CD, Mascagni (composer)
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Arias
RecommendedJonathan Tetelman (tenor), Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, Karel Mark Chichon
After music college, Jonathan Tetelman abandoned singing and became a DJ...His is the sort of ardent, soul-baring voice you would want to be serenaded by when reclining on a chaise longue somewhere... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th August 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2022, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year, Solo Vocal & Conductor
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Young Talent of the Year
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Lise Davidsen: Beethoven - Wagner - Verdi
RecommendedLise Davidsen (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder
Her voice reminds me now of Birgit Nilsson’s at the same stage, an Elsa and Sieglinde who is a Brünnhilde in waiting, with the same thrilling edge to her top register, though she isn’t lacking... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd April 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
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Special offer. Vincerò!
RecommendedPiotr Beczala (tenor), Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Marco Boemi
This is a big voice with a warm Italianate tone and a fitting sense of the legato required for this repertoire. Verismo sobbing is kept to a minimum. Beczala knows exactly how to build the drama... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th May 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2020, Recording of the Month
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Opera, July 2020, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Opus Klassik, 2021, Male Singer of the Year
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Special offer. Vincerò!
RecommendedPiotr Beczala (tenor), Marco Boemi, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
This is a big voice with a warm Italianate tone and a fitting sense of the legato required for this repertoire. Verismo sobbing is kept to a minimum. Beczala knows exactly how to build the drama... —
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th May 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2020, Recording of the Month
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Opera, July 2020, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
RecommendedElena Souliotis (Santuzza), Mario del Monaco (Turiddu), Tito Gobbi (Alfio), Stefania Malagù (Lola), Anna Di Stasio (Lucia)
Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Silvio Varviso
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Building a Library, April 2001, First Choice
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The Maltese tenor is on top form, his voice rich and fluid, with lovely, pure Latin colours and keen textual enunciation, the result achieving those hard-to-define qualities of conviction and... —
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Special offer. Mascagni: Zanetto
Narine Yeghiyan, Yajie Zhang, Chor der Berliner Operngruppe, Orchester der Berliner Operngruppe, Felix Krieger
though Zhang is distinguishable for her mezzo colouring, both voices sound remarkably alike as if they were intentionally cast as alter egos. Conductor Felix Krieger creates a steady stream... —
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[Noseda] approaches each item with a relish and stylistic certainty that makes you sit up and listen. The playing, also, is the equivalent of what one might hear in a major opera house, and... —
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Elīna Garanča: Meditation
Elina Garanča (mezzo-soprano)
Latvian Radio Choir, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken, Karel Mark Chichon
The sustained line in the 'Laudate Dominum' by Mozart is amazing, especially given the sedate pace, and her intonation is flawless throoughout...If this collection of titles seems like a bit... —
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An enjoyable introduction to a generation of opera composers who regarded the symphony as a vital source of inspiration, and gave it an added dash of passion. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th October 2023
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