Orchestral, Offenbach (composer)
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Offenbach Colorature
RecommendedJodie Devos (soprano)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Laurent Campellone
This is a marriage made in musical heaven with the young Dutch soprano Jodie Devos reminding us just how gifted Jacques Offenbach was as a composer…She’s a gravity-defying coloratura soprano... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2019, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Recital
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Vocal
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The playing here, disarmingly gentle yet tonally seductive, has a songful use of vibrato that recalls the expressive manners of Pierre Fournier and du Pré herself…A most rewarding CD then, sure... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Newcomer (cello)
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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New. Mandoline. Dans Les Salons Fin-de-Siècle
Raffaele La Ragione (mandolin), François Dumont (piano), Sandrine Piau
This is charming...A sequence of arrangements of Chaminade at the heart of the disc sounds entirely idiomatic on the mandolin, while La Ragione is delightfully teasing in the 'Pizzicato' from... —
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The Cendrillon aria suits her talents closely, with her ethereal tone and confident coloratura skills. There’s some real magic here. Mendelssohn’s fairy-song ‘Neue Liebe’ has just the right... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Solo Vocal
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it has a compulsively listenable range of colour and orchestral effects. These are utterly sensible and musical performances…the collection makes for entertaining listening —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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The World of Offenbach
RecommendedDame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Sumi Jo (soprano), Régine Crespin (soprano)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, London Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Volksopernorchester, Richard Bonynge, Ernest Ansermet, Alain Lombard
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. The Legacy of Charles Munch
Orchestre de la Société Philharmonique de Paris, L’Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Concertgebouworkest, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Charles Munch
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2020, Réédition
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Anne Sofie von Otter sings Offenbach
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Choir and Orchestra of Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2003, Disc of the Month
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
RecommendedNational Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
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Building a Library, December 1999, First Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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