Opera , Opera Arias, Handel (composer)

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Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon

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Sandrine Piau (soprano), Les Paladins, Jérôme Correas,

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Special offer. Arias for Guadagni | the first modern castrato

Iestyn Davies (countertenor) Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen

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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Winner - Recital

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Special offer. Tiranno

Kate Lindsey (mezzo), Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen

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BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, Opera Choice
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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In War & Peace | Harmony Through Music

EDEN

Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev

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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th February 2022
Opus Klassik, 2022, Winner - Solo Vocal Recording
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Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev

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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Recital
ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Classical Solo Vocal Album
Opera, January 2017, Recording of the Month

Handel's Unsung Heroes

Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Paul Sharp (trumpet), Christine Rice (mezzo), Roger Montgomery (horn), Joe Walters (horn), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Leo Duarte (oboe), Thomas Gould (violin), Joe Qiu (bassoon), La Nuova Musica, David Bates

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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, Recording of the Month

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Contra-Tenor

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

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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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New. The Pyramids Recital

Fatma Said (soprano), Thibaut Maudry (violin), Hani El Sawaf (darbouka drums), Mohamed Ahmed (ney flute), Mohamed El Said (oud lute), Les Frivolités parisiennes, Sammy El Ghadab

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Special offer. Handel: Arias

Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) The English Concert, Harry Bicket

Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
Opera, November 2014, Recording of the Month

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Special offer. As Steals the Morn | Handel - Arias & scenes for tenor

Mark Padmore (tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor) & Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe obligato) The English Concert, Andrew Manze

Presto Recording of the Week, 11th June 2007
Gramophone Magazine, May 2007, Editor's Choice
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Vocal Award Winner

Handel Arias

Franco Fagioli (countertenor) Il Pomo d'Oro, Zefira Valova

Presto Editor's Choice, January 2018
Gramophone Magazine, March 2018, Editor's Choice
Opera, May 2018, Recording of the Month
Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2018

EDEN

Joyce Didonato (mezzo-soprano), Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev

Gramophone Magazine, March 2022, Editor's Choice
Presto Recording of the Week, 25th February 2022
Opus Klassik, 2022, Winner - Solo Vocal Recording
Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

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Facce d'Amore

Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) Il Pomo d’Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev

The Times Records of the Year, 2019
Presto Recording of the Week, 20th December 2019
International Opera Awards, 2020, Winner - Solo Recital Recording
Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year
Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Recital

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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Pilar Lorengar | Berlin, 1959 - 1962

Pilar Lorengar, Richard Klemm (viola da gamba), Siegfried Behrend (guitar), Hertha Klust (piano) RIAS-Kammerchor, RIAS-Orchester RSO Berlin & Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Opera, September 2014, Recording of the Month
Building a Library, July 2019, Also Recommended

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Agrippina - Opera Arias

Ann Hallenberg (mezzo) Il Pomo d’Oro, Riccardo Minasi

Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Vocal Finalist
Opera, July 2015, Recording of the Month
International Classical Music Awards, 2016, Winner - Baroque Vocal

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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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Special offer. The English Hymn - 5 | Lead, kindly Light - Hymns of Faith and Assurance

Wells Cathedral Choir, Rubert Gough (organ), Malcolm Archer

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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

Dualità

Emöke Baráth (soprano), Artaserse, Philippe Jaroussky

BBC Music Magazine, April 2022, Opera Choice
Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, Editor's Choice
International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal

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Special offer. Ombra mai fú | Airs, Overtures & Concerti

Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor) Berlin Akademie for Alte Musik

Penguin Guide, Rosette

Handel and the Oratorio for Concerts

Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage

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Special offer. Angelica diabolica

Giulia Semenzato (soprano) Basel Chamber Orchestra

International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal

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Special offer. 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
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Special offer. Æther

Sarah Aristidou (soloist), Daniel Barenboim, Christian Rivet, Emmanuel Pahud, Orchester des Wandels, Chor der KlangVerwaltung, Thomas Guggeis

BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Nominated - Newcomer

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Special offer. Tárrega: Guitar Edition

Giulio Tampalini (guitar)

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Russell Oberlin - Handel Arias

Russell Oberlin (countertenor) & Albert Fuller (harpsichord) Baroque Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dunn

Penguin Guide, Rosette

Ah! mio cor | Handel arias

Magdalena Kožená Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon

BBC Music Magazine, November 2007, Choral & Song Choice
Record Review, December 2007, Critics Disc of the Year

Duel: Porpora and Handel in London

Giuseppina Bridelli (mezzo) Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu, Franck-Emmanuel Comte

BBC Music Magazine, July 2019, Opera Choice
Opera, July 2019, Disc of the Month

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Barsanti & Handel: Edinburgh 1742

Ensemble Marsyas, Peter Whelan

Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2017, Editor's Choice
Presto Editor's Choice, August 2017

Arias for Senesino

Andreas Scholl Accademia Dantone, Ottavio Dantone

BBC Music Magazine, September 2005, Opera Choice
Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2005, Editor's Choice

Handel - Operatic Arias

Emma Bell (soprano) Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Richard Egarr

BBC Music Magazine, October 2005, Opera Choice
Gramophone Magazine, December 2005, Editor's Choice

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

Farinelli - A Portrait | Live in Bergen

Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano) Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset

BBC Music Magazine, March 2017, Opera Choice
Opera, February 2017, Recording of the Month

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Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and Roger Vignoles

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano) & Roger Vignoles (piano)

Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Solo
BBC Music Magazine, April 2007, Choral & Song Choice

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My Christmas

Diana Damrau (soprano), Matthias Höfs (trumpet), NDR Radiophilharmonie, Knabenchor Hanover, Richard Whilds, Riccardo Minasi

Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd December 2022
Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year

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Special offer. Karina Gauvin: Prima Donna

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

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Andrea Bocelli - Sacred Arias

Andrea Bocelli Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung

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The Pure Voice of Emma Kirkby

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

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Mr Charles the Hungarian. Handel's Rival in Dublin

Handel at the Opera

Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage

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Irish Baroque Orchestra, Peter Whelan

Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023

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Classic

Hauser, London Symphony Orchestra

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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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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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Special offer. The Last Night of the Proms

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

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Handel: Arias

Christophe Dumaux (countertenor), Festspiel Orchester Göttingen, Laurence Cummings

Presto Editor's Choice, March 2020

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Baroque Journey

Lucie Horsch (recorder) The Academy of Ancient Music, Bojan Čičić

Opus Klassik Awards, 2019, Winner - Concerto (recorder)

'Where'er You Walk' | Arias For Handel's Favourite Tenor

Allan Clayton (tenor) & Mary Bevan (soprano) The Mozartists, The Choir of Classical Opera, Ian Page

Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Recital

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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

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Divine Impresario | Nicolini On Stage

Barnaby Smith: Handel

Barnaby Smith, Bojan Čičić (violin), Catriona McDermid, Mary Bevan (soprano), Gavin Edwards, The Illyria Consort

Ofra Harnoy

Randall Scotting (countertenor), Mary Bevan (soprano), Academy of Ancient Music, Laurence Cummings

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The Art Of Alfred Deller | Classic Vanguard Recordings

Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré (lute), Walter Bergman (harpsichord), Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord) The Deller Consort, Oriana Concert Choir and Orchestra, Ensemble of Baroque Instruments, Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble

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Bruno Walter

Diapason, September 2026, Réédition

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Awake the Trumpet's Lofty Sound

Hannes Läubin (trumpet), Wolfgang Läubin (trumpet), Bernhard Läubin (trumpet), Simon Preston (organ), Norbert Schmitt (timpani)

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Special offer. 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

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Let The Bright Seraphim

Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet) The Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks

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