Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
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Treasures of Baroque Opera
RecommendedJanet Baker, Teresa Berganza, Catherine Bott, Luciano Pavarotti
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Verdi
RecommendedLudovic Tézier (baritone)
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Frédéric Chaslin
With his richly burnished voice, Tézier gives a compelling account of all these diverse characters but is at his best in the arias that call for psychological nuance and contrasts in vocal shading. —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice 2021
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th February 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Winner - Voice & Ensemble
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Boulevard des Italiens
RecommendedBenjamin Bernheim (tenor), Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Frédéric Chaslin
There’s something of the young Roberto Alagna about Bernheim’s tenor, a bright, open sound, unforced and with a sunny smile in his voice. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th April 2022
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Opera, August 2022, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year, Conductor of the Year & Solo Vocal
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Jonas Kaufmann - Puccini: Love Affairs
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Pretty Yende (soprano), Anna Netrebko (soprano), Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Malin Byström (soprano), Asmik Grigorian (soprano), Maria Agresta (soprano), Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Asher Fisch
It is good to welcome Maria Agresta as an authentically Italian Madam Butterfly, and Malin Byström’s voice records well in La fanciulla del West, where she and Kaufmann make a splendid coupling... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Handel Gold
RecommendedKiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Cecilia Bartoli, Plácido Domingo, Joan Sutherland, Anne Sofie von Otter, Luciano Pavarotti, Renée Fleming, Rolando Villazón, Joyce DiDonato, Russell Oberlin, Nigel Robson, Kathleen Ferrier, Bryn Terfel, Janet Baker, Magdalena Kozena, Grace...
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
RecommendedDaniela Dessi (soprano), Gloria Scalchi (mezzo), Giuseppe Sabbatini (tenor), Michele Pertusi (bass-baritone)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly
A proper representative of the orchestrated version of the Petite messe has been long overdue.
Chailly's performance is a glorious heartwarming affair. Not that you're likely to be convinced... —Awards:
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Building a Library, May 2001, Recommended Orchestral Version
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Building a Library, November 2018, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Vive Verdi!
French Rarities and Discoveries
Francesco Maria Parazzoli (cello), Ludovic Tézier (baritone), Jacobo Ochoa (bass), Pietro Bolognini (baritone), Pilar Mezzadri Corona (soprano), Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Roberto Abbado
It is exciting to hear Ludovic Tézier singing Macbeth in French...Here’s a baritone with an instinct for the declamatory and expressive style that Verdi demanded for the role, who nevertheless... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2023, Opera Choice
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Casta Diva
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano, soprano), Maria Goldschmidt (flute), Una Prelle (harp), Daniel Pezzotti (cello), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Sumi Jo (soprano), Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), Alessandro Corbelli (baritone), Celso Albelo (tenor), Luca Pisaroni (baritone), James Levine (piano), Bryn Terfel...
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Exciting and vibrant interpretations of Rossini’s overtures, but a collection of works with near identical structures means that the power of the individual pieces Is slightly lost. —
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Diapason d’Or, March 2019, Nouveauté
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O Sole Mio
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Giancarlo Chiaramello, Anton Guadagno
