BBC Music Magazine Awards, Puccini (composer)
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Puccini: Turandot
RecommendedSondra Radvanovsky (Turandot), Jonas Kaufmann (Calaf), Ermonela Jaho (Liù), Michele Pertusi (Timur), Michael Spyres (Altoum), Mattia Olivieri (Ping), Gregory Bonfatti (Pang), Siyabonga Maqungo (Pong), Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
It is the attention Pappano pays to crafting the contrasts between passages of intense sensuality and of mechanistic brutality, casting new light on a familiar score in the process, which really... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2023, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th March 2023
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Opera, April 2023, Disc of the Month
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Record Review, 18th March 2023, Record of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2023, Recording of the Month
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year (Jaho/Radvanovsky)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year (Kaufmann/Spyres)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Opera
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International Opera Awards, 2023, Nominated - Recording (Complete Opera)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Winner - Opera
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2023
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Opera
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Special offer. Freddie De Tommaso - Passione
RecommendedFreddie De Tommaso (tenor), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Renato Balsadonna
Listen to Freddie De Tommaso at full throttle and you’ll need to lie down in a darkened room. Passione is singing in the tradition of De Tommaso’s hero Franco Corelli: stylish and heartfelt,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd April 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2021, Opera Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Winner - Newcomer
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Puccini: Le Willis
RecommendedErmonela Jaho (Anna), Arsen Soghomonyan (Roberto), Brian Mulligan (Guglielmo)
Opera Rara Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder
Even at the age of 25 [Puccini] was already a composer of considerable skill, able to come up with musical ideas of exceptional quality. As the abandoned Anna, Ermonela Jaho is right inside... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2019
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, Opera Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Opera
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Opera
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Puccini: Suor Angelica
Kristine Opolais (Angelica), Lioba Braun (Princess), Nadezhda Serdyuk (Sister Monitor) & Mojca Erdmann (Sister Genovieffa)
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Andris Nelsons
Nelsons evokes atmosphere with energy and clean-cut textures. All told, the effect is slightly cool, but many will prefer it to overheated Italianate performances, especially with such a credibly... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Opera Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2012, Opera Choice
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Puccini: Tosca
RecommendedAngela Gheorghiu (Tosca), Jonas Kaufmann (Cavaradossi), Bryn Terfel (Scarpia), Lukas Jakobski (Angelotti), Jeremy White (Sacristan)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor), Jonathan Kent (director)
Pappano's mastery of Puccinian pace and phrasing intensifies this turbulent score's onward surge, but he's also noticeable attentive to his singers...[Kaufmann's] cries of 'Vittoria!' are thrilling...and... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2013, DVD of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Opera
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, DVD Award (Performance)
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