Traetta
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New. Arias for Giovanni Rubinelli
Filippo Mineccia (countertenor), Istante Collective, Alexandra Tarniceru
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Special offer. Forgotten Arias
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Le Concert de la Loge, Julien Chauvin
He tears up and down the runs, ornamenting at will, and offers great firework cadenzas that draw us into the situation and emotion. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2023
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - World Premiere Recording of the Year
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Che puro ciel
The Rise of Classical Opera
Bejun Mehta (counter-tenor)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs
Jacobs and Bejun Mehta unleash the primal energies buried in magnificent yet largely forgotten operas...Jacobs's abrupt tempo twists, the instrumentalists' boldness and the chorus's power make... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2014, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Finalist - Recital
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Coming soon. Semiramide - La Signora Regale
RecommendedArias & Scenes from Porpora to Rossini
Anna Bonitatibus (mezzo-soprano)
Accademia degli Astrusi, Federico Ferri
There is much coloratura and here, as elsewhere, Anna Bonitatibus is spot-on...This set, sumptuously illustrated, is an absolute must-have. —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Recital
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Sturm Und Drang, Vol. 1
RecommendedBeck, Gluck, Haydn, Jommelli, Traetta
Chiara Skerath, The Mozartists, Ian Page
The Mozartists play this repertoire with a mix of urgent spirit and plumbed depths…Skerath voices the various heroes and heroines, exploring the full emotional range of the lesser-known parts... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Building A Library, February 2022, Also Recommended
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Tommaso Traetta: Rex Salomon
Grace Durham, Magdalena Pluta, Suzanne Jerosme, Eleonora Bellocci, Marie-Eve Munger, Theresia Orchestra, NovoCanto, Christophe Rousset
Some of these spaciously brilliant arias sound extremely demanding, and the five soloists cope with them admirably, Suzanne Jerosme, Marie-Eve Munger and Eleonora Bellocci especially, even if... —
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Baroque Gender Stories
Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano), Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor)
Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner
Wolfgang Katschner and Lautten Compagney provide lean, skilfully balanced and astute theatrical support. Clever artistic programming means that each half starts with a striking overture and... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2019
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Special offer. L'Olimpiade: The Opera
RecommendedRomina Basso (Megacle), Franziska Gottwald (Licida), Karina Gauvin (Argene), Nicholas Phan (Clistene), Ruth Rosique (Aristea), Nicholas Spanos (Aminta)
Venice Baroque Orchestra, Markellos Chryssicos
Within individual numbers the performances can be thrilling...the band nimbly negotiates the huge range of effects demanded by this composite score...Franziska Gottwald is spellbinding in Vivaldi's... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd July 2012
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Traetta: Ifigenia in Tauride
Rocío Pérez (Ifigenia), Rafal Tomkiewicz (Oreste), Suzanne Jerosme (Pilade), Alasdair Kent (Toante), Karolina Bengtsson (Dori); Les Talens Lyriques, Novo Canto, Christophe Rousset
The vocally arresting cast is led by Rocío Pérez as an eloquent Iphigenia and countertenor Rafał Tomkiewicz as her tormented brother, Orestes...Rousset - a long-time champion of Traetta's operas... —
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