Opera, Vivaldi (composer)

Contra-Tenor

Michael Spyres (tenor), Il Pomo d’Oro, Francesco Corti

Presto Editor's Choice, April 2023
Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, Editor's Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music
Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023

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Vivaldi Edition Vol. 58 - Il Giustino

Delphine Galou (Giustino), Emöke Barath (Arianna), Silke Gäng (Anastasio), Ana Maria Labin (Leocasta), Ariana Vendittelli (Amantio), Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (Vitaliano), Alessandro Giangrande (Andronico, Polidarte) Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone

Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
Opera, December 2018, Disc of the Month
Gramophone Magazine, March 2019, Editor's Choice
BBC Music Magazine, March 2019, Opera Choice
International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Vocal
Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice

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Venice

Anastasia Kobekina (cello), Basel Chamber Orchestra

Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Young Talent of the Year
International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Assorted Programs

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Venezia Millenaria (Venice 700-1797) | 2 x SACD and book

Le Concert des Nations - Hespèrion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya - Panagiotis, Neochoritis, Jordi Savall

Presto Editor's Choice, December 2017
Gramophone Magazine, April 2018, Editor's Choice
Record Review, 3rd March 2018, Recording of the Week

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Cleopatra - Baroque Arias

Regula Mühlemann (soprano) La Folia Barockorchester, Robin Peter Müller

Presto Editor's Choice, September 2017
Record Review, 16th September 2017, Recording of the Week
Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Newcomer (singer)

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New. La Luce

Simone Kermes (soprano), Julien Salemkour (soprano), Warsaw Chamber Opera Orchestra, Warsaw Chamber Opera Chorus

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Cecilia Bartoli: Antonio Vivaldi

Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi

Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd November 2018
Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Opera
International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Vocal

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Cecilia & Sol: Dolce Duello | Deluxe Hardcover 1CD (Limited Edition)

Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Sol Gabetta (cello) Cappella Gabetta, Andres Gabetta

Presto Recording of the Week, 10th November 2017
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
Gramophone Magazine, January 2018, Editor's Choice
BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, Opera Choice

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Handel's Queens | Cuzzoni and Faustina

Lucy Crowe, Mary Bevan, London Early Opera, Bridget Cunningham

BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, Recording of the Month
Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Recital

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Special offer. Vivaldi, Chelleri & Ristori: Teatro Sant'Angelo

Adèle Charvet (soloist), Le Consort

International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Vocal

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Special offer. Favourite Baroque Classics

The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman

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Vivaldi: Ercole sul Termodonte, RV 710

Rolando Villazón (Ercole), Patrizia Ciofi (Orizia), Diana Damrau (Martesia), Joyce DiDonato (Ippolita), Vivica Genaux (Antiope), Topi Lehtipuu (Telemone), Philippe Jaroussky (Alceste), Romina Basso (Teseo) Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi

Diapason d’Or, March 2020, Réédition

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Elements

Huw Wiggin (saxophone), Oliver Wass (harp)

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Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso, RV728

Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Jennifer Larmore, Veronica Cangemi, Philippe Jaroussky, Lorenzo Regazzo, Ann Hallenberg, Blandine Staskiewicz Choeur Les Eléments & Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi

BBC Music Magazine, March 2005, Opera Choice
Gramophone Magazine, April 2005, Editor's Choice

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Contralto

Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto/director), Orfeo 55

Gramophone Magazine, March 2021, Editor's Choice
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal

Vivaldi: Opera Arias

Roberta Invernizzi (soprano) La Risonanza, Fabio Bonizzoni

Gramophone Awards, 2012, Finalist - Recital
Gramophone Magazine, July 2012, Editor's Choice
BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, Opera Choice

Vivaldi: Griselda, RV718 | world première recording

Griselda: Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto), Costanza: Veronica Cangemi (soprano), Ottone: Simone Kermes (soprano), Roberto: Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Gualtiero: Stefano Ferrari (tenor) & Corrado: Iestyn Davies (countertenor) Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi

BBC Music Magazine, October 2006, Disc of the month
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, Opera Award Winner

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Heroes - Vivaldi Opera Arias

Philippe Jaroussky Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi

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Pas de Bourree

Camerata Øresund

International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental

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Special offer. Les Éléments: Tempêtes, orages et fêtes marines

Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall

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Heroines of Love and Loss | vocal chamber music from the 17th century

Ruby Hughes (soprano), Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann (cello) & Jonas Nordberg (lute / theorbo / archlute)

Gramophone Magazine, May 2017, Editor's Choice

SACD: $17.75

Vivaldi: Concerti Per Flauto E Arie

Isaac Makhdoomi, Arnaud Gluck, Ensemble Piccante

Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Young Talent
International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental

CD: $20.25

The Vivaldi Album

Cecilia Bartoli Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini

Grammy Awards, 43rd Awards (2000), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

Vivaldi: Argippo

Emőke Baráth (soprano), Marie Lys (soprano), Delphine Galou (contralto), Marianna Pizzolato (mezzo-soprano), Luigi De Donato (bass), Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi

BBC Music Magazine, January 2021, Opera Choice
Presto Recording of the Week, 18th December 2020

Amor Profano - Vivaldi Arias

Simone Kermes (soprano) Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon

BBC Music Magazine, April 2008, Opera Choice
Gramophone Magazine, May 2008, Editor's Choice

Sara Mingardo: Monteverdi, Vivaldi & Handel

Sara Mingardo (contralto) Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini

BBC Music Magazine, March 2005, Choral & Song Choice
Gramophone Magazine, December 2004, Editor's Choice

Special offer. Great Singers & Musicians in Copenhagen 1931-1939 | Historical ‘live’ recordings from the archive of Danish broadcasting

Denmarks Radio Symphony Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine, June 2010, Re-issue of the Month

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Special offer. Amour Fou - Love Arias & Songs

Myriam Leblanc (soprano), Ensemble Mirabilia (chamberensemble), Len Torrie (soprano, guitar)

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Special offer. Karina Gauvin: Prima Donna

Karina Gauvin (soprano) Arion Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann (director/harpsichord)

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Vivaldi: Bajazet

Ildebrando d’Arcangelo (Bajazet), Patrizia Ciofi (Idaspe), David Daniels (Tamerlano), Elina Garanca (Andronico), Vivica Genaux (Irène), Marijana Mijanovic (Asteria) Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi

BBC Music Magazine, June 2005, Opera Choice
Gramophone Magazine, May 2005, Editor's Choice

Vivaldi: Farnace

Max Emanuel Cencic (Farnace), Ann Hallenberg (Selinda), Karina Gauvin (Gilade), Daniel Behle (Pompeo), Ruxandra Donose (Tamiri), Mary-Ellen Nesi (Berenice), Emiliano Gonzales Toro (Aquilio) I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis

Presto Recording of the Week, 26th September 2011
BBC Music Magazine, November 2011, Opera Choice

Vivaldi: Ottone in Villa

Sonia Prina (Ottone), Julia Lezhneva (Caio Silio), Veronica Cangemi (Cleonilla), Roberta Invernizzi (Tullia) & Topi Lehtipuu (Decio) Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (director)

Presto Recording of the Week, 6th December 2010

Vivaldi: Il Farnace, RV711

Mary-Ellen Nesi (Farnace), Delphine Galou (Berenice), Sonia Prina (Tamiri), Loriana Castellano (Selinda), Emanuele D’Aguanno (Pompeo), Roberta Mameli (Gilade), Magnus Staveland (Aquilio), Giulia Nuti (Harpsichord), Simone Vallerotonda (Tiorba e chitarra barocca) & Michele Tazzari (Bass continuos) Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Federico Maria Sardelli (conductor)

2 CDs: $34.25

Coming soon. Countertenor

Anthony Roth Costanzo (countertenor), Chelsea Lane (harp), Coleman Itzkoff (cello), Colin Brookes (viola), Eleonore Oppenheim (contrabass bass), Landon Wilson (keyboards), Miranda Cuckson (viola), Paul Wonjin Cho (horn, bass clarinet, clarinet), Yasmina Spiegelberg (bass clarinet, clarinet), Dušan Balarin (lute, electric guitar, theorbo, vibraphone), Amir Farsi (flute), Keir GoGwilt (violin), Alex Bender (trumpet), Burt Mason (trombone), Dan Schlosberg (keyboards, harpsichord), David Cossin (drums), Nicolee Kuester (horn)

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Händel Goes Wild | (jewel-case)

Valer Sabadus (countertenor), Nuria Rial (soprano) L’Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar

Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Ensemble (instrumental)

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Special offer. Tormento d'amore

Ian Bostridge (tenor), Cappella Neapolitana, Antonio Florio

Presto Editor's Choice, February 2022

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Special offer. Solfeggio

L'Harmonie des saisons (chamber orchestra), Hélène Brunet (soprano), Eric Milnes

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The Sixteen - Sounds Sublime | Includes some of The Sixteen’s most celebrated recordings in this beautiful 2CD digi-pack set

The Sixteen, With the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, With the BBC Philharmonic, Harry Christophers

2 CDs: $24.00

Special offer. The Pure Voice of Emma Kirkby

Vivaldi: La Fida Ninfa

Lorenzo Regazzo, Veronica Cangemi, Philippe Jaroussky, Sandrine Piau, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Topi Lehtipuu & Sara Mingardo Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi

Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2009

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Emma Kirkby (soprano) The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

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The Art of the Baroque Trumpet, Vol. 5 | An Italian Concert

Niklas Eklund, Jeffrey Segal (trumpets), Maria Keohane (soprano) Wasa Baroque Ensemble, Edward H Tarr

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Doppio espressivo

Rick Stotijn (double bass), Johannes Rostamo (cello), Olivier Thiery (double bass), Bram van Sambeek (bassoon), Camerata RCO

BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, Concerto Choice

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Special offer. Antonio Vivaldi: L'Olimpiade RV 725

Innsbrucker Festwochenorchester, Bejun Mehta, Eleonora Bellocci, Raffaele Pe, Benedetta Mazzucato (contralto), Margherita Maria Sala, Christian Senn, Luigi De Donato, Coro Maghini, Alessandro De Marchi

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Virtu e Amore | Sinfonie e arie del secondo Barocco

Inés Lorans Millán (soprano), Orchestra Da Camera Benedetto Marcello, Maurizio Colasanti

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Je n'aime pas le classique, mais ça j'aime bien!

Alicia de Larrocha (piano), Nelly Kokinos (piano), Vladimir Spivakov (violin), Sergei, Steven Isserlis (cello), Xavier De Maistre (piano), Julian Bream (guitar), Johns Williams (guitar), James Galway (flute), Lorenzo Ghielmi (organ), Samuel Lipman & Leo Litwin (pianos), Martin Hoherman (xylophone), Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Sylvia Gestzy (soprano), Nathalie Stutzmann (soprano), Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz, Alfred Scholz (piano), Karl-Heinz Steffens (clarinet), Andreas Staier (harpsichord), Ben Heppner (tenor), Leontyne Price (soprano), Will Sanders (horn), Eugene Istomin (piano), Isaac Stern (violin), Leonard Rose (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano), Guarneri Quartet I Soloisti di Zaghreb, London Musici, Boston Pops Orchestra, Charles Munch, Arthur Fiedler, Sir Thomas Beecham, John McCarthy, Eduardo Mata, Riccardo Muti, Fritz Reiner, Dmitri Kitayenko, Georg Solti

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Favourite Baroque Arias

John-Mark Ainsley, Gillian Fisher, Michael George & James Bowman King’s Consort, Robert King

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Amate Stelle - Arias For Anna Maria Strada

Marie Lys (soprano), Abchordis Ensemble, Andrea Buccarella

Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year & Solo Vocal

Cecilia Bartoli - The Vivaldi Album

Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini

Grammy Awards, 43rd Awards (2000), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

The Essential James Galway

James Galway (flute)

Gramophone Awards, 2014, Lifetime Achievement

Albrecht Mayer & The King's Singers: Let It Snow

Albrecht Mayer (oboe) The King’s Singers

Presto Recording of the Week, 9th December 2013

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SPARK: Closer To Paradise

Valer Barna-Sabadus (performer), Spark (performer)

Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year

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Special offer. Vivaldi, Bononcini, Scarlatti, Legrenzi: Dolce Pupillo

Sonia Prina (contralto), Luan Goes, Les Furiosi Galantes

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Vivica Genaux - Pyrotechnics (Opera Arias)

Vivica Genaux (mezzo) Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi

Presto CD: $16.75

For Seasons

Daniel Hope (violin), featuring Chilly Gonzales Zürcher Kammerorchester, Kaiser Quartett

ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini

Gramophone Magazine, August 2003, Disc of the Month

Vivaldi - Arie per basso

Lorenzo Regazzo (bass) Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini

BBC Music Magazine, August 2006, Opera Choice

Tutti - Orchestral Sampler

Eugene Istomin (piano), Minnesota Orchestra, Czech State Philharmonic, Dallas Wind Symphony, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Turtle Creek Chorale, Fort Worth Chamber Orchestra, Eiji Oue, José Serebrier, Jerry Junkin, James Paul, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Nicholas McGegan, Timothy Seelig

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Special offer. Face(s) à Face(s)

Romain Leleu Sextet, Romain Leleu

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Händel Goes Wild | (casebound deluxe)

Valer Sabadus (countertenor), Nuria Rial (soprano) L’Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar

Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Ensemble (instrumental)