Opera, Opera Arias, Catalani (composer)
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Anima Rara
RecommendedErmonela Jaho (soprano), Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Andrea Battistoni
She has a slender tone, definitely more lyric than spinto, and is often so deeply invested in her role that it’s not always a very ‘pretty’ sound. Yet it’s exactly these qualities that are her... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th September 2020
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2020, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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this is Rolls-Royce singing, the voice a finely tuned engine whose expressive powers go from zero to off-the-dial in seconds as an introspective pianissimo builds to an outburst of unleashed... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Solo Vocal Recording of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Anna Netrebko: Verismo
RecommendedAnna Netrebko (soprano), Yusif Eyvazov (tenor)
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
all sung with plenty of voice and abandon...when she settles into a long extract from Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, with tenor husband Yusif Eyvazov and Antonio Pappano conducting, the recital hits... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd September 2016
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2016, Winner - Récital Vocal
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Renée Fleming - Verismo
RecommendedRenée Fleming, with Saito Kaoru, Lucia Mencaroni, Barbara Vignudelli, with Paolo Cautoruccio, Marco Calabrese, Saito Kaoru, Annalisa Dessi, Carlos Gomez, Gilles Armani and Choir, with Arturo Chacón-Cruz, with Emma Latis, with Arturo Chacón-Cruz and Emma Latis, Barbara Vignudelli and Choir, with Jonas...
At its best… verismo's emotional immediacy is a gift to a performer like Renée Fleming, her voice combining luscious tone and intensity. —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2009, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 52nd Awards (2009), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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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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Italian Opera Arias
Renata Scotto (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Renato Bruson (baritone), Elena Obraztsova (mezzo-soprano)
Gianandrea Gavazzeni
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Special offer. Remembering Tebaldi
Melody Moore (soprano), Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
Does Moore sound like Tebaldi? Not exactly: a track-by-track comparison reveals subtle differences in timbre and interpretation. But this is an act of homage, not impersonation, and Tebaldi’s... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Special offer. Alessandra Marc: American Diva
Alessandra Marc (soprano)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Heinz Wallberg
Alessandra Marc may just be the soprano we've been waiting for. Her first recital disc, on Delos, is a stunner — it displays a huge, beautiful voice capable of great expression, filled with... —
