Opera, Bononcini, G B (composer)
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From her gut-punch climactic notes to the buttery evenness of her register, Zaïcik’s command is exhilarating. I love especially how she applies vibrato...Stillness is the ensemble’s collective... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2021, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Facce d'Amore
RecommendedJakub Józef Orliński (countertenor)
Il Pomo d’Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
It's music by Luca Antonio Predieri (a nearcontemporary of Handel’s) that really hits the mark. Predieri’s gentle lyricism and clean lines suit Orliński’s soft-grained voice well. He’s no convincing... —
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th December 2019
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International Opera Awards, 2020, Winner - Solo Recital Recording
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Recital
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Stutzmann’s deep burgundy contralto, like a freakishly rich, wide-ranging countertenor, is the perfect fit for this repertoire...[Her] characterisation and vocal colouring are always true and... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Crowe and Bevan recreate two prime donne through their own blazing talents. —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Recital
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Rivals: Arias for Farinelli & Co.
David Hansen (countertenor)
Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro de Marchi
the programme showcases Hansen's formidable technique and flexibility as he flits from quick-fire coloratura to long-breathed cantilena...Hansen dazzles throughout with his vocal fireworks...de... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2013, Opera Choice
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A Royal Trio: Bononcini, Ariosti, Handel
Arias & Scenes
Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor)
La Nuova Musica, David Bates
This is an exceptionally interesting and well researched release…The playing is superb throughout. —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2014, Editor's Choice
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Joan Sutherland Collector’s Album: Rare Broadcasts
Joan Sutherland (soprano), with Norma Procter (mezzo), Thomas Hemsley (tenor), Dennis Brain (horn), Richard Bonynge (piano), Ernest Lush (piano), with April Cantelo (soprano)
Capella Coloniensis, Goldsborough Orchestra, Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra,...
This collection of broadcast material shows Sutherland's amazing precision and tonal clarity —
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Special offer. 1600: Masterpieces of 17th-century Italian Instrumental Music
Mauro Lopes Ferreira, Nicholas Robinson (violins), Ettore Belli (viola), Luca Peverini cello), Ugo di Giovanni (theorbo) & Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord, organ & director)
Concerto Italiano
Concerto Italiano's lean ensemble of a string quartet, harpsichord and archlute plays the descending chromatic figures in a lamentful Fantasie from Rossi's Orfeo with finesse and sensitivity...Alessandrini's... —
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Joan Sutherland: The Operas 1959-1970
Joan Sutherland (soprano), Richard Bonynge, John Pritchard, Ferdinand Leitner, Adrian Boult, Nino Sanzogno
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As soon as Danco starts to sing, her identity is unmistakable, a bright, vibrant voice, impassioned in its delivery, with perfect diction and an intuitive grasp of text. ‘The Decca Recitals’... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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