Verdi - Pace, pace mio Dio! (from La forza del destino)
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Lise Davidsen: Beethoven - Wagner - Verdi
RecommendedLise Davidsen (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder
Her voice reminds me now of Birgit Nilsson’s at the same stage, an Elsa and Sieglinde who is a Brünnhilde in waiting, with the same thrilling edge to her top register, though she isn’t lacking... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd April 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
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Sonya Yoncheva - Verdi
RecommendedSonya Yoncheva (soprano)
Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra, Massimo Zanetti
‘Salgo già del trono aurato’ is thrilling, even if the final top note spreads. She’s also a touching Leonora in Il trovatore…That slight burr in the tone that Eastern European sopranos produce... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd February 2018
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Verdi Heroines
RecommendedAngela Gheorghiu (soprano)
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly
Gheorghiu displays her Verdian skills, her formidable technique and expressive power pushed to their limits but ultimately convincing. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Winner - Recital
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Gramophone Awards, 2001, Winner - Classic FM People's Choice Award
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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
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Opera, April 2012, Recording of the Month
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Special offer. Ritorna vincitor!
Veronika Dzhioeva (soprano)
Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian
The soprano possesses a voice of warmth and amplitude that, for the most part, is consistent throughout the registers. Perhaps even more compelling is the soprano’s keen understanding of the... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Vocal
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Leontyne Price - In Concert at the Met
RecommendedLeontyne Price (soprano), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano)
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
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Grammy Awards, 26th Awards (1983), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Special offer. Remembering Tebaldi
Melody Moore (soprano), Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
Does Moore sound like Tebaldi? Not exactly: a track-by-track comparison reveals subtle differences in timbre and interpretation. But this is an act of homage, not impersonation, and Tebaldi’s... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Special offer. Alessandra Marc: American Diva
Alessandra Marc (soprano)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Heinz Wallberg
Alessandra Marc may just be the soprano we've been waiting for. Her first recital disc, on Delos, is a stunner — it displays a huge, beautiful voice capable of great expression, filled with... —
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Special offer. Anita Cerquetti - Recital
Anita Cerquetti (soprano)
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Gianandrea Gavazzeni
A glorious rarity from Cerquetti, a great Italian dramatic soprano who left the stage too early. Has Bellini’s ‘Casta diva’ ever been spun so effortlessly or the ‘Pace’ from Forza sung with... —
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Diapason d’Or, September 2019, Collectionneur
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Renata Tebaldi sings Puccini and Verdi Favourites
Renata Tebaldi (soprano)
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Alberto Erede, Tullio Serafin, Herbert von Karajan
If you were to have just one Tebaldi CD in your collection this must be it. Each aria is an object lesson in how to sing this repertoire. —
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