Opera, Opera Excerpts, Offenbach (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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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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Régine Crespin - Prima Donna in Paris
Régine Crespin (soprano)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Wiener Volksopernorcheste, Alain Lombard & Georges Sebastian
The supreme French soprano - and mezzo - of the post-war era in both great dramatic roles and witty opéra comique from Offenbach to Messager. Stunning, despite the waver in her voice. —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2007, Re-issue of the Month
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Joseph Calleja: The Maltese Tenor
Joseph Calleja (tenor)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Marco Armiliato
The two Mefistofele arias receive near-ideal performances, the Pearl Fishers romance (one of two items in which soprano duties are nicely undertaken by Aleksandra Kurzak) is enchanting, and... —
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Opera, September 2011, Recording of the Month
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Jewels from French Ballet
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Vienna Philharmonic, John Lanchberry, Herbert von Karajan
High-rev performances from Georg Solti and the Royal Opera House Orchestra – Offenbach’s Gaieté parisienn scintillates – plus creamier Coppélia from Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Phil. —
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Various of these recordings were previously available as part of Philips’s long-defunct The Early Years series but the current collection is superior in all respects, a masterpiece of careful... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2020, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, May 2020, Rééditions
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Jussi Björling: The Swedish Caruso
RecommendedJussi Bjorling (tenor), Hjödis Schymberg (Mimi), Victoria de los Angeles (Nedda), Leonard Warren (Tonio), Paul Franke (Beppe), Robert Merrill (Silvio), Victoria de los Angeles (Mimi), Lucine Amara (Musetta), Robert Merrill (Marcello), John Reardon (Schaunard), Giorgio Tozzi (Colline), Victoria de...
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Building A Library, January 2022, Featured Recording
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