Opera, Opera Arias, Halévy (composer)
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L'Opéra
Recommendedjewelcase version
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Ludovic Tézier (baritone), Sonya Yoncheva (soprano)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Bertrand de Billy
Kaufmann is a consummate artist who rethinks everything that he sings…You can almost forgive the hooded, crooner-like tone that [he] favours when his characters are interrogating their souls.... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th September 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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International Opera Awards, 2018, Nominated - Solo Recital
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El-Khoury is never less than stylish with precisely the vocal agility that this repertoire requires. So there’s nimble and accurate coloratura and a full complement of brightly burnished top... —
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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International Opera Awards, 2018, Nominated - Solo Recital
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Opera, October 2017, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Recital
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this is not any tenor, but an artist who aspires to recreate the style of the fabled French ténor de grâce with top notes sung from the head and not the chest...Crisp diction and a graceful... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2023
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International Opera Awards, 2023, Nominated - Recording (Solo Recital)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023
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A Tribute To Pauline Viardot
RecommendedMarina Viotti (mezzo-soprano), Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
Imperceptibly Viotti makes them her own, tender but tough in Rosina’s ‘Una voce poco fa’ and producing a cascade of diamondbright coloratura in ‘Bel raggio lusinghier’, as well as an astonishing... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year & Solo Vocal
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International Opera Awards, 2023, Nominated - Recording (Solo Recital)
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Listening to the music composed for [Duprez] by a generation of French composers, you can understand the excitement he caused…this CD is more than musical archaeology. Spyres is a magnificent... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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International Opera Awards, 2018, Nominated - Solo Recital
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Opera, October 2017, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Recital
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L'Opéra
Recommendeddeluxe version
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Ludovic Tézier (baritone)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Bertrand de Billy
Kaufmann is a consummate artist who rethinks everything that he sings…You can almost forgive the hooded, crooner-like tone that [he] favours when his characters are interrogating their souls.... —
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th September 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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International Opera Awards, 2018, Nominated - Solo Recital
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Maria
RecommendedStandard CD jewel version
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Maxim Vengerov (violin)
Orchestra La Scintilla & International Chamber Soloists, Ádám Fischer
Bartoli…sings everything with vivid personality. The accompaniments are well handled under Adam Fischer. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th November 2007
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2007, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - Recital
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Nessun Dorma
Pene Pati (tenor), with Amina Edris (soprano), Amitai Pati (tenor), Orchestre National Bordeaux-Aquitaine, Emmanuel Villaume
Awards:
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2025, Solo Vocal
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Maria
RecommendedLimited Edition Hardcover Book Version
Cecilia Bartoli & Maxim Vengerov (violin)
Orchestra La Scintilla & International Chamber Soloists, Ádám Fischer
…Bartoli…sings everything with vivid personality. The accompaniments are well handled under Adam Fischer. —
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th November 2007
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2007, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Ne me refuse pas: French Opera Arias
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto)
Orchestre National de France, Fabien Gabel
This procession of femmes fatales, schemers and innocents has a point to make, and it's not just the singer's ability to get under their skin...it shows them as part of a larger movement: the... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Recital
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Opera, June 2011, Recording of the Month
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