Opera, Opera Arias, Lehár (composer)
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Special offer. Baritenor
RecommendedMichael Spyres (baritenor), Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Marko Letonja
Spyres has a remarkable range and is a consummate vocal chameleon too...in a truly remarkable finale to his ‘Largo al factotum’, Rossini’s Figaro is indeed all things to all men vocally. What... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th September 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2021, Recording of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, October 2021, Nouveauté
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Opera, December 2021, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2021
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Winner - Voice & Ensemble
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Kaleidoscope
RecommendedFatma Said (soprano), Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Sascha Goetzel
Said vaults effortlessly across stylistic boundaries, often via dazzling arrangements by her collaborator Tim Allhoff. And that Whitney Houston track? Even diehard sceptics will be moved by... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd September 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year & Solo Vocal
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Three Tenors - Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti in Concert (1990)
RecommendedJosé Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta
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Grammy Awards, 33rd Awards (1990), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Special offer. Destination Paris
Gautier Capuçon (cello), Jérôme Ducros (piano, harpsichord), Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Maîtrise de Radio France, Lionel Bringuier
This is a lighthearted romp through French pop culture, with fromage aplenty. Accompanied variously by pianist Jérôme Ducros and the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris under Lionel Bringuier, Capuçon... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Elîna Garanča: Habanera
RecommendedElîna Garanča (mezzo), Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Coro Filarmonico del Regio di Torino, Karel Mark Chichon
Garanča's is a medium-scale mezzo approach, elegant and devoid of ugly lurches into chest voice. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd August 2010
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2010, Editor's Choice
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You Mean the World to Me
RecommendedJonas Kaufmann (tenor), Julia Kleiter (soprano)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Jochen Rieder
Kaufmann offers a more intimate, less full-throated approach than [Tauber or Schmidt], but it's highly effective and both his musicianship and his attention to text are characteristically impeccable.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Opera Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th September 2014
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2017
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Hers is a full, fleshy soprano with a tone one might suggest has a slightly Nordic quality (her name implies a Scandinavian background). She possesses a good vocal range – less so, perhaps,... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year, Solo Vocal & Young Talent
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Her voice has the typical ring and timbre of a Latin singer - she hails originally from Puerto Rico - and she has the spirited delivery that goes with the Latin temperament. …best of all are... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2006, Editor's Choice
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Lesser-known French Romantic repertoire is brought to shimmering light thanks to Behr’s honeyed vocals and the luxuriant accompaniment. —
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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