Browse: Gomes (composer)

This is a well chosen selection of tenor arias with a few comparative rarities to offset the more obvious favourites. In its way it is a mini-history of a century of Italian opera, from Donizetti's... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

The selection follows, in a wide span, the best years of the tenor's long career ... the Nimbus begins in 1922 ending 1942. The fresh, ripe vibrancy of the early voice is caught, its unreliable... — Gramophone Magazine More…

Rosener has a well-formed, compact tone which one would not describe as heroic but which has enough robustness for Masaniello...[Wade's] top notes ring out with no sense of effort. — International Record Review, October 2012 More…

Alagna aims to replicate Caruso’s exact mannerisms, such as breathing patterns, tempos, vocal slides, flourishes and so on, But he also aims to reproduce not just a generalised historical style... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2020, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The English Chamber Orchestra give suitably refined performances – there is, as I have noted, little picturesquely Brazilian to exploit in this music, and the orchestra’s elegant sound is ideal... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2022 More…