Cavalli
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We very quickly learn just how characterful Desandre can be with her amused, laughing reactions to women in battle in ‘Non posso far’, and the dark glitter of her voice in the melancholic ‘Lasciatemi... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Record Review, Records of the Year 2021
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Female Singer of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
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It is perhaps no surprise that the various 18th-century works included find DiDonato on especially thrilling form...Yet DiDonato shines, too, in the more contemporary works…This is a highly... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2022, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th February 2022
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Winner - Solo Vocal Recording
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music
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The creative and attentively researched programme knits together musical and textual threads into a fast-moving sequence...Orliński carries off the programme with great élan: his bell-like voice... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2023, Choral & Song Choice
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2023
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Winner - Vocal
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Special offer. Cavalli: l'Egisto
Marc Mauillon (Egisto), Ambroisine Bré (Climene), Zachary Wilder (Lidio), Sophie Junker (Clori), Romain Bockler (Hipparco)
Le Poème Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre
This beguiling early opera by Francesco Cavalli is given an equally beguiling performance in this premiere recording made in the opera theatre at the Palace of Versailles...Dumestre provides... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2023, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Opera
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Treasures of Baroque Opera
RecommendedJanet Baker, Teresa Berganza, Catherine Bott, Luciano Pavarotti
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Cavalli's sparing use of strings is densified into fivepart textures that spread like wildfire - Daucé plasters fulsome orchestral accompaniments on to many arias and recitatives devised originally... —
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The creative and attentively researched programme knits together musical and textual threads into a fast-moving sequence...Orliński carries off the programme with great élan: his bell-like voice... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2023, Choral & Song Choice
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2023
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Winner - Vocal
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It is perhaps no surprise that the various 18th-century works included find DiDonato on especially thrilling form...Yet DiDonato shines, too, in the more contemporary works…This is a highly... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2022, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th February 2022
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Winner - Solo Vocal Recording
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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a maddening, fascinating and often bewitching disc —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Recital
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International Classical Music Awards, 2017, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Facce d'Amore
RecommendedJakub Józef Orliński (countertenor)
Il Pomo d’Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
It's music by Luca Antonio Predieri (a nearcontemporary of Handel’s) that really hits the mark. Predieri’s gentle lyricism and clean lines suit Orliński’s soft-grained voice well. He’s no convincing... —
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th December 2019
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International Opera Awards, 2020, Winner - Solo Recital Recording
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Recital
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