Armonia Atenea
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Nicola Porpora: Opera Arias
RecommendedMax Emanuel Cencic (countertenor)
Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
There are three absolute gems here: 'Quando s'oscura is cielo' (Carlo il Calvo, Rome, 1738), with its ambiguous tonality, the gentle flute-inflected pastoral siciliana 'Ove l'erbetta', a love... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd March 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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International Opera Awards, 2019, Nominated - Recital Album
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Diapason d’Or, April 2018, Nouveauté
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Hasse, J A: Siroe re di Persia
RecommendedDresden version (1763)
Max Emanuel Cencic (Siroe), Franco Fagioli (Medarse), Julia Lezhneva (Laodice), Juan Sancho (Cosroe), Mary-Ellen Nesi (Emira), Laureen Snouffer (Arasse)
Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
a triumph. It reveals the full splendour of Hasse's score, from tender lyricism to eye-popping virtuosity...Petrou storms his way through the score, pushing the artists beyond what seems physically... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd November 2014
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2015, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Handel: Alessandro, HWV21
Max Emanuel Cencic (Alessandro), Karina Gauvin (Lisaura), Julia Lezhneva (Roxana), Xavier Sabata (Tassile), Juan Sancho (Leonato)
Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
These discs should come with an asbestos slipcase, so incendiary is the performance they convey...Cencic is imperious hot-bloodedness personified...perhaps best of all is Karina Gauvin's utterly... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Disc of the month
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2013, Winner - Opéra baroque
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a recording that has you an the edge of your seat...The grainy sound of the period instruments gives a lightness and transparency to the texture, and George Petrou keeps the music moving so... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2014, Orchestral Choice
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[Fagioli] certainly has a distinctive, plum-coloured voice, very mezzo-ish in timbre, ranging somewhere between Cecilia Bartoli and Ewa Podlés…he certainly throws himself into high notes with... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Porpora: Polifemo
Yuriy Mynenko (Aci), Max Emanuel Cencic (Ulisse), Pavel Kudinov (Polifemo), Julia Lezhneva (Galatea), Sonja Runje (Calipso), Dilyara Idrisova (Nerea)
Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
Notwithstanding a few reservations, there is unquestionable commitment from all involved with this landmark recording, which confirms beyond any doubt that Porpora’s London works offer musical... — More…
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Archetypon
Arias by Porpora, Hasse, Cherubini, Paisiello, Gluck, Fiorè & Handel
Mary-Ellen Nesi (mezzo)
Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
Nesi brings a formidable coloratura technique, including precisely articulated passagework, and mostly tasteful ornamentation, though her trills tend to sound tentative…Nonetheless, this is... — More…
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Handel: Arminio
Max Emanuel Cencic (Arminio), Layla Claire (Tusnelda), Ruxandra Donose (Ramise), Vince Yi (Sigismondo), Juan Sancho (Varo), Xavier Sabata (Tullio) and Petros Magoulas (Segeste)
Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
Cencic makes the most of [the writing], sustaining a rich, beautifully rounded tone through even the most athletic numbers…his voice offers a lovely middle ground between Xavier Sabata’s darker... — More…
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The 5 Countertenors
Valer Sabadus (countertenor), Xavier Sabata (countertenor), Max Cencic (countertenor), Yuri Minienko (countertenor), Vince Yi (countertenor)
Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
[Yi's] super-refined delivery works wonderfully against Yuriy Mynenko’s persuasively virile athleticism. Xavier Sabata is the least overtly flamboyant of the five, though his dark alto and exceptional... — More…
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George Petrou conducts Handel & Manzaro
Mary-Ellen Nesi (Alessandro), Marita Solberg (Salustia), Kristina Hammarström (Giulia), Irini Karaianni (Albina), Gemma Bertagnolli (Claudio), Petros Magoulas (Marziano), Christophoros Stamboglis (Don Crespuscolo)
Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
Petrou gives us more vigorous Handel, played by his Greek colleagues in the period-instrument Armonia Atenea with red-blooded energy and pounding rhythms...Solberg sings with disarming beauty... — More…
3 CDs
$36.75