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Handel - Da tempeste il legno infranto (from Giulio Cesare)
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In this dazzling album, Sandrine Piau crowns her legacy as a Baroque prima donna...her informed additions subvert the original melodies and unleash a ferocious vocalism...Correas and the band... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2022, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal
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In War & Peace
RecommendedHarmony Through Music
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo)
Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
Though the top of her voice is wiry under pressure, her coloratura is tightly sprung, her diction is flawless, and her phrasing of the often underrated poetry is sympathetic and sophisticated…Il... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Recital
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Opera, January 2017, Recording of the Month
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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... —
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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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Special offer. Handel's Queens
Cuzzoni and Faustina
Lucy Crowe, Mary Bevan, London Early Opera, Bridget Cunningham
Crowe and Bevan recreate two prime donne through their own blazing talents. —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Recital
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Gramophone Magazine, Editor's Choice
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Handel: Cleopatra
Arias from Giulio Cesare
Natalie Dessay (soprano), Sonia Prina (contralto), Stephen Wallace (countertenor)
Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm
Dessay's sheer skilfulness comes across unscathed, not least in the later big outpourings of suffering —
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Handel & Mozart: Arias and Overtures
Mari Eriksmoen (soprano), Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend
Forget the less than perfect presentation and enjoy the top-drawer singing. —
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Special offer. Baroque Celebration
Sarah Walker (mezzo), Bruce Ford (tenor), Della Jones (mezzo), John Tomlinson (bass), Yvonne Kenny (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Valerie Masterson (soprano), Janet Baker (mezzo), Della Jones (mezzos), Diana Montague (mezzo)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra,...
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Special offer. Prima Donna
The First Ladies of Opera
Renée Fleming, Anna Netrebko, Sylvia McNair, Cecilia Bartoli, Kiri Te Kanawa, Angela Gheorghiu, Karita Mattila, Barbara Hendricks, Anne Sofie von Otter, Montserrat Caballé, Elina Garanca, Danielle de Niese, Patricia Petibon, Magdalena Kožená, Sumi Jo, Nicole Cabell
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