Love Duets - From Puccini to Bernstein
Ailyn Perez (soprano), Stephen Costello (tenor)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Patrick Summers
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th May 2014
both have full-bodied lyric voices with plenty of 'ping', flexibility and height...they sing [the Broadway selections] with such charm and affection that the switch between genres feels entirely...
Love Duets - From Puccini to Bernstein
Ailyn Perez (soprano), Stephen Costello (tenor)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Patrick Summers
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Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th May 2014
both have full-bodied lyric voices with plenty of 'ping', flexibility and height...they sing [the Broadway selections] with such charm and affection that the switch between genres feels entirely...
About
Richard Tucker Award-winners Stephen Costello and Ailyn Pérez – dubbed “America’s fastest-rising husband-and-wife opera stars” (Associated Press) release their first album together: a recording of romantic love duets by Verdi, Puccini, Bernstein, and others, recorded with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Patrick Summers.
Contents and tracklist
Massenet:
Manon, Act 3: "Toi ! Vous ! Oui, c'est moi" - "N'est-ce plus ma main que cette main presse ?" (Des Grieux, Manon)
Work length8:07
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Work length8:47
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Verdi:
Rigoletto: Signor ne prinicipe
Work length7:17
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Donizetti:
L'elisir d'amore: Esulti pur la Barbara
Work length8:51
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Work length4:13
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Bernstein:
West Side Story, Act I: "One hand, one heart" (Tony, Maria)
Work length4:21
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Work length3:05
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Alexander Borodin, George Forrest, Robert Wright:
Kismet: Aria. "And This Is My Beloved" (after Borodin's String Quartet No. 2)
Work length3:59
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Ailyn Pérez and Stephen Costello sing Love Duets
5th May 2014
Katherine listens to the new CD of operatic love duets from husband-and-wife duo Ailyn Pérez and Stephen Costello.
Awards and reviews
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Presto Recording of the Week5th May 2014
5th May 2014
both have full-bodied lyric voices with plenty of 'ping', flexibility and height...they sing [the Broadway selections] with such charm and affection that the switch between genres feels entirely natural...This is a delightful calling-card from two exuberant and charismatic singers who are well worth further exploration.
4th May 2014
[Un di felice] — showcases Costello’s bright, Italianate lyric tenor and stylish elegance of phrasing, well matched by Perez’s flirty Violetta...Unlike most opera singers, Perez and Costello prove just as idiomatic in a selection of duets from Broadway musicals... a disc that should win these hugely likeable young stars a lot of new friends.
11th May 2014
They are both gifted singers enjoying fast-rising careers but with no obvious sign of monster egos...Pérez and Costello charm...the BBC Symphony Orchestra – an intriguing choice – show their versatility throughout.
