Opera, Opera Arias, Strauss, R (composer)
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Hewitt’s spacious, uncluttered approach revels unashamedly in the pianism while still letting the original songs sing. The real treats are Hewitt’s own arrangements...In all, this beautifully... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, Instrumental Choice
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Lise Davidsen sings Wagner and Strauss
RecommendedLise Davidsen (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Davidsen is no ordinary singer. Throughout the whole album one marvels at the voice, its easy grandeur and sheer size, its steely focus and security… The timbre has a default cool beauty but... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st May 2019
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Record Review, 8th June 2019, Record of the Week
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Diapason d’Or, Summer Issue 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Vocal
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year
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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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Special offer. Miroir(s)
Opera Arias
Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie Pyrénées Méditerranée, Michael Schønwandt
This is [Dreisig’s] debut album and it is phenomenally good. First there is the concept of juxtaposing arias for the same dramatic character by different composers…Next, stylistic variety enables... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2018, Opera Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Jeune Talent
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Recital
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Winner - Vocal Recital
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Grammy Awards, 35th Awards (1992), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Special offer. R. Strauss: 3 Hymns & Opera arias
Soile Isokoski (soprano)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Okko Kamu
The main attraction of the programme is the Drei Hymnen, which do not come round in recordings very often...As each of her three Straussian heroines, she embodies a very touching, human vulnerability. —
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This CD represents something of a triumph not for one young artist but for two. ENO's new music director, Edward Gardner, conducts the accompaniments, with the Academy of St Martin's on fine... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2007, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2007, Disc of the Month
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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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Rangwanasha’s vocal vocabulary is dominated by her lush legato and a healthy vibrato that could easily steamroller everything she sings – but does not. Meaning isn’t aggressively articulated... —
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The tenor’s intelligence and his experience as a lieder singer and Mozart interpreter bring their own rewards...I can’t really see the essentially lyric character of Behle’s voice changing much,... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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