Adriano
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Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini
Christina Vasileva, Martin Muhle, Juan Orozco, Adriano Graziani, Kim-Lillian Strebel, Benedicte Tauran, Sally Wilson & Marija Jokovic
Freiburger Kammerchor, Opern- und Extrachor des Theater Freiburg, Vokalensemble der Hochschule fur Musik, Freiburg & Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg,...
This new CPO set, the first, as far as I’m aware, to present the score uncut, fills an important gap, giving us a well-engineered modern account of the work...But it’s also an excellent achievement... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2016, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Opera
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Special offer. Bliss - Christopher Columbus
Silvia Cápová (piano)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Male Choir, Adriano
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Special offer. Wagner: Rienzi
Peter Bronder (Rienzi), Christiane Libor (Irene), Falk Struckmann (Steffano Colonna), Claudia Mahnke (Adriano), Daniel Schmutzhard (Paolo Orsini), Alfred Reiter (Kardinal Orvieto)
Frankfurter Opern-und Museums-orchester & Chor der Oper Frankfurt, Sebastian Weigle
If Bronder lacks the last ounce of heroic razzmatazz...there is not a note or tone in this impressive reading which is not convincingly struck. His colleagues are in like form...Recording quality... —
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Special offer. Pergolesi: Adriano in Siria
Marina Comparato (Adriano), Lucia Cirillo (Emirena), Annamaria Dell’Oste (Farnaspe), Nicole Heaston (Sabina), Stefano Ferrari (Osroa) & Francesca Lombardi (Aquilio Tribuno)
Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone (conductor) & Ignacio García (director)
Top marks go to conductor and director for giving the music space to breathe. The vocal cast is almost uniformly brilliant. The tension between unbridled feeling and duty's constraints - a tension... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2012, DVD of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2012, DVD Choice
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Special offer. Pergolesi: Adriano in Siria
Marina Comparato (Adriano), Lucia Cirillo (Emirena), Annamaria Dell’Oste (Farnaspe), Nicole Heaston (Sabina), Stefano Ferrari (Osroa) & Francesca Lombardi (Aquilio Tribuno)
Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone (conductor) & Ignacio García (director)
Top marks go to conductor and director for giving the music space to breathe. The vocal cast is almost uniformly brilliant. The tension between unbridled feeling and duty's constraints - a tension... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2012, Blu-ray of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2012, DVD & Blu-ray Choice
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Veracini: Adriano en Siria
Sonia Prina (Adriano), Ann Hallenberg (Farnaspe), Roberta Invernizzi (Emirena), Romino Basso (Sabina), Lucia Cirillo (Idalma), Ugo Guagliardo (Osroa)
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
Biondi reveals the score's potential with perfect pacing, breathless silences and towering affective climaxes, leaving you wanting more even after three hours...Hallenberg delivers peak-career... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2015, Editor's Choice
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Pergolesi: Adriano in Siria
RecommendedFranco Fagioli (Farnaspe), Romina Basso (Emirena), Yuriy Mynenko (Adriano), Dilyara Idrisova (Sabina), Juan Sancho (Osroa), Cigdem Soyarsl (Aquilio)
Capella Cracoviensis, Jan Tomasz Adamus
Fagioli traverses two octaves of fioritura seamlessly, many times, and is well-matched by Yuriy Mynenko as a suave Adriano. Tenor Juan Sancho has juicier recitatives to work with as Osroa, King... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Suppe: Extremum Judicium (Requiem Oratorio)
Wilfried Zelinka (bass), Margareta Klobucar (soprano), Dshamilja Kaiser (alto), Taylan Reinhard (tenor)
Choir and Extra-Choir of Oper Graz & Grazer Philharmonisches Orchester, Adriano Martinolli D'Arcy
