CD, Moniuszko (composer)
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the rare beauty of Orliński’s countertenor makes the whole recital an unusually introspective experience – and by any standards of Polish song recitals, this is an extraordinarily wide programme,... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th May 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Male Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Vocal
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Stanislaw Moniuszko: Requiem Aeternam
Ingrida Gapova (soprano), Marion Eckstein (mezzo-soprano), Sebastian Mach (tenor), Maximilian Argmann (bass), Goldberg Baroque Ensemble, Gellert Ensemble, Andrzej Szadejko
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Choral
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Moniuszko: Cantatas 'Milda' & 'Nijola'
Ewa Wolak (mezzo-soprano), Sylwester Smulczyński (tenor), Robert Gierlach (baritone), Wioletta Chodowicz (soprano), Maria Jaskulska-Chrenowicz (soprano), Szymon Kobylinski (bass), Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra, Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, Łukasz Borowicz
This is Slavic mysticism at its best...And the performances are wonderful – soprano Wioletta Chodowicz in particular, the eponymous lead in both works, has a fabulous richness of timbre combined... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2020, Editor's Choice
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Moniuszko: Halka (4 Act Italian Version)
Tina Gorina, Monika Ledzion-Porczynska, Matheus Pompeu, Robert Gierlach, Rafal Siwek, Karol Kozlowski
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi
New textures are revealed in the playing of Europa Galante, full of lightness and colour, and Biondi finds authentic snap in the rhythms, not least in the invigorating mazurka that closes Act... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2019
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International Opera Awards, 2020, Nominated - Complete Opera Recording
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Jontek’s aria from Stanisław Moniuszko’s Halka is a lovely nod to the heritage of Alagna’s wife, soprano Aleksandra Kurzak, and Lensky’s ‘Kuda, kuda’ (from Eugene Onegin) is genuinely touching,... —
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This is a full-length piece with substantial amounts of dialogue, largely couched in an attractive lighter vein that recalls the French opéra-comique tradition and may even be seen as prefiguring... —
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Opera, January 2022, Disc of the Month
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Magda Molendowska’s Halka is wonderful. Her voice is vibrant, capable of lovely soft singing that never loses tonal body, and equally capable of expressing pain and anger without the sound turning... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Opera
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Moniuszko & Melcer-Szczawinski
From the Stanislaw Moniuszko International Competition of Polish Music 2019 Vol. 1
Katarzyna Gluza (violin), Karalina Orsik-Sauter (viola), Paulina Marcisz (violin), Dominika Szczypka (cello), Paulina Woś (violin), Agata Habera (violin), Katarzyna Cichoń (cello), Anna Wieczorek (viola), Eryk Parchański (piano), Daniel Ziomko (piano), Alina Andriuti (piano), Ivan Shemchuk (piano),...
