Opera, Cherubini (composer)
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Lise Davidsen: Beethoven - Wagner - Verdi
RecommendedLise Davidsen (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder
Her voice reminds me now of Birgit Nilsson’s at the same stage, an Elsa and Sieglinde who is a Brünnhilde in waiting, with the same thrilling edge to her top register, though she isn’t lacking... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd April 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
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Rivales
RecommendedSandrine Piau (soprano), Véronique Gens (soprano), Le Concert de la Loge, Julien Chauvin
I don’t know about any rivalry here, but Gens and Piau, both of whom have complete mastery over this repertoire, function extremely well individually (as one might expect) and in duo. They are... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2022
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Opera, June 2022, Disc of the Month
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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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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Winners, Winner - Voice & Ensemble
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Boulevard des Italiens
RecommendedBenjamin Bernheim (tenor), Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Frédéric Chaslin
There’s something of the young Roberto Alagna about Bernheim’s tenor, a bright, open sound, unforced and with a sunny smile in his voice. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th April 2022
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Opera, August 2022, Disc of the Month
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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, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year, Conductor of the Year & Solo Vocal
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Special offer. Véronique Gens : Tragediennes 2 (from Gluck to Berlioz)
Véronique Gens (soprano)
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
…a wonderful odyssey through late Baroque to early Romantic French opera. Gens's agile voice is the perfect vehicle to cope with these emotional extremes, from the enchanting to the chilling.... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2009, Editor's Choice
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Opera, October 2009, Recording of the Month
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Special offer. Ne me refuse pas: French Opera Arias
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto)
Orchestre National de France, Fabien Gabel
This procession of femmes fatales, schemers and innocents has a point to make, and it's not just the singer's ability to get under their skin...it shows them as part of a larger movement: the... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Recital
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Opera, June 2011, Recording of the Month
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Warner Classics has reissued a complete set of Wilhelm Furtwängler’s studio recordings, reuniting for the first time Deutsche Grammophon, Polydor, HMV, Decca and Telefunken in one release. This... —
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Diapason d’Or, October 2021, Réédition
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Winner - Historical
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Arias for Luigi Marchesi
The great castrato of the Napoleonic era
Ann Hallenberg (mezzo)
Stile Galante, Stefano Aresi
There is perhaps no singer better able to meet this challenge than Swedish mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg: her rich timbre, the evenness of her register and the precision of her intonation evoke... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2015, Opera 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. L'Olimpiade: The Opera
RecommendedRomina Basso (Megacle), Franziska Gottwald (Licida), Karina Gauvin (Argene), Nicholas Phan (Clistene), Ruth Rosique (Aristea), Nicholas Spanos (Aminta)
Venice Baroque Orchestra, Markellos Chryssicos
Within individual numbers the performances can be thrilling...the band nimbly negotiates the huge range of effects demanded by this composite score...Franziska Gottwald is spellbinding in Vivaldi's... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd July 2012
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Special offer. Cherubini: Medea
Maria Callas (Medea), Jon Vickers (Giasone), Fiorenza Cossotto (Neris), Nicola Zaccaria (Creonte), Joan Carlyle (Glauce), Mary Wells (First Maidservant), Elizabeth Rust (Second Maidservant) & David Allen (Captain of the Guard)
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus & Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno
[This version] would have small claims to be authentic...What is authentic is the passion and intensity that Callas brings to would become one of her greatest roles...The supporting cast is... —
