Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra
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Special offer. Noble Renegades. Verdi: Scenes & Arias
Charles Castronovo (tenor), Tomas Pavilionis, Kristin Sampson, Tadas Girininkas, Kaunas State Choir
Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian
Voices change and develop, and on this album Castronovo takes on some of the more demanding of Verdi tenor items with success...one can hear how his voice has fleshed out into a richer, broader... —
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Special offer. A Te, o Cara
RecommendedStephen Costello sings bel canto
Stephen Costello (tenor)
Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian
Costello is not quite 40 and is already going far in the operatic world. This recital should certainly give him even more of a boost. One hopes that more emphasis is given to characterization,... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, December 2018
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Special offer. Virtuoso Rossini Arias: Lawrence Brownlee
Lawrence Brownlee (tenor)
Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian
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Special offer. Hidden Legacies
Kristina Reiko Cooper, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian
a really evocative programme, particularly given the warmth and insight of Cooper's playing. —
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Special offer. Ritorna vincitor!
Veronika Dzhioeva (soprano)
Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian
The soprano possesses a voice of warmth and amplitude that, for the most part, is consistent throughout the registers. Perhaps even more compelling is the soprano’s keen understanding of the... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Vocal
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Special offer. Poison d'Amour
Oksana Volkova (mezzo), Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian
‘Poison d’amour’ is that rarity, a recital disc where interest is nicely balanced between the singer and the song…She opens with ‘O ma lyre immortelle’ from Gounod’s Sapho, where the awakening... —
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Opera, July 2021, Disc of the Month
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Special offer. Where is my beloved?
Ekaterina Siurina (soprano), Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian
Siurina’s voice has, of course, grown in amplitude of late, and a hint of metal now lurks beneath its silky sound. Her ability to float soft high pianissimos remains immaculate. —
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Special offer. Beloved Arias
Liparit Avetisyan (tenor), Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra,Constantine Orbelian
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Special offer. Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Simon Boccanegra), Marco Caria (Paolo), Kostas Smoriginas (Pietro), Ildar Abdrazakov (Fiesco), Barbara Frittoli (Maria/Amelia), Stefano Secco (Gabriele Adorno), Eglė Šidlauskaitė (Ancilla), Kęstutis Alčauskis (Capitano)
Kaunas State Choir, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra,...
It is obvious [that Hvorostovsky] has thought deeply about Boccenegra and is absolutely inside the character; he is also able to realise his portrayal with an impressive largesse of tone...Abdrazakov... —
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Special offer. Donizetti & Bellini: Allegro io son
Bel Canto Arias
Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Viktorija Miškūnaitė (soprano), Liudas Mikalauskas (bass), Andrius Apsega (bass)
Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Kaunas State Choir, Constantine Orbelian
Lawrence Brownlee is the real thing; a genuine bel canto tenor whose new recording amply fulfils the promise of his earlier Rossini recital…[there is] admirable diction in a pair of Donizetti... —
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