Enkelejda Shkosa
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
RecommendedAngela Gheorghiu (Butterfly), Jonas Kaufmann (Pinkerton), Enkelejda Shkosa (Suzuki), Fabio Capitanucci (Sharpless), Gregory Bonfatti (Goro) & Raymond Aceto (Bonzo)
Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
In many respects Gheorghiu's singing reminds me of Callas's: in Act I they both adopt a 'little girl' voice, and in Act II they both sound more mature… so that by the tragic climax they present... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd March 2009
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Opera
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Opera, April 2009, Recording of the Month
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Building A Library, March 2024, Recommended Recording
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Puccini: Il Trittico
RecommendedAsmik Grigorian (Lauretta/Giorgetta/Suor Angelica), Misha Kiria (Schicchi), Karita Mattila (La Zia Principessa), Roman Burdenko (Michele), Joshua Guerrero (Luigi), Alexey Neklyudov (Rinuccio)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Franz Welser-Möst, Christof Loy
[in Suor Angelica] Grigorian holds the stage almost throughout; a performance of heartrending vocal beauty and equally potent vocal characterisation...You might feel Loy pushes it too far but... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th July 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Video Opera
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023, DVD/Blu-ray of the Year
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Puccini: Il Trittico
RecommendedAsmik Grigorian (Lauretta/Giorgetta/Suor Angelica), Misha Kiria (Schicchi), Karita Mattila (La Zia Principessa), Roman Burdenko (Michele), Joshua Guerrero (Luigi), Alexey Neklyudov (Rinuccio)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Franz Welser-Möst, Christof Loy
[in Suor Angelica] Grigorian holds the stage almost throughout; a performance of heartrending vocal beauty and equally potent vocal characterisation...You might feel Loy pushes it too far but... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th July 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Video Opera
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023, DVD/Blu-ray of the Year
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Special offer. Berlioz Odyssey
The Complete Sir Colin Davis Recordings
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Davis was seemingly Berlioz’s disciple on earth, and this was the glorious late flowering of his love for the composer…Les Troyens crackles with a theatricality that outshines even the pioneering... — More…Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Best Collection
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Special offer. Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24
Giuseppe Sabbatini (Faust), Enkelejda Shkosa (Marguerite), Michele Pertusi (Méphistophélès), David Wilson-Johnson (Brander)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis
The greatest Berlioz conductor of his generation in a triumphant benchmark live recording … outshines previous sets at whatever price — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2001, Editor's Choice
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Massenet: Thaïs
Renée Fleming (Thaïs), Thomas Hampson (Athanael), Giuseppe Sabbatini (Nicias), Estefano Palatchi (Palemon)
Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
At last – a modern recording of Thaïs with a soprano who can sing the title-role. All we need is a soprano with a fabulously beautiful voice, idiomatic French, a sensuous legato, pure high notes... — More…
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Ruggero Leoncavallo: Zazà
Svetlana Aksenova (Zazà), Enkelejda Shkosa (Aniade), Dorothea Herbert (Floriana/Madame Dufresne), Juliette Mars (Natalia), Nikolai Schukoff (Milio Dufresne), Vittoria Antonuzzo (Toto Dufresne), Christopher Maltman (Cascart), Tobias Greenhalgh (Bussy), Paul Schweinester (Courtois), Johannes Bamberger...
Loy manages to focus in his surgical, sparing way on the essentials...I just wish Leoncavallo’s 1900 opera was deserving of such a polished staging, as well as the diligent conducting by Stefan... — More…
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Operatic Pappano
Anja Harteros (soprano), Ekaterina Semenchuk (mezzo-soprano), Erwin Schrott (bass), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Ludovic Tézier (baritone), Marco Spotti (bass), Ermonela Jaho (soprano), Gabriele Gemignani (cello), Nina Stemme (soprano), Roberto Alagna (tenor), Leontina Vaduva (soprano), Samuel Ramey (bass),...
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Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
Andrea Bocelli (Turiddu), Paoletta Marrocu (Santuzza), Enkelejda Shkosa (Lola), Elena Belfiore (Lucia), Stefano Antonucci (Alfio) & Salvatrice Rafisardo (Contadina)
Orchestra And Chorus of the Teatro Massimo Bellini, Steven Mercurio
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Special offer. Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict
Enkelejda Shkosa (Beatrice), Kenneth Tarver (Benedick), Susan Gritton (Hero), Sara Mingardo (Ursula), Laurent Naouri (Claudio), David Wilson-Johnson (Somarone), Dean Robinson (Don Pedro)
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Here one can concentrate on the exquisite, enchanted score. The recording quality is excellent — More…
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