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Special offer. Handel/Leo: Rinaldo
Teresa Iervolino (Rinaldo), Carmela Remigio (Armida), Loriana Castellano (Almirena), Francisco Fernández-Rueda (Goffredo), Francesca Ascioti (Argante), Ana Victória Pitts (A Christian Magician), Dara Savinova (Eustazio)
Ensemble La Scintilla, Fabio Luisi (conductor)
Sangati’s staging, mixing (vaguely) 18th-century costumes, Venice carnival masks and modernist camp, is unpretentious and uncluttered. The substitute arias, often short-breathed, cannot rival... —
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Offenbach: La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein
RecommendedLucia Valentini-Terrani (La Grande Duchesse), Carla Di Censo (Wanda), Carlo Allemano (Fritz), Thomas Morris (Baron Puck), Richard Plaza (Prince Paul), Etienne Ligot (Général Boum), Franck Cassard (Népomuc)
Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia, Emmanuel Villaume
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Choral
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Special offer. Luca Marenzio: Missa Jubilate; Magnificat Sexti Toni
Federico Fiorio, Enrico Torre, Alberto Allegrezza, Davide Benetti, Stefano Guadagnini, Gianluigi Ghiringhelli, Raffaele Giordani, Enrico Bava, Stefano Demicheli, Federico Bagnasco, Cappella Musicale Della Cattedrale di Vercelli, Don Denis Silano
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Early Music
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Puccini: Suor Angelica
María José Siri (Suor Angelica), Anna Maria Chiuri (La zia Principessa), Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Valerio Galli
Siri, with her rich-hued voice and impeccable sense of line, is outstanding in the role. A superbly naturalistic actor, she is utterly endearing as this naïve innocent whose optimism is constantly... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2020, Opera Choice
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He is an exciting artist-creative in terms of writing his own arrangements and pieces, and in his interpretations...Potentially this is a very influential album, as it showcases the wealth of... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2024, Instrumental Choice
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Lasaracina imbues ‘Los requiebros’ with an understated charm. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2021, Editor's Choice
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Music of genius played with exceptional skill and understanding. —
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Building a Library, April 2023, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Franck, C: Stradella
RecommendedIsabelle Kabatu (Leonor), Marc Laho (Stradella), Werner Van Mechelen (Spadoni), Philippe Rouillon (Le Duc), Xavier Rouillon (Pietro), Giovanni Iovino (Michael), Patrick Mignon (Beppo), Roger Joakim (Un Officier)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Paolo Arrivabeni
A convoluted romantic intrigue, Stradella was Franck's only opera, written in his early twenties. It shows him already to have been a master of the Italianate style and capable of writing memorable... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Gordigiani: Romantic Florence
Songs for Voice and Piano
Marina Comparato (mezzo-soprano), Gianni Fabbrini (piano)
