Angela Brower
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Debussy & Hahn: French Vocal Music
Christiane Karg (soprano), Gerold Huber (piano), Angela Brower (alto), Max Hanft (piano), Tareq Nazmi (bass), Anna Maria Palii (soprano), Daniel Behle (tenor), Nikolaus Pfannkuch (tenor), Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Howard Arman
An unusual song recital...The twin pillars of the disc are Hahn’s remarkable Etudes Latines in a rare complete performance and Debussy’s cantata La Damoiselle élue. Heard in an effective two-piano... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Choral Music
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Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Benjamin Bernheim (Hoffmann), Olga Peretyatko (Antonia/Giulietta/Olympia/Stella), Luca Pisaroni (Lindorf/Coppélius/Dr Miracle/Dapertutto), Angela Brower (Muse/Nicklausse)
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper, Kent Nagano, Daniele Finzi Pasca
Nagano sweeps it all along with sensuality and verve; the Hamburg orchestra is on colourful form and for a staging that is (essentially) a piece of glorious escapism, it leaves you with a surprising... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Opera
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Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
Miah Persson (Fiordiligi), Angela Brower (Dorabella), Adam Plachetka (Guglielmo), Rolando Villazón (Ferrando), Mojca Erdmann (Despina), Alessandro Corbelli (Don Alfonso)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
[Nézet-Séguin] brings to Mozart's music springy rhythms and a strong sense of continuity and poise...Few recordings can match the team of expert singers who display their talents here...Persson... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Opera
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
Thomas Hampson (Conte), Sonya Yoncheva (Contessa), Angela Brower (Cherubino), Christiane Karg (Susanna), Luca Pisaroni (Figaro), Maurizio Muraro (Bartolo), Anne Sofie von Otter (Marcellina), Rolando Villazón (Basilio)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Hampson is a rock-steady Count…Yoncheva gives the Countess some real passion…Pisaroni’s Figaro is confident and spirited…Karg as Susanna is agile…Villazón’s Basilio is characteristically vivid — More…
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Benjamin Bernheim (Hoffmann), Olga Peretyatko (Antonia/Giulietta/Olympia/Stella), Luca Pisaroni (Lindorf/Coppélius/Dr Miracle/Dapertutto), Angela Brower (Muse/Nicklausse)
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper, Kent Nagano, Daniele Finzi Pasca
Nagano sweeps it all along with sensuality and verve; the Hamburg orchestra is on colourful form and for a staging that is (essentially) a piece of glorious escapism, it leaves you with a surprising... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Opera
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Mozart: Concert Arias
and excerpts from Così fan tutte & Don Giovanni
Rolando Villazón (tenor), Adam Plachetka (Guglielmo), Alessandro Corbelli (Don Alfonso), Miah Persson (Fiordiligi), Angela Brower (Dorabella), Diana Damrau (Donna Anna), Joyce DiDonato (Donna Elvira), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Don Giovanni)
London Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe,...
In range and vocal size Villazón is better suited to Mozart than some of the Romantic scores he has previously sung, even if the very top and bottom of his tenor are less refulgent than his... — More…
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Mozart: Così fan tutte
Corinne Winters (Fiordiligi), Angela Brower (Dorabella), Daniel Behle (Ferrando), Alessio Arduini (Guglielmo), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Don Alfonso), Sabina Puertolas (Despina)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Semyon Bychkov, Jan Philipp Gloger (dir.)
Musically, it is an almost unqualified success…The settings and costumes are wildly miscellaneous…The singers, mainly young and comparatively unfamiliar, are all personable and have attractive... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2018, Opera Choice
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Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
Corinne Winters (Fiordiligi), Angela Brower (Dorabella), Daniel Behle (Ferrando), Alessio Arduini (Guglielmo), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Don Alfonso), Sabina Puertolas (Despina)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Semyon Bychkov, Jan Philipp Gloger (dir.)
Musically, it is an almost unqualified success…The settings and costumes are wildly miscellaneous…The singers, mainly young and comparatively unfamiliar, are all personable and have attractive... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2018, Opera Choice
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Mozart: Così fan tutte
Chamber Orchestra of Europe (chamber orchestra), Angela Brower (soprano), Rolando Villazón (tenor), Mojca Erdmann (soprano), Miah Persson (soprano), Adam Plachetka (baritone), Alessandro Corbelli (bass (vocal)), Holger Speck (chorus master)
Vocalensemble Rastatt, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
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