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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra RecommendedThomas Hampson (Simon Boccanegra), Joseph Calleja (Gabriele Adorno), Kristine Opolais (Amelia/Maria), Carlo Colombara (Fiesco), Luca Pisaroni (Paolo)
Wiener Symphoniker & Wiener Singakademie, Massimo Zanetti
Hampson is, as always, a searching interpreter, aware of the meaning and possible ambiguities of every phrase he sings; but his voice is not a classic Verdi baritone...The only principal to... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th September 2013
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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The Record of Singing – The Very Best of Volumes 1-4
RecommendedFrom 1899 to the end of the 78 era: 1899-1952
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Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Historic vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Historical
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Historic vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Historic Reissue
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Gramophone Awards, 1977, Winner - Historical
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I Am Hera
Hera Hyesang Park (soprano), Johannes Maria Bogner (harpsichord), Bernhard Eder (work arranger)
Wiener Symphoniker, Bertrand de Billy
Park has recorded one of the most satisfying debuts for many a day. This is a voice that rises to every challenge...Park ‘lives’ her characters too, with coloratura decoration and cadenzas always... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2021, Opera Choice
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Bellini: I Capuleti e I Montecchi
Anna Netrebko (Giulietta), Elina Garanca (Romeo), Joseph Calleja (Tebaldo), Robert Gleadow (Lorenzo) & Tiziano Bracci (Capellio)
Wiener Singakademie & Wiener Symphoniker, Fabio Luisi
Garanca is the best reason for cherishing this fine recording. There isn't a lyric mezzo-soprano who can currently hold a candle to the Latvian in this repertoire. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Opera
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Mozart 225: Legendary Opera Performances Renée Fleming (soprano), Anna Prohaska (soprano), Cheryl Studer (soprano), Stephen Orton (cello), Kenneth Sillito (violin), Christine Messiter (flute), Celia Nicklin (oboe), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), Samuel Ramey (bass), Frederica von Stade...
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Fritz Wunderlich: Live on Stage
Unreleased arias from Vienna and Munich
Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), with Anneliese Rothenberger, Karl Kohn, with Claude Heater, Albrecht Peter, Anneliese Rothenberger, with Eberhard Wächter, with Lucia Popp, Lisa Della Casa, Robert Kerns, Waldemar Kmentt, Walter Berry, with Hilde Güden, Vera Little, with Kurt Böhme, Josef Knapp, with Ingeborg...
The pearl of great price...the Mozart tenor who could sound both elegant and manly...His 'Il mio tesoro' drops not a semiquaver and takes the long phrases with confident ease. At all times he... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Historic
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Kathleen Ferrier: The Complete EMI Recordings
RecommendedKathleen Ferrier (contralto), Gerald Moore (piano), Isobel Baillie (soprano), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Kathleen Ferrier (Orfeo), Greet Koeman (Euridice), Nel Duval (Amore)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Symphoniker, Chorus & Orchestra of the Netherlands Opera, Bruno Walter, Herbert...
The voice is unique, its emotional power palpable after all these years. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd April 2012
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Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors
sung in German
Tempu Ishijima (Amahl), Dshamilja Kaiser (Mother), Paul Schweinester (Kaspar), Nikolay Borchev (Melchior), Wilhelm Schwinghammer (Balthazar)
Wiener Symphoniker, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Magnus Loddgard, Stefan Herheim
Your reaction will depend upon whether you’re ready to respond to the opera as tearjerking tragedy rather than feel-good family treat…Regardless, it’s all done with the highest possible production... — More…
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Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors
sung in German
Tempu Ishijima (Amahl), Dshamilja Kaiser (Mother), Paul Schweinester (Kaspar), Nikolay Borchev (Melchior), Wilhelm Schwinghammer (Balthazar)
Wiener Symphoniker, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Magnus Loddgard, Stefan Herheim
Your reaction will depend upon whether you’re ready to respond to the opera as tearjerking tragedy rather than feel-good family treat…Regardless, it’s all done with the highest possible production... — More…
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The 101 Most Essential Classical Music Pieces Ever Zoltán Kocsis (Piano), Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano), Pascal Rogé (Piano), Jorge Bolet (Piano), Daniel Chorzempa (Organ), Claudio Arrau (Piano), Wilhelm Kempff (Piano), Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano), Jane Berbié (Mezzo-Soprano), Thurston Dart (Continuo), Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano), Timothy Hutchins (Flute),...
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