Handel - Ombre pallide (from Alcina)
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She provides a sonic feast: rich bottom-register timbre, brilliant yet voluptuous top notes and a pure core that energises even her longest lines...Crossing to the podium is a rare move for... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2022, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Divine Karina
The Best of Karina Gauvin
Karina Gauvin (soprano)
Les Boréades de Montréal, Tempo Rubato, Arion Orchestre Baroque, Il Complesso Barocco, Les Violons du Roy, Orchestre Métropolitain, Francis Colpron, Alexander Weimann, Alan Curtis, Bernard Labadie, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Jean-Marie Zeitouni
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La Maga Abbandonata: Donna Leon's Favourite Handel
Maite Beaumont (alto), Simone Kermes (soprano)
Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis
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Handel - Arias & Suites from Alcina
Christine Schafer (soprano)
Berlin Baroque Soloists, Rainer Kussmaul
Where Handel describes a powerful woman profoundly affected by specific events, Schäfer presents a glamour puss in the grip of a mood disorder. Performed at A=441 (a discomforting nudge higher... — More…
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Karina Gauvin: Prima Donna
Karina Gauvin (soprano)
Arion Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann (director/harpsichord)
Her warm-timbred voice, impeccable intonation, athletic technique and tautly controlled vibrato are virtues ideally suited to the exacting musical demands of Baroque opera. She is furthermore... — More…
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Joan Sutherland: A Portrait
Joan Sutherland (soprano), Joan Sutherland (Galatea), Peter Pears (Acis), Owen Brannigan (Polyphemus), George Malcolm (harpsichord)
Philomusica of London, St Anthony Singers, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, Sir Anthony Lewis
In her own time there was a tendency to take Sutherland for granted, so consistent were her high standards of technique, musicianship and, yes, acting. Her total command of the stage was always... — More…
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Handel: Arias
Bernadette Greevy (contralto), Joan Sutherland (soprano), William Herbert (tenor), Hervey Alan (bass), Forbes Robinson (bass)
An earlier generation of superb Handelians, led by Joan Sutherland, Bernadette Greevy’s opulent contralto, William Herbert’s textured tenor and the refulgent basses of Hervey Alan and Forbes... — More…
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Joan Sutherland Collector’s Album: Rare Broadcasts
Joan Sutherland (soprano), with Norma Procter (mezzo), Thomas Hemsley (tenor), Dennis Brain (horn), Richard Bonynge (piano), Ernest Lush (piano), with April Cantelo (soprano)
Capella Coloniensis, Goldsborough Orchestra, Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra,...
This collection of broadcast material shows Sutherland's amazing precision and tonal clarity — More…
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