Riccardo Minasi
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Joyce DiDonato: Stella di Napoli
RecommendedBel Canto Arias
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lyon, Riccardo Minasi
everyone who cares about singing should promote it immediately to the top of their letters to Santa. Creamy, sumptuous, almost flawless - every adjective may be a cliché, but how else to describe... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th August 2014
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2015, Vocal Award Winner
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2014, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Recital
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2014, Récital lyrique
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International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Winner - Vocal Recital
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What does stand out…is the mature warmth of musico-dramatic approach informing both singing and characterisation…His combination of technical brilliance and imaginative sentience, of long-breathed... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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International Opera Awards, 2018, Nominated - Solo Recital
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Opera, February 2018, Recording of the Month
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Male Signer of the Year
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Hallenberg is on scintillating form, fluent alike in bravura, of which Graun's 'Mi paventi' with horns provides a dazzling example, and cantilena. The instrumental support provided by Il Pomo... — More…
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Vocal Finalist
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Opera, July 2015, Recording of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2016, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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My Christmas
RecommendedDiana Damrau (soprano), Matthias Höfs (trumpet), NDR Radiophilharmonie, Knabenchor Hanover, Richard Whilds, Riccardo Minasi
Damrau’s two-disc My Christmas ticks some of the same boxes as the legendary Elisabeth Schwarzkopf’s Christmas Album, though Damrau seems more naturally at home in the seasonal idiom...Opinions... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd December 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year
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Handel: Partenope, HWV 27
Philippe Jaroussky (Arsace), Karina Gauvin (Partenope), John Mark Ainsley (Emilio), Teresa Iervolino (Rosmira), Emöke Barath (Armindo), Luca Tittoto (Ormonte)
Il Pomo d'Oro, Riccardo Minasi
Il Pomo d'Oro plays with tremendous attention to detail, as responsive to variations of timbre, articulation and dynamic as the singers...As the siren Partenope, Karina Gauvin brings an easy... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2015, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Baroque Vocal
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Opera, January 2016, Recording of the Month
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Handel: Tamerlano
RecommendedXavier Sabata (Tamerlano), Max Emanuel Cencic (Andronico), John Mark Ainsley (Bajazet), Karina Gauvin (Asteria), Ruxandra Donose (Irene), Pavel Kudinov (Leone)
Il Pomo d’Oro, Riccardo Minasi
The cast is of exceptional and even strength...[Sabata and Cencic] deliver brilliant tone and lively fioritura, while the scenes between Sabata and Ainsley crackle with fury...An all-round outstanding... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2014, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended Recording
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Il Pomo d'Oro play with theatrical verve and Fagioli's rapid high passages are astonishing — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th September 2013
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Venezia - Opera arias of the Serenissima
Max Emanuel Cencic (countertenor)
Il Pomo d’Oro, Riccardo Minasi
Cencic negotiates the vocal acrobatics of this repertoire effortlessy - his voice light and agile, his technique sure. But he is no mere showman, and responds to dramatic situations with singing... — More…
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Sabata has a warm, mellifluous voice, which tends to underplay the villainous tendencies of his 'bad guys'...From a purely musical standpoint Sabata's recital is rewarding. His technique and... — More…
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