Iestyn Davies
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Handel's Unsung Heroes
Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Paul Sharp (trumpet), Christine Rice (mezzo), Roger Montgomery (horn), Joe Walters (horn), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Leo Duarte (oboe), Thomas Gould (violin), Joe Qiu (bassoon), La Nuova Musica, David Bates
This is a stunning collection of Handel opera numbers. For originality, risk-taking and erudition, it towers above its predecessors. It also benefits from its mix of soloists – having chosen... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, Recording of the Month
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Iestyn Davies (Orfeo), Sophie Bevan (Euridice), Rebecca Bottone (Amor)
La Nuova Musica, David Bates
Bates is, like Gluck, wonderfully radical. Where other directors smooth over disjunctions, he revels in rupture…This is directorship at its most alert, and aiding Bates is an optimal cast…Davies... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Opera
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2019, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Opera
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Alison Balsom: Sound The Trumpet RecommendedRoyal Music of Purcell and Handel
Alison Balsom (trumpet), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano)
The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock
This charming disc contains some of the most imaginative and polished trumpet playing you're ever likely to hear...Born-again authenticists may cavil at Balsom's vented trumpet, a modern development... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th October 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2012, Editor's Choice
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Handel: Rodelinda
RecommendedLucy Crowe (Rodelinda), Iestyn Davies (Bertarido), Joshua Ellicott (Grimoaldo), Brandon Cedel (Garibaldo), Jess Dandy (Eduige), Tim Mead (Unulfo), The English Concert, Harry Bicket
Bicket’s artistic integrity makes his the definitive Rodelinda. His subtlety pays off especially in slow movements, which are more suspenseful and ravishing than in any previous recording...Crowe’s... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th May 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2021, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2021, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Opera
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Arias for Guadagni
Recommendedthe first modern castrato
Iestyn Davies (countertenor)
Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
Through his effortless line, countertenor Iestyn Davies revivifies Guadagni's Orphic powers...Whether drawing out sustained notes or knitting together filigreed coloratura, he is a paragon of... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2012, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Winner - Recital
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Vivaldi: Griselda, RV718
Recommendedworld première recording
Griselda: Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto), Costanza: Veronica Cangemi (soprano), Ottone: Simone Kermes (soprano), Roberto: Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Gualtiero: Stefano Ferrari (tenor) & Corrado: Iestyn Davies (countertenor)
Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi
…one of Vivaldi's strongest and most cohesive operas. Jean-Christophe Spinosi's intuitive and vital direction achieves rewarding results. His instrumentalists are first-rate and the choice... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2006, Disc of the month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, Opera Award Winner
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Handel: Flavio
Tim Mead (Flavio), Rosemary Joshua (Emilia), Iestyn Davies (Guido), Renata Pokupić (Vitige), Hilary Summers (Teodata), Thomas Walker (Ugone), Andrew Foster-Williams (Lotario)
Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn
Flavio has some fine music, but is rarely performed...The aria 'Amante stravagante'...nicely displays [Joshua's] bright, silvery tone...The vocal star is Renata Pokupic as Vitige. Her 'Non credo'... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea
Elsa Benoit (Poppea), Jake Arditti (Nerone), Ambroisine Bré (Ottavia), Iestyn Davies (Ottone), Alex Rosen (Seneca), Stuart Jackson (Arnalta), Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón
Alarcón and Cappella Mediterranea are experts at this repertoire and play with skill, commitment, energy and some innovative continuo devices to reflect, emphasise and punctuate the singers...I... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2024, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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A Guided Tour of the Baroque Era, Vol. 7
Michael Ducker (theorbo), Leif Meyer (organ), Lars Baunkilde (violone), Hae Won Chang (piano), Eteri Andjaparidze (piano), Michael Lewin (piano), Beatrice Long (piano), Benjamin Frith (piano), Evgeny Zarafiants (piano), Konstantin Scherbakov (piano), Soyeon Lee (piano), Francesco Nicolosi (piano),...
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Contre-ténors
Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Gérard Lesne (countertenor), James Bowman (countertenor), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Dominique Visse (countertenor), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), David DQ Lee (countertenor)
a splendid taster for those who haven’t yet exploited this niche of the music...Eight singers of undisputed high quality can be heard here, and they are only the tip of the iceberg. Repertoire-wise... — More…
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