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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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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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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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Aleksandra Kurzak: Gioia!
RecommendedAleksandra Kurzak (soprano), Francesco Demuro (tenor)
Orchestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Omer Meir Wellber
Kurzak impresses as a coloratura soprano of the old school —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th February 2012
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Opera, April 2012, Recording of the Month
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Mariusz Kwiecien: Slavic Heroes
RecommendedMariusz Kwiecien (baritone)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz
[His signature roles] suggest a certain dashing Italianate quality that's refelcted in his voice: lighter, less rich and chocolatey than some Slavic rivals, for example Dmitri Hvorostovsky.... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th January 2012
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Opera, February 2012, Recording of the Month
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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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Music of Polish Soul | Songs By Moniuszko and Karlowicz
Piotr Beczala (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano)
Beczała is one of today’s most important operatic tenors, and it is gratifying to see that he can scale his style down to a more intimate level so as not to overwhelm these songs. This release... —
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Diapason d’Or, April 2020, Nouveauté
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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),...
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