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Wien
RecommendedJonas Kaufmann (tenor), Rachel Willis-Sørensen (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Ádám Fischer
He embraces the style, the timbre, the allure, even the specific accent of this repertoire with complete conviction and self-evident delight. The great thing about these performances is that... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th October 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Klassik ohne Grenzen
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Kaufmann's fans will love it and operetta aficionados will find lots to enjoy, too, if they can overcome their reservations about opera stars as tourists in this music. —
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Operette
RecommendedWien - Berlin - Paris
Diana Damrau (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ernst Theis
Ever the intelligent artist Darmrau knows how to lighten the voice to create that distinctive soprano sound demanded by operetta – a light sparkling tone, spiralling coloratura and the story... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2024, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th December 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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Davidsen’s soprano sounds fresh, gleaming and direct, her top-most notes silvery. She knows how to ensure nothing gets overblown – and how to get so close to the edge that the effect is thrilling,... —
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Terezín / Theresienstadt
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano), Christian Gerhaher (baritone) & Gerold Huber (piano)
…despite all their suffering, the music that was written and performed there expresses a strong will to live and attests to the power of the creative spirit… Such feelings are omnipresent in... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Vocal Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2007, Disc of the month
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Record Review, December 2007, Critics Disc of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2007, Editor's Choice
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You Mean the World to Me
RecommendedJonas Kaufmann (tenor), Julia Kleiter (soprano)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Jochen Rieder
Kaufmann offers a more intimate, less full-throated approach than [Tauber or Schmidt], but it's highly effective and both his musicianship and his attention to text are characteristically impeccable.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Opera Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th September 2014
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Special offer. My Hero
RecommendedGreta Bradman (soprano)
English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
Bradman has it all – a richness and range of colour in the middle voice that puts many mezzos to shame, extreme high notes of extraordinary fullness, and the sparkling-clean coloratura that... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th August 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Alexandre Tharaud: Le Boeuf sur le toit
RecommendedAlexandre Tharaud, Jean Delescluse, Bénabar, Juliette/Guillaume Gallienne, Frank Braley, Natalie Dessay & Madeleine Peyroux
This is fun...Tharaud's varied programme captures the frenetic, vibrantly eclectic melting pot of 1920s Paris...The charms of this beautifully packaged disc are hard to resist. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th November 2012
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Special offer. Kalman: Die Csárdásfürstin
Yvonne Kenny, Michael Roider, Mojca Erdmann, Karl Michael Ebner, Marko Kathol, Heinz Holecek, Hellmuth Klumpp, Yvonne Kálmán
Slovak Philharmonic Choir and Radio Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
The English title of Kálmán's most celebrated operetta is a misnomer. The heroine is a princess not of gypsies but (as the German title, DieCsárdásfürstin, indicates) of the csárdás; she's a... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2005, Editor's Choice
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My Heart Alone
Favorite Operetta Arias and Duets
Angelika Kirchschlager & Simon Keenlyside
Austrian Tonkünstler Orchestra, Alfred Eschwé
What impresses is not only the natural brilliance of the singers' vocal production but also the way in which pure display is subordinated to expression of true feeling. —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2008, Editor's Choice
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