Coming Soon,
Pappano records Aida in Rome
A friend of mine was lamenting only last night how long it's been since there was really great new recording of Aida (the most recent studio set, under Nikolaus Harnoncourt, was made almost 15 years ago), so was delighted to learn that Antonio Pappano has literally just finished recording the work in Rome, with the Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia and a veritable dream-team of soloists: Anja Harteros and Jonas Kaufmann, whose collaborations in La forza del Destino, Il trovatore and Don Carlo have won plaudits galore, are the doomed lovers, with Ludovic Tézier as Amonasro, powerhouse young Russian mezzo Ekaterina Semenchuk as their nemesis Amneris, and Erwin Schrott as Ramfis. Due for release on Warner this autumn.
Other Verdi recordings from these artists
Harteros is also the soprano on Daniel Barenboim's recent recording of the Requiem with the orchestra and chorus of La Scala, which also features Jonas Kaufmann in what the Sunday Times described as 'an optimum line-up of soloists for our time'.
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC
Kaufmann's Verdi recital with the Orchestra dell'Opera di Parma under Pier Giorgio Morandi, includes 'Celeste Aida': The Guardian observed that 'You get a sense of how good he might be one day as Otello and, above all, as Radamès'.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC
Conducted by Antonio Pappano, Peter Stein's minimalist production from the 2013 Salzburg Festival stars Kaufmann and Harteros as Carlo and Elisabetta, and Ekaterina Semenchuk as the scheming Eboli; The Telegraph praised Pappano's 'urgently intense and powerfully theatrical reading'.
Available Format: 2 DVD Videos
Harteros in a rare appearance as Violetta in 2006, with Piotr Beczala as Aflredo and Paolo Gavanelli as Germont, in a live recording from the Bavarian State Opera under Zubin Mehta.
Available Formats: 2 SACDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Tézier is Rodrigo in this 2013 Don Carlo from the Teatro Regio Torino; cast also includes Ramon Vargas (Carlo), Ildar Abdrazakov (Filippo II), and Daniela Barcellona (Eboli).
Available Format: 2 DVD Videos
Katherine Cooper - Head of Editorial
