Opera Rara
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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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Leoncavallo: Zingari
RecommendedKrassimira Stoyanova (Fleana), Arsen Soghomonyan (Radu), Stephen Gaertner (Tamar), Lukasz Golinski (The Old Man), Opera Rara Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi
As expert an interpreter of Italian opera as one will find anywhere, conductor Carlo Rizzi seeks out the score’s full potential and his musical forces – the Opera Rara Chorus and the Royal Philharmonic... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd September 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Opera
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Donizetti: L'esule di Roma
Nicola Alaimo (Murena), Albina Shagimuratova (Argelia), Sergey Romanovsky (Settimio), Lluís Calvet i Pey (Publio), André Henriques (Lucio/Flavio), Kezia Bienek (Leontina)
Britten Sinfonia, Carlo Rizzi
Rizzi is no Donizetti apologist. Never are the orchestral gestures inflated to make the music seem imposing in the fashion of later composers. Lightness and firm but flexible pulse keep the... —
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International Opera Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Complete Recording
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Opera
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Donizetti: Les Martyrs
RecommendedMichael Spyres (Polyeucte), Joyce El-Khoury (Pauline), David Kempster (Sévère), Brindley Sherratt (Félix), Clive Bayley (Callisthènes), Wynne Evans (Néarque)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Mark Elder
galvanising, period-instrument playing...Spyres sings stylishly as Polyeucte...Joyce El-Khoury is his silvery-toned Pauline. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th May 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Opera
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Opera, June 2015, Recording of the Month
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Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix
Eglise Gutiérrez (Linda), Ludovic Tézier (Antonio), Stephen Costello (Carlo), Marianna Pizzolato (Pierotto), Alessandro Corbelli (Marchese de Boisfleury), Bálint Szabó, Elizabeth Sikora (Maddalena), Luciano Botelho (Intendant)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir...
[Elder] infuses the whole performance with conviction, right from the rather impressive overture...All the singers are up to their roles, and the playing of the orchestra is bold; even the most... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Opera Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2011, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2011, Editor's Choice
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Opera, August 2011, Recording of the Month
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Donizetti: Il Paria
RecommendedAlbina Shagimuratova (Neala), René Barbera (Idamore), Misha Kiria (Zarete), Marko Mimica (Akebare), Britten Sinfonia, Sir Mark Elder
Barbera proves up to the task, effortlessly pinging out top C sharps with abandon. With his generous, pure tone, he is well matched as the love interest of Albina Shagimuratova (Neala), a soprano... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th January 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Opera
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Gounod: La Colombe
RecommendedErin Morley (Sylvie), Javier Camarena (Horace), Michèle Losier (Mazet), Laurent Naouri (Maître Jean)
Hallé Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder
One hero of this admirable Opera Rara release is Mark Elder, utterly committed to Gounod's score and coaxing elegant music-making from the Hallé. There's also some properly idiomatic singing,... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th October 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Donizetti: Le Duc d’Albe
RecommendedAngela Meade (Hélène d’Egmont), Michael Spyres (Henri de Bruges), Laurent Naouri (Le Duc d'Albe), Gianluca Buratto (Daniel Brauer), David Stout (Sandoval), Trystan Llyr Griffiths (Carlos), Robin Tritschler (Balbuena), Dawid Kimberg (Un Tavernier)
Hallé & Opera Rara Chorus, Sir Mark Elder
Imaginative casting brings together authoritative soprano Angela Meade, stylish tenor Michael Spyres and elegant French baritone Laurent Naouri.
Mark Elder conducts a cultivated performance... —Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th February 2016
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Opera, May 2016, Recording of the Month
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Leoncavallo: Zazà
RecommendedErmonela Jaho (Zazà), Stephen Gaertner (Cascart), Riccardo Massi (Milio), Patricia Bardon (Anaide), David Stout (Bussy)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Maurizio Benini
In this recording of the composer’s revised 1919 version of the accomplished score, conductor Maurizio Benini brings a light touch to his micro-management of BBC forces. Ermonela Jaho offers... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Opera, August 2016, Recording of the Month
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