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Grammy Awards, Verdi (composer)
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Verdi: Rigoletto
RecommendedDmitri Hvorostovsky (Rigoletto), Nadine Sierra (Gilda), Francesco Demuro (Il Duca), Andrea Mastroni (Sparafucile), Oksana Volkova (Maddalena)
Kaunas Symphony Orchestra, Men of the Kaunas State Choir, Constantine Orbelian
This recording, made in July 2016, shows [Hvorostovsky] at the height of his powers in the title role, revealing the full range of Rigoletto’s qualities…with all the intensity Verdi required…The... —
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Opera Recording
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Verdi: Falstaff
RecommendedMichele Pertusi (Falstaff), Carlos Alvarez (Ford), Bülent Bezdüz (Fenton), Ana Ibarra (Alice Ford), Maria Josè Moreno (Nannetta), Jane Henschel (Mistress Quickly), Marina Domashenko (Meg Page)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis
By all accounts the performances at the Barbican were among the most enjoyable of their kind in London for a long time, and certainly the enjoyment comes across on disc. The 'how' of it isn't... —
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Building a Library, April 2016, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2004, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 48th Awards (2005), Best Opera Recording
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A Te, o Cara
RecommendedStephen Costello sings bel canto
Stephen Costello (tenor)
Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian
Costello is not quite 40 and is already going far in the operatic world. This recital should certainly give him even more of a boost. One hopes that more emphasis is given to characterization,... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, December 2018
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Verdi: Requiem
RecommendedBarbara Frittoli (soprano), Olga Borodina (mezzo), Mario Zeffiri (tenor), Ildar Abdrazakov (bass)
Chicago Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
...much remains of the potency of [Muti's] classic 1979 recording...The Dies Irae, for instance, retains all his customary bite and fury...Frittoli's substantial soprano charts the emotions... —
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Grammy Awards, 53rd Awards (2010), Best Choral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 53rd Awards (2010), Classical Album of the Year
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly)
Recommended[Recorded 1962]
Leontyne Price (Cio Cio San), Richard Tucker (Pinkerton), Filippo Maero (Sharpless), Rosalind Elias (Suzuki), Anna Di Stasio (Kate Pinkerton), Piero De Palma (Goro), Robert Kerns (Il principe Yamadori), Virgilio Carbonari (Lo zio Bonzo), Arturo La Porta (Il commissario imperiale), Leo Pudis (Yakusidè),...
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Grammy Awards, 6th Awards (1963), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 6th Awards (1963), Best Opera Recording
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The organ has a really gutsy, symphonic core... Jan Kraybill... plays with considerable verve and a feeling both for colour and for the grand gesture. —
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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Verdi: Aida
RecommendedErich Leinsdorf, London Symphony Orchestra, Plácido Domingo (tenor), Ruggero Raimondi (bass vocal), Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano), Leontyne Price (soprano), Hans Sotin (bass vocal), John Alldis Choir, Bruce Brewer (tenor), Joyce Mathis (soprano), Sherrill Milnes (baritone)
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Grammy Awards, 14th Awards (1971), Best Opera Recording
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Leontyne Price: Great Soprano Arias from Handel to Britten
RecommendedPrima Donna Vol. 5
Leontyne Price (soprano)
The Philharmonia Orchestra, Henry Lewis
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Grammy Awards, 23rd Awards (1980), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Grammy Awards, 39th Awards (1996), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Verdi: Requiem
RecommendedLeontyne Price, Dame Janet Baker, Veriano Luchetti, and José Van Dam
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Georg Solti
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Grammy Awards, 20th Awards (1977), Best Choral Performance
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