Anna Stéphany (Charlotte), Mélissa Petit (Sophie), Audun Iversen (Albert), Cheyne Davidson (Le Bailli), Martin Zysset (Schmidt)
Philharmonia Zürich, Chor der Oper Zürich, Kinderchor der Oper Zürich, Cornelius Meister, Tatiana Gurbaca (dir).
Director Tatjana Gürbaca and designer Klaus Grünberg have transformed Massenet’s masterpiece into a compelling drama that glues you to the edge of your seat from start to finish…Flórez gives... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2018
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, Opera Choice
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Special offer. Massenet: Werther
Juan Diego Flórez (Werther), Anna Stéphany (Charlotte), Mélissa Petit (Sophie), Audun Iversen (Albert), Cheyne Davidson (Le Bailli), Martin Zysset (Schmidt)
Philharmonia Zürich, Chor der Oper Zürich, Kinderchor der Oper Zürich, Cornelius Meister, Tatjana Gurbaca (dir).
Director Tatjana Gürbaca and designer Klaus Grünberg have transformed Massenet’s masterpiece into a compelling drama that glues you to the edge of your seat from start to finish…Flórez gives... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2018
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, Opera Choice
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Swan Songs - Schubert, Brahms, Barber & Bernstein
Christian Immler (baritone), Christoph Berner (piano), Anna Stephany (mezzo-soprano), Danny Driver (piano)
