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Mozart - Exsultate, jubilate, K165
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Mozart: Mass in C minor, K427 'Great'
RecommendedCarolyn Sampson (soprano), Olivia Vermeulen (alto), Makoto Sakurada (tenor), Christian Immler (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Stripping the score right back, Suzuki makes musicianship dominate. He taps into the subtle arts of his fellow performers, especially Carolyn Sampson, to create a benchmark performance…Sampson... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2017, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2016, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Choral
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Building a Library, September 2020, Recommended Recording
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From the very first item, her rich, full-blooded tone, expressive manner and keen sense for textual meaning are apparent...Indeed, whatever she is singing , and in whichever range, Marina Viotti... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2024, Opera Choice
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International Opera Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Recording (Solo Recital)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Mühlemann’s soprano suits this repertoire, though its clear brilliant sound does turn hard at times…for a debut solo disc this makes an attractive proposition —
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Julia Lezhneva: Alleluia
RecommendedJulia Lezhneva (soprano)
Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
Lezhneva is at her most accomplished [in the Mozart], providing spirited and focused vocalism, running up and down the scales with effortless abandon and to fine effect. Elsewhere there are... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st April 2013
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2013, Editor's Choice
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Mozart - Exsultate jubilate!
and other soprano arias
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
The King’s Consort, Robert King
Robert King and his choral and orchestral forces give clean and direct performances in sound that is nicely balanced and benefits from the mellow acoustic of London's Cadogan Hall. The soprano... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2006, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2006, Editor's Choice
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The Pure Voice of Emma Kirkby
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
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Special offer. Mozart: Requiem
RecommendedHelen Donath (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo), Robert Tear (tenor), Robert Lloyd (bass), Barbara Hendricks (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Carlo Maria Giulini, Neville Marriner
Giulini's first account of Mozart's Requiem is grand and solemn, employing modern instruments and choice soloists. Barbara Hendricks shines in the early motet under Marriner. —
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Grammy Awards, 23rd Awards (1980), Best Choral Performance
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Anime Immortali | Mozart Arias
RecommendedFranco Fagioli (counter-tenor), Kammerorchester Basel, Daniel Bard
In ‘Va’ pure ad altri in braccio’ from La finta giardiniera the strings dive down in fury in a style that teases Gluck’s ideas about how rage should sound in reformed opera. But it's Fagioli... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th April 2023
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The Trials of Tenducci: A Castrato in Ireland
RecommendedTara Erraught (mezzo-soprano), Irish Baroque Orchestra, Peter Whelan
[The Mozart] is given a very capable performance by mezzo Tara Erraught, whose attractive tone and warmth are heard to particular advantage in the second aria (‘Tu virginum’)...she copes well... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Mozart: Mass in C minor
Arleen Auger, Frederica von Stade, Frank Lopardo & Cornelius Hauptmann
Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Leonard Bernstein
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