Vocal, Rossini (composer)
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Coming soon. Joyce & Tony
RecommendedLive at the Wigmore Hall
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) & Antonio Pappano (piano)
both of these artists know how to deliver popular material with skill and grace...[in the Haydn] DiDonato's interpretative imagination matches Tony Pappano's thoughtful and pianistic approach...[Pappano]... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Solo Vocal
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Grammy Awards, 58th Awards (2015), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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International Classical Music Awards, 2016, Winner - Vocal Recital
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The Maltese tenor is on top form, his voice rich and fluid, with lovely, pure Latin colours and keen textual enunciation, the result achieving those hard-to-define qualities of conviction and... —
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Special offer. Sì, Sì, Sì, Sì!
RecommendedRossini Opera Arias & Duets
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto), Patrizia Ciofi (soprano)
Orchestre national de Montpellier Occitanie, Enrique Mazzola
Lemieux is paired with the dreamy, soft soprano of Patrizia Ciofi and their voices intertwine very nicely in the Norma-like consecutive thirds of Tancredi’s ‘Lasciami: non t’ascolto’. The celebrated... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Recital
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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This eclectic, if not eccentric song recital by the musically promiscuous French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky should not work. That it does, and so convincingly, is down to the fastidious... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th October 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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The Record of Singing – The Very Best of Volumes 1-4
RecommendedFrom 1899 to the end of the 78 era: 1899-1952
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Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Historic vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Historical
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Historic vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Historic Reissue
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Gramophone Awards, 1977, Winner - Historical
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Casta Diva
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano, soprano), Maria Goldschmidt (flute), Una Prelle (harp), Daniel Pezzotti (cello), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Sumi Jo (soprano), Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), Alessandro Corbelli (baritone), Celso Albelo (tenor), Luca Pisaroni (baritone), James Levine (piano), Bryn Terfel...
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Songs by Schubert’s friends and contemporaries
Eighty-one songs by forty composers who lived and worked during Schubert’s lifetime
Susan Gritton, Ann Murray, Stella Doufexis (soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), Gerald Finley (bass) & Graham Johnson (piano)
Abetted by Johnson's lucid pianism, the singers nicely judge the scale and character of their allotted songs. Susan Gritton, her timbre, richer and more flavoursome than a decade ago, is equally... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2006, Editor's Choice
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Nadine Sierra & Pretty Yende in Concert
Nadine Sierra, Pretty Yende (soprano), Les Frivolités Parisiennes, Giacomo Sagripanti
A pair of divas strutting their stuff is irresistible...the repertoire is everything you would expect, but both sopranos stamp their own identity on their familiar music...All credit to Giacomo... —
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Karg’s angelic soprano – light and buttery – is perfect for this charming repertoire and she does it full justice in winning performances —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd December 2021
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Close Harmony
Patrick Dunachie (countertenor), Edward Button (countertenor), Julian Gregory (tenor), Christopher Bruerton (baritone), Nick Ashby (baritone), Jonathan Howard (bass-baritone), Misha Mullov-Abbado (double bass), Liam Dunachie, King's Singers
It’s certainly a generous helping and there is no denying the artistry of both the singers and arrangers. It’s a heady mix from ‘Crocodile Rock’ to The Barber of Seville, though the highlight... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2024
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