Opera , Opera Arias, Rossini (composer)

Joyce DiDonato: Stella di Napoli | Bel Canto Arias

Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lyon, Riccardo Minasi

Presto Recording of the Week, 25th August 2014
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2015, Vocal Award Winner
BBC Music Magazine, December 2014, Opera Choice
Gramophone Magazine, November 2014, Editor's Choice
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Recital
Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2014, Récital lyrique
International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Winner - Vocal Recital

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In The Shadows

Michael Spyres (baritenor), Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset

Presto Recording of the Week, 1st March 2024
Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year
Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Solo Vocal Recording of the Year
Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
International Opera Awards, 2024, Winner - Recording (Solo Recital)
Presto Recordings of the Year, Winners 2024
International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music

Rossini: Amici e Rivali

Michael Spyres (tenor), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), I Virtuosi Italiani, Corrado Rovaris

Presto Recording of the Week, 13th November 2020
Opera, January 2021, Disc of the Month
Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2020
Record Review, 12th December 2020, Record of the Week
Gramophone Magazine, January 2021, Editor's Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021, Récital lyrique

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Special offer. Casta Diva - Operatic arias transcribed for trumpet

Matilda Lloyd (trumpet), Britten Sinfonia, Rumon Gamba

BBC Music Magazine, June 2023, Recording of the Month
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023

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A Tribute To Pauline Viardot

Marina Viotti (mezzo-soprano), Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset

Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year & Solo Vocal
International Opera Awards, 2023, Nominated - Recording (Solo Recital)

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Pene Pati

Pene Pati (tenor), Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Choeur de l'Opéra national de Bordeaux, Emmanuel Villaume

Presto Recording of the Week, 8th April 2022
Opera, May 2022, Disc of the Month
BBC Music Magazine, May 2022
Opus Klassik, 2022, Young Artist of the Year

Miroir(s) | Opera Arias

Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie Pyrénées Méditerranée, Michael Schønwandt

BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2018, Opera Choice
Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Jeune Talent
Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Recital
International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Winner - Vocal Recital

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Espoir

Michael Spyres (tenor), Joyce El-Khoury (soprano) The Hallé, Carlo Rizzi

Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
The Times Records of the Year, 2017
International Opera Awards, 2018, Nominated - Solo Recital
Opera, October 2017, Recording of the Month
Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Recital

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Marilyn Horne (mezzo) Suisse Romande Orchestra and Royal Opera House Orchestra, Henry Lewis

Penguin Guide, Rosette

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Special offer. The Art of the Prima Donna

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Chorus & Orchestra of the ROH, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

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Écho

Joyce El-Khoury (soprano), Michael Spyres (tenor) The Hallé, Carlo Rizzi

The Times Records of the Year, 2017
International Opera Awards, 2018, Nominated - Solo Recital
Opera, October 2017, Recording of the Month
Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Recital

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Joyce DiDonato: Diva, Divo

Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) Orchestre et Choeur de L'Opéra National De Lyon, Kazushi Ono

Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Recital
BBC Music Magazine, April 2011, Opera Choice
Grammy Awards, 54th Awards (2011), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Opera, June 2011, Recording of the Month

Rossini - Colbran, the Muse | Opera arias

Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor) Orchestra dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Edoardo Muller

Gramophone Magazine, December 2009, Editor's Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2010, Winner - Recital
Opera, February 2010, Recording of the Month

Tales of Opera

Simon Keenlyside Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ulf Schirmer

BBC Music Magazine, November 2006, Opera Choice
Gramophone Magazine, November 2006, Disc of the Month
Gramophone Awards, 2007, Winner - Recital

Invocation

Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova Orchestra, Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova Choir, Massimo Zanetti

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Levy Sekgapane (tenor) Munich Radio Orchestra, Giacomo Sagripanti

Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year

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Héroïque: French Opera Arias

Rossini: Figaro? Sì!

Florian Sempey (soloist), Martine Marcuz, Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Bordeaux, Marc Minkowski

International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music

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Bryan Hymel (tenor) PKF – Prague Philharmonia, Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno, Emmanuel Villaume

Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd February 2015
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
Opera, April 2015, Recording of the Month

Contrabandista

Javier Camarena (tenor), Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) Les Musiciens du Prince, Gianluca Capuano

Presto Editor's Choice, October 2018
The Times Records of the Year, 2018
International Opera Awards, 2019, Nominated - Recital Album

A Journey: Pretty Yende

Pretty Yende (soprano) Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Marco Armiliato

BBC Music Magazine, December 2016, Opera Choice
ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
International Opera Awards, 2017, Winner - Solo Recital

Coming soon. Semiramide - La Signora Regale | Arias & Scenes from Porpora to Rossini

Anna Bonitatibus (mezzo-soprano) Accademia degli Astrusi, Federico Ferri

Gramophone Magazine, September 2014, Editor's Choice
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Recital

Casta Diva

Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano, soprano), Maria Goldschmidt (flute), Una Prelle (harp), Daniel Pezzotti (cello), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Sumi Jo (soprano), Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), Alessandro Corbelli (baritone), Celso Albelo (tenor), Luca Pisaroni (baritone), James Levine (piano), Bryn Terfel (bassbaritonevocalist), Bernhard Forck (concertmaster), International Chamber Vocalists, Orchestra La Scintilla, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Chor des Opernhauses Zürich, Teatro alla Scala, International Chamber Soloists, Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Il Giardino Armonico, Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, Giovanni Antonini, Riccardo Chailly, Ádám Fischer, Alessandro De Marchi, Claudio Abbado, Myung-Whun Chung, Gianluca Capuano

The New Sound of Maria Callas

Maria Callas (soprano)

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Aleksandra Kurzak: Gioia!

Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano), Francesco Demuro (tenor) Orchestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Omer Meir Wellber

Presto Recording of the Week, 20th February 2012
Opera, April 2012, Recording of the Month

Julia Lezhneva sings Rossini

Julia Lezhneva (soprano) Sinfonia Varsovia, Marc Minkowski

Presto Recording of the Week, 18th April 2011
Gramophone Magazine, July 2011, Editor's Choice

Sì, Sì, Sì, Sì! | Rossini Opera Arias & Duets

Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto), Patrizia Ciofi (soprano) Orchestre national de Montpellier Occitanie, Enrique Mazzola

Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Recital
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017

À sa guitare

Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Thibaut Garcia (guitar)

Presto Recording of the Week, 8th October 2021
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021

Special offer. Momento immobile | Bel canto arias by Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini

Venera Gimadieva (soprano) The Hallè, Gianluca Marciano

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My Hero

Greta Bradman (soprano) English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Presto Recording of the Week, 28th August 2015
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015

Special offer. A Tribute to Gilbert Duprez

John Osborn (tenor) Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Kaunas State Chorus, Constantine Orbelian

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The Record of Singing – The Very Best of Volumes 1-4 | From 1899 to the end of the 78 era: 1899-1952

Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Historic vocal
Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Historical
Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Historic vocal
Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Historic Reissue
Gramophone Awards, 1977, Winner - Historical

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Joseph Calleja - Ave Maria

Joseph Calleja (tenor), Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, Sergey Smbatyan

Bel Raggio: Rossini Arias

Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano), Artur Ruciński (bass-baritone) Sinfonia Varsovia, Warsaw Chamber Choir, Pier Giorgio Morandi

Gramophone Magazine, June 2013, Editor's Choice

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Art of the Prima Donna

Joan Sutherland (soprano) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Grammy Awards, 4th Awards (1961), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

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Great Singers Live: Margaret Price | Selection from three “Sunday Concerts” with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester given in 1977, 1981, 1986 and 1991

Margaret Price (soprano) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Heinz Wallberg, Leopold Hager & Thomas Fulton

Opera, April 2012, Recording of the Month

The Complete Wilhelm Furtwängler on Record

Wilhelm Furtwängler

Diapason d’Or, October 2021, Réédition
International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Winner - Historical

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Special offer. New Year’s Concert | Live recording from the Teatro La Fenice, 1 January 2013

Desirée Rancatore (soprano) & Saimir Pirgu (tenor) Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro La Fenice & Members of the Ballet of Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

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Special offer. New Year’s Concert | Live recording from the Teatro La Fenice, 1 January 2013

Desirée Rancatore (soprano) & Saimir Pirgu (tenor) Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro La Fenice & Members of the Ballet of Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

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Rhapsody - Varduhi Abrahamyan

Varduhi Abrahamyan (mezzo-soprano)

Presto Editor's Choice, April 2021

Divas Vol.1 - (1906 - 1935)

Luisa Tetrazzini, Nellie Melba, Adelina Patti, Frieda Hempel, Amelita Galli-Curci, Rosa Ponselle, Lotte Lehmann, Eva Turner, Nina Koshetz, Eidé Norena, Maria Nemeth, Claudia Muzio

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Bel Canto from Monteverdi to Verdi

Opera Arias

Bryn Terfel Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine

Grammy Awards, 39th Awards (1996), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

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Simone Kermes (soprano) Concerto Köln, Christoph-Mathias Mueller

Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Recital

Rossini: Arias For Contralto

An Italian Songbook

Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), James Levine (piano)

Grammy Awards, 40th Awards (1997), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

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Ewa Podles (contralto) Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Hungarian State Opera Chorus, Pier Giorgio Morandi

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Renée Fleming - Bel Canto

Renée Fleming (soprano) Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra of St Luke's, Patrick Summers

Grammy Awards, 45th Awards (2002), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

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Leontyne Price - In Concert at the Met

Leontyne Price (soprano), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano) The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine

Grammy Awards, 26th Awards (1983), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

Bryn Terfel - Bad Boys

Bryn Terfel (baritone), Balcarras Crafoord, Anne Sofie von Otter (Mrs Lovett) Swedish Radio Choir & Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paul Daniel

Gramophone Magazine, November 2009, Editor's Choice

Fritz Wunderlich: Live on Stage | Unreleased arias from Vienna and Munich

Remembering Tebaldi

Melody Moore (soprano), Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Foster

International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music

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Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), with Anneliese Rothenberger, Karl Kohn, with Claude Heater, Albrecht Peter, Anneliese Rothenberger, with Eberhard Wächter, with Lucia Popp, Lisa Della Casa, Robert Kerns, Waldemar Kmentt, Walter Berry, with Hilde Güden, Vera Little, with Kurt Böhme, Josef Knapp, with Ingeborg Hallstein, Kurt Böhme Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Symphoniker, Orchester der Bayer. Staatsoper, Fritz Rieger, Karl Böhm, Georges Prêtre, Rudolf Kempe, Heinz Wallberg, Josef Krips

Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Historic

Donizetti Heroines

Elena Mosuc (soprano) Symphony Orchestra of Croatian Radio-Television, Ivo Lipanovic

Opera, May 2014, Recording of the Month

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Rossini: Franco Fagioli

Franco Fagioli (countertenor) Armonia Atenea, George Petrou

Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016

Special offer. Great Operatic Arias 18 - Jennifer Larmore | Sung in English

Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano), Susan Patterson (Gioconda), Colin Lee (Fernando), Ffleur Wyn (Ines), Susan Patterson (Norma) Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry

BBC Music Magazine, May 2007, Opera Choice

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Great Singers Live: Lucia Popp | Selection from „Sunday Concerts“ with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester given in 1968, 1972, 1979, 1980 and 1982

Lucia Popp (soprano) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Werner Schmidt Boelcke, Hans Zanotelli, Kurt Eichhorn, Heinz Wallberg, Lamberto Gardelli

Opera, March 2012, Recording of the Month

Pop Songs

Jan Vogler (cello), Omer Meir Wellber (accordion), BBC Philharmonic

Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year

Casta Diva

Angela Gheorghiu London Symphony Orchestra, Evelino Pido

Gramophone Magazine, August 2001, Editor's Choice

The Clarinotts

The Clarinotts: Ernst Ottensamer, Daniel Ottensamer and Andreas Ottensamer (clarinets), František Jánoška (piano) Wiener Virtuosen Streichensemble

Presto Recording of the Week, 1st January 2016

Special offer. Michael Spyres: A Fool For Love | Tenor Arias

Verdi: Rigoletto

Robert Merrill (Rigoletto), Roberta Peters (Gilda), Jussi Björling (Il Duca), Anna Maria Rota (Maddalena), Giorgio Tozzi (Sparafucile) Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Jonel Perlea

Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording

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Michael Spyres (tenor) Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian

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Great Singers Vol.1 - (1909 - 1938)

Luisa Tetrazzini, Enrico Caruso, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, John McCormack, Amelita Galli-Curci, Riccardo Stracciari, Rosa Ponselle, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Eva Turner, Lawrence Tibbett, Conchita Supervia, Beniamino Gigli, Marian Anderson, Tito Schipa, Mafalda Favero, Claudia Muzio, Richard Tauber

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