Choral, Rossini (composer)
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Rossini: Messa di Gloria
RecommendedEleonora Buratto (soprano), Teresa Iervolino (contralto), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Michael Spyres (tenor), Carlo Lepore (bass), Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
Pappano and the combined choral and orchestral forces of the Accademia Nazionale de Santa Cecilia who exuberantly inhabit a work that seems determined to throw a wild, operatic flourish up to... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th October 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Winner - Choral Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year (Spyres)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Special offer. Rossini: Stabat Mater
RecommendedHelen Field (soprano), Della Jones (contralto), Arthur Davies (tenor), Roderick Earle (bass)
London Symphony Chorus, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
Hickox rightly presents Rossini's Stabat Mater warmly and with gutsy strength...All four soloists here are first rate, not Italianate of tone but full and warm, and the London Symphony Chorus... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Rossini: Stabat Mater
RecommendedAnna Netrebko (soprano), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (bass)
Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
There is no shortage of good recordings of Rossini's Stabat Mater, but few do this gloriously uplifting work as much justice as Antonio Pappano's new recording...There is a compelling commitment... —
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Building a Library, April 2011, First Choice
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2011, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Joyce DiDonato: Diva, Divo
RecommendedJoyce DiDonato (mezzo)
Orchestre et Choeur de L'Opéra National De Lyon, Kazushi Ono
Proof of DiDonato's consummate musicianship is everywhere here...For sheer beauty of tone, legato that defies gravity and singing that restores your faith in human nature, listen last of all... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Recital
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2011, Opera Choice
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Grammy Awards, 54th Awards (2011), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Opera, June 2011, Recording of the Month
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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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Verdi: Quattro Pezzi Sacri
Gesine Nowakowski (soprano), Gijs Leenaars, Annemarie Moorcroft (viola), Jakub Sawicki (organ), Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
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Record Review, 19th February 2022, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Choral Music
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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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Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
RecommendedMarina Rebeka (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Francesco Meli (tenor), Alex Esposito (bass)
Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Sir Antonio Pappano
Pappano opts for a strong-limbed, purposeful approach that has the music sounding neither trite nor portentous, pleasingly bringing together its charm and expansiveness...The four high-quality... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd April 2013
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Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
RecommendedDaniela Dessi (soprano), Gloria Scalchi (mezzo), Giuseppe Sabbatini (tenor), Michele Pertusi (bass-baritone)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly
A proper representative of the orchestrated version of the Petite messe has been long overdue.
Chailly's performance is a glorious heartwarming affair. Not that you're likely to be convinced... —Awards:
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Building a Library, May 2001, Recommended Orchestral Version
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Building a Library, November 2018, Also Recommended
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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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