Choral, Verdi (composer)
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Verdi: Requiem
RecommendedAnja Harteros (soprano), Elīna Garanča (mezzo), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), René Pape (bass)
Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Daniel Barenboim
Barenboim's interpretative view is grand in conception, with the La Scala performers offering him sufficient depth and richness of tone...the four soloists form a quartet finely balanced in... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th September 2013
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2013, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Verdi: Messa Da Requiem
Jessye Norman (soprano), Agnes Baltsa (alto), Jose Carreras (tenor), Yevgeny Nesterenko (bass), Chor und Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Riccardo Muti
At 35 José Carreras was nearly in the prime bloom of his voice; he sings the “Ingemisco” with style and no signs of operatic excess. Baltsa is also memorable for her musical, totally sincere... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Historical
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Verdi: Requiem
RecommendedAnja Harteros (soprano), Sonia Ganassi (mezzo), Rolando Villazon (tenor), René Pape (bass)
Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Coro dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
Pappano's conducting maintains a firm control of his forces, showing a sense of drama that includes an awareness of the importance of some crucial moments of silence. Pappano's soloists are... —
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Building a Library, October 2015, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2009, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Winner - Choral
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2010, Choral Award Winner
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Verdi: Requiem
and Quattro Pezzi Sacri
Joan Sutherland (soprano), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) & Martti Talvela (bass)
Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Chicago Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
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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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Gianandrea Noseda: Ten Years of Musica Italiana
BBC Philharmonic & Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino, Gianandrea Noseda
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Verdi: Inno Delle Nazioni Quatro Pezzi Sacri
Freddie De Tommaso (tenor), Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Milan, Riccardo Chailly
The soloist is Freddie De Tommaso, who is in exciting voice as the Bard: indeed it is hard to imagine the tenor part being sung more thrillingly.
The People – here the chorus of La Scala, together... —Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Choral
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Verdi: Requiem
RecommendedBarbara Frittoli (soprano), Olga Borodina (mezzo), Mario Zeffiri (tenor), Ildar Abdrazakov (bass)
Chicago Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
...much remains of the potency of [Muti's] classic 1979 recording...The Dies Irae, for instance, retains all his customary bite and fury...Frittoli's substantial soprano charts the emotions... —
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Grammy Awards, 53rd Awards (2010), Best Choral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 53rd Awards (2010), Classical Album of the Year
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Verdi: Requiem
Margaret Price (soprano), Livia Budai (mezzo soprano), Giuseppe Giacomini (tenor) & Robert Lloyd (bass)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Jesús López-Cobos
The heroes are the London Philharmonic Choir members: trained by Richard Cooke, they are gloriously full-toned in loud passages and capable of the merest whisper without losing pitch. The orchestra,... —
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