Opera, Zarzuelas
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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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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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The Bridge CD is a live performance from the 2004 Caramoor Festival. Its star, without a doubt, is the great mezzo Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, who died less than two years later. ...Hunt Lieberson... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2008, Editor's Choice
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Everything here (not least the filmic arrangements) is overheated in the best sense…Her sheer joy in choosing and singing this repertoire is tangible. A holiday romance it may be, but enjoy... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Female Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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Special offer. Preludes & Choruses from Zarzuelas
(a distinctive and historic form of Spanish operetta)
Comunidad de Madrid Orchestra & Chorus, Miguel Roa
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Patricia Petibon: Melancolia
Spanish Arias and Songs
Patricia Petibon (soprano), with Susan Manoff, Joël Grare, with Daniel Manzanas
Orquesta nacional de España, Josep Pons
There's a pleasingly rich core to Petibon's voice besides the coloratura heights she's renowned for. She performs with total commitment and without fear and this injects everything she sings... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2012, Editor's Choice
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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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Special offer. Arias de Zarzuela Barroca
María Bayo (soprano)
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2004, Editor's Choice
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Not every track is a winner, and Calleja has yet to develop a Pavarotti-like embrace of this repertoire. But to most of these songs...the Maltese tenor brings a beguiling elegance, supported... —
