Opera, Lalo (composer)
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L'Opéra
Recommendeddeluxe version
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Ludovic Tézier (baritone)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Bertrand de Billy
Kaufmann is a consummate artist who rethinks everything that he sings…You can almost forgive the hooded, crooner-like tone that [he] favours when his characters are interrogating their souls.... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th September 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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International Opera Awards, 2018, Nominated - Solo Recital
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L'Opéra
Recommendedjewelcase version
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Ludovic Tézier (baritone), Sonya Yoncheva (soprano)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Bertrand de Billy
Kaufmann is a consummate artist who rethinks everything that he sings…You can almost forgive the hooded, crooner-like tone that [he] favours when his characters are interrogating their souls.... —
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th September 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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International Opera Awards, 2018, Nominated - Solo Recital
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Elīna Garanča: Romantique
Elīna Garanča (mezzo)
Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Yves Abel
She describes herself as a lyric mezzo, but many roles here suggest considerable power, emphasised by the echoey recording...Her French isn't perfect, but it's very good, and she relishes the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2013, Editor's Choice
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French Opera Arias
RecommendedRoberto Alagna (tenor)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, London Voices, Bertrand de Billy
This is an interestingly put together recital which manages to illuminate much of the tenor repertoire in 19th century French opera (and early) whilst mixing the known and the unknown. Of course,... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2001, Winner - Recital
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Special offer. Lalo: Le roi d'Ys
Janine Micheau (Rozenn), Rita Gorr (Margared), Henri Legay (Mylio), Jean Borthayre (Karnac), Pierre Savignol (Le Roi), Jacques Mars (Saint Corentin) & Serge Rallier (Jahel)
Chœurs et Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion française, André Cluytens
Lalo could only have dreamed of this cast. The sound may be boxy and the chorus muffled but Janine Micheau is sweet toned as the nice girl and Rita Gorr supreme as the wicked Margared. —
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2018, Collectionneur
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French Arias
Petr Nekoranec (vocalist), Zuzana Marková (vocalist), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Franklin
His relatively light, clear tenor voice with a hint of bravura suits the livelier pieces well. In Donizetti’s Ah! Mes amis!’ for example, both he and the orchestra easily negotiate the mercurial... —
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Nathan Milstein the U.S. Armed Forces Studio Recordings
Nathan Milstein (violin), Valentin Pavlovsky, Artur Balsam (piano), Joseph Kahn, NBC Symphony Orchestra, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler
They’re beautifully played. Milstein’s fingered octaves in the Schubert are pristine, and Poldini’s Dancing Doll in the Kreisler arrangement has real rhythmic buoyancy and flair. —
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