Chen Reiss
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New. Orff: Carmina Burana
Chen Reiss (soprano), Reginald Mobley (countertenor), Andrzej Filończyk (baritone), Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Opera Youth Chorus, Audivi, Jader Bignamini
Though Bignamini does allow the music room to breathe in its occasionally more tender, seductive or reflective moments, this is, in general, a maestro with eyes ablaze...Orff's much-loved 'secular... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2026, Choral Choice
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Der ferne Klang... Orchestral Works & Songs by Franz Schreker
RecommendedChen Reiss (soprano), Matthias Goerne (baritone), Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Christoph Eschenbach
The playing of the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra under Christoph Eschenbach is both meticulously prepared and wonderfully idiomatic. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2023, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th December 2023
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2023
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Immortal Beloved: Beethoven Arias
RecommendedChen Reiss (soprano), Oliver Wass (harp)
Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr
Reiss manages coloratura passages with ease, her tone bright and clear, her voice firm throughout its considerable range and she is always wonderfully in tune…The Academy of Ancient Music gives... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th March 2020
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Opera, May 2020, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Special offer. Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Chen Reiss (soprano), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov
every tempo choice seems perfect. Bychkov doesn’t make an adagio-esque meal of the radiant song that frames the innocence-versus-experience third movement...Dynamics from the quietest imaginable... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, Orchestral Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Fanny Hensel & Felix Mendelssohn: Arias, Lieder, Overtures
RecommendedChen Reiss (soprano), Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich, Daniel Großmann, Arabella Steinbacher (violin)
Reiss has a bright, warm and open tone which enhances both composers with sincerity and spontaneity...The orchestrations by Tal-Haim Samnon are reasonably satisfying, though do occasionally... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Beethoven: Missa solemnis
Chen Reiss (soprano), Varduhi Abrahamyan (mezzo), Daniel Behle (tenor), Tareq Nazmi (bass)
Le Cercle de l’Harmonie, Audi Jugendchorakademie, Jérémie Rhorer
It is Jérémie Rhorer’s uncompromising eloquence which bespeaks faith in the sublime greatness of this work, imparting its mysteries to the listener in ways that are as personally touching as... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2025, Choral & Song Choice
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Liaisons
Arias by Cimarosa, Haydn, Mozart and Salieri
Chen Reiss (soprano)
L’arte del mondo, Werner Ehrhardt
Reiss is a properly pert Despina (Cosi) and an affecting Susanna...Her attention to detail in the recitative is scrupulous...Reiss's diamond bright coloratura is a mighty weapon...All told,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, Opera Choice
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Jewish Vienna
Zemlinsky, Korngold, Mahler, Winter, Grünfeld
Chen Reiss (soprano), Daniel Grossmann, Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich
Chen Reiss delivers charmingly charismatic performances. —
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Special offer. Haydn: Opera Gala
Simone Kermes (soprano), Chen Reiss (soprano), Rainer Trost (tenor), Thomas Michael Allen (tenor), Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone), Paul Armin Edelmann (baritone), Jürgen Sacher (baritone), Ivan Paley Bass (bass)
WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln, Markus Poschner & Manuel Hernandez-Silva
I suspect many will be drawn to the set by the participation of Simone Kermes. They are unlikely to be disappointed; the role of Vespina allows full rein to Kermes’s formidable dramatic talent,... —
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Special offer. Puccini: Die Welt zum Weinen bringen - eine Hörbiografie
Mirella Freni (soprano), Liuwe Tamminga (organ), Thomas Albus (narrator), Udo Wachtveitl (narrator), Katja Schild (narrator), Stefan Hunstein (narrator), Robert Dölle (narrator), Max Simonischek (narrator), Jerzy May (narrator), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Tomislav Mužek, George Petean, Shenja Lacher...
