Summer Opera - up to 40% off selected titles
We're delighted to offer a more affordable way to begin or continue your opera journey, with up to 40% off selected titles on CD, SACD, Vinyl, DVD and Blu-ray, until 12th August. Please note, downloads are not included in this offer.
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Special offer. Mozart, You Drive Me Crazy!
RecommendedGolda Schultz (soprano), Antonello Manacorda, Kammerakademie Potsdam with Julie Roset, Amitai Pati, Ashley Dixon Santelli, Milan Siljanov, Simone Easthope
She is a classy Mozartian and imbues each of her arias with character, pathos and purity of line. Her timbre is velvety, but there’s plenty of attack in fearsomely taxing arias such as Anna’s... —
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International Opera Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Recording (Solo Recital)
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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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Opus Klassik Awards, 2025, Solo Vocal
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Special offer. Mozart: The Magic Flute
Barry Banks (Tamino), Rebecca Evans (Pamina), Elizabeth Vidal (Queen of the Night), Simon Keenlyside (Papageno), John Tomlinson (Sarastro), Lesley Garrett (Papagena), John Graham-Hall (Monostatos)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
Of all repertoire operas, none gains more than The Magic Flute from performance in the language of the audience. Musically, the performance is hard to fault. Articulation is light and buoyant,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2005, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2005, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Mozart: Idomeneo
RecommendedAndrew Staples (Idomeneo), Magdalena Kožená (Idamante), Sabine Devieilhe (Ilia), Elsa Dreisig (Elettra), Linard Vrielink (Arbace), Allan Clayton (High Priest of Neptune), Tareq Nazmi (Voice of the Oracle)
Symphonieorchester und Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Simon Rattle
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Simon Rattle's energetic and sensitive direction mirror the Mannheimers' dynamism and virtuosity...[Staples] brings fine diction and expressivity... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2025, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Opera
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Special offer. Mozart: Il sogno di Scipione, K126
Chiara Skerath (soprano), Soraya Mafi (soprano), Klara Ek (soprano), Stuart Jackson (tenor), Krystian Adam (tenor), Robert Murray (tenor)
The Mozartists, Ian Page
All the da capo arias offer moments of genuine Mozartian musico-dramatic spark – of which later there’s an abundance in the long accompanied recitative depicting Scipio’s awakening…This is a... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2017, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2017, Opera Choice
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Opera, December 2017, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Opera
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Special offer. Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio
RecommendedMattiwilda Dobbs (Constanza), Nicolai Gedda (Belmonte), Jenifer Eddy (Blonda), John Fryatt (Pedrillo), Noel Mangin (Osmin), David Kelsey (Pasha Selim)
Ambrosian Singers, The Bath Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin
Menuhin's set of The Abduction from the Seraglio in English makes the performance sparkle from first to last, favouring brisk, well-lifted Allegros, so that the fun of the piece comes over vividly...[the... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Mozart: Don Giovanni
Robert Gleadow (Don Giovanni), Riccardo Novaro (Leporello), Florie Valiquette (Donna Anna), Arianna Vendittelli (Donna Elvira), Enguerrand de Hys (Don Ottavio), Éléonore Pancrazi (Zerlina), Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin (Masetto), Nicolas Certenais (Commendatore)
Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal, Gaétan...
In general the cast is made up of fine voices, though with no stars. Robert Gleadow’s fast-thinking Giovanni summons up boundless vocal and physical energy...Musically, the period instrumentalists... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2024, DVD of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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New. Mozart: Così fan tutte
Federica Lombardi (Fiordiligi), Emily D’Angelo (Dorabella), Filipe Manu (Ferrando), Peter Kellner (Guglielmo), Kate Lindsey (Despina), Christopher Maltman (Don Alfonso), Orchester und Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Philippe Jordan, Barrie Kosky
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Special offer. Mozart: Don Giovanni
Kyle Ketelsen (Don Giovanni), Philippe Sly (Leporello),Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (Donna Anna), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Don Ottavio), Kate Lindsey (Donna Elvira), Patricia Nolz (Zerlina), Peter Kellner (Masetto), Ain Anger (Commendatore)
Wiener Staatsoper, Philippe Jordan, Barrie Kosky
Don Giovanni is a remarkably charismatic figure, of course, but here Kosky digs into just why he has this strange hold over all the other characters. Kyle Ketelsen's Dionysian Don is an unstoppable... —
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Special offer. Anime Immortali | Mozart Arias
RecommendedFranco Fagioli (counter-tenor), Kammerorchester Basel, Daniel Bard
In ‘Va’ pure ad altri in braccio’ from La finta giardiniera the strings dive down in fury in a style that teases Gluck’s ideas about how rage should sound in reformed opera. But it's Fagioli... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th April 2023
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New. Mozart: Così fan tutte
Federica Lombardi (Fiordiligi), Emily D’Angelo (Dorabella), Filipe Manu (Ferrando), Peter Kellner (Guglielmo), Kate Lindsey (Despina), Christopher Maltman (Don Alfonso), Orchester und Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Philippe Jordan, Barrie Kosky
