Opera, Monteverdi (composer)
-
Charlston's mezzo is as dark and full-bodied as a good claret, and she offers highly expressive readings of the texts, plumbing their depths with cut-glass diction and a glorious range of colours... —
Awards:
-
Presto Editor's Choice, May 2022
-
BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, Choral & Song Choice
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Winner - Vocal
-
Gramophone Awards, 2023 Winners, Concept Album of the Year
-
-
This is perfect ground for Lindsey and Cohen, both extremely accomplished and transformative performers of Baroque music...Her extraordinary vocal evocations are complemented throughout by the... —
Awards:
-
Presto Editor's Choice, May 2021
-
Gramophone Magazine, July 2021, Editor's Choice
-
BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, Opera Choice
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Vocal
-
-
Special offer. Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea
Sonya Yoncheva (Poppea), Kate Lindsey (Nerone), Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
Cognitive dissonance reigns as gorgeous music engulfs a drama about moral implosion. —
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine, November 2019, Opera Choice
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Nominee – Baroque Vocal
-
Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee – Conductor of the Year
-
-
Treasures of Baroque Opera
RecommendedJanet Baker, Teresa Berganza, Catherine Bott, Luciano Pavarotti
Awards:
-
Penguin Guide, Rosette
-
-
The Red Priest’s cello concertos flaunt Kobekina’s electrifying virtuosity and the high-octane playing of the Basel Chamber Orchestra under violinist Julia Schröder’s spirited direction. Yet... —
Awards:
-
Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Young Talent of the Year
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Assorted Programs
-
-
The Cendrillon aria suits her talents closely, with her ethereal tone and confident coloratura skills. There’s some real magic here. Mendelssohn’s fairy-song ‘Neue Liebe’ has just the right... —
Awards:
-
Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year
-
Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Solo Vocal
-
-
Special offer. In War & Peace
RecommendedHarmony Through Music
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo)
Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
Though the top of her voice is wiry under pressure, her coloratura is tightly sprung, her diction is flawless, and her phrasing of the often underrated poetry is sympathetic and sophisticated…Il... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, November 2016, Editor's Choice
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
-
Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Recital
-
ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
-
Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Classical Solo Vocal Album
-
Opera, January 2017, Recording of the Month
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Special offer. Monteverdi - Teatro d'Amore
RecommendedNuria Rial (soprano), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Cyril Auvity (tenor), Jan van Elsacker (tenor) & Joaõ Fernandes (bass)
L’Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar
The gorgeous singing of the soloists and stylish instrumental performances, though dazzling and gimlet-eyed, are also elegant and respectful without being obsequiously slavish to convention. —
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 26th January 2009
-
-
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
RecommendedEmanuela Galli (La Musica/Eurydice), Mirko Guadagnini (Orfeo), Marina De Liso (Messaggiera), Cristina Calzolari (Proserpina), Matteo Bellotto (Plutone), Josè Lo Monaco (Speranza), Salvo Vitale (Caronte), Vincenzo Di Donato (Apollo), Francesca Cassinari (Ninfa), Giovanni Caccamo (Pastore I), Makoto...
Emanuela Galli (Euridice/La Musica) is splendid in voice and emotion and Mirko Guadagnini (Orfeo) is arresting in the low-lying lamenting sections of Act V but rather dry in the upper range. —
Awards:
-
Building a Library, November 2007, First Choice
-
Gramophone Magazine, November 2007, Editor's Choice
-
Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - Baroque Vocal
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Special offer. Monteverdi: Il Delirio Della Passione
Anna Lucia Richter (soprano), Luca Pianca, Ensemble Claudiana
Richter’s declamatory storytelling reaches an impressive peak in the Lamento d’Arianna where every device of characterisation and emotional evocation is brilliantly deployed, including a collapse... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, May 2021, Editor's Choice
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
-
