SACD, Puccini (composer)
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Marvellously done by John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London, played with such frequently thrilling breadth of operatic emotion as to make you immediately want to reach for one of Puccini’s... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th March 2026
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2026, Editor's Choice
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New. Puccini: Turandot
Luciano Pavarotti (Calàf), Joan Sutherland (Turandot), Montserrat Caballé (Liù), John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
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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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Puccini: La Bohème
Mirella Freni (Mimi), Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Colline), Elizabeth Harwood (Musetta), Rolando Panerai (Marcello), Gianni Maffeo (Schaunard), Michel Sénéchal (Alcindoro/Benoit), Gernot Pietsch (Parpignol)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Pavarotti is a young and ardent Rodolfo, suddenly overwhelmed by love in 'Che gelida manina'. The tone is gorgeous, the legato pilled just enough to put a lamp in your throat… Mirella Freni's... —
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Mirella Freni (Madama Butterfly), Luciano Pavarotti (B.F. Pinkerton), Christa Ludwig (Suzuki), Robert Kerns (Sharpless), Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Herbert von Karajan
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Special offer. Puccini: La fanciulla del West
RecommendedCarol Neblett (Minnie), Plácido Domingo (Dick Johnson), Sherrill Milnes (Jack Rance)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Zubin Mehta
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Gramophone Awards, 1978, Recording of the Year
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Special offer. Puccini: Il Tabarro
Melody Moore (Giorgetta), Brian Jagde (Luigi), Lester Lynch (Michele), MDR Leipzig Radio Choir, Dresdner Philharmonie, Marek Janowski
In this studio recording, the three central roles go well together, though without being strikingly individual...in their best moments both Moore and Jagde find the expansiveness to allow Puccini’s... —
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Special offer. Remembering Tebaldi
Melody Moore (soprano), Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
Does Moore sound like Tebaldi? Not exactly: a track-by-track comparison reveals subtle differences in timbre and interpretation. But this is an act of homage, not impersonation, and Tebaldi’s... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Puccini: La Bohème
Marcus Haddock (Rodolfo), Christopher Schaldenbrand (Schaunard), Fabio Capitanucci (Marcello), Denis Sedov (Colline), Norah Amsellem (Mimi), Georgia Jarman (Musetta), Kevin Glavin (Benoit/Alcindoro)
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Gwinnett Toung Singers, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert...
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Gong's voice, essentially lyrical in timbre, has a clean, ringing power to it, and he sings securely right through the range. At the moment, though, he applies a one-size-fits-all, slightly... —
