Saint-Saëns - Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (from Samson et Dalila)
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Opera » Opera Arias
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Anita Rachvelishvili
Anita Rachvelishvili (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Giacomo Sagripanti
The voice itself has plenty of potential…It’s all there in the last track, Eboli’s ‘O don fatale’…Rachvelishvili tears into this great aria and has a proper dramatic instinct for where to change... — More…
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Schallplattenkritik Awards, 2018, Winner - Jahrespreis
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International Opera Awards, 2019, Nominated - Recital Album
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Saint-Saëns - Le Carnaval des Animaux
RecommendedRenaud Capuçon (violin), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Frank Braley (piano), Michel Dalberto (piano), Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Paul Meyer (clarinet), David Guerrier (trumpet), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp), Béatrice Muthelet (viola), Esther Hoppe (violin), Janne Saksala (double bass), Florent Jodelet (percussion)
'What hard things,' wrote Saint-Saëns, 'have been said against virtuosity!… The fact must be proclaimed from the house-tops – in art a difficulty overcome is a thing of beauty.' There are many... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2004, Disc of the Month
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Building A Library, September 2021, Recommended Recording
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Ne me refuse pas: French Opera Arias
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto)
Orchestre National de France, Fabien Gabel
This procession of femmes fatales, schemers and innocents has a point to make, and it's not just the singer's ability to get under their skin...it shows them as part of a larger movement: the... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Recital
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Opera, June 2011, Recording of the Month
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Elīna Garanča: Romantique
Elīna Garanča (mezzo)
Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Yves Abel
She describes herself as a lyric mezzo, but many roles here suggest considerable power, emphasised by the echoey recording...Her French isn't perfect, but it's very good, and she relishes the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2013, Editor's Choice
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This enormously enjoyable debut solo recording from the Armenian mezzo comes courtesy of Decca’s ‘Mentored by Bartoli’ series, and Abrahamyan certainly shares the Roman diva’s effervescence... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2021
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‘Poison d’amour’ is that rarity, a recital disc where interest is nicely balanced between the singer and the song…She opens with ‘O ma lyre immortelle’ from Gounod’s Sapho, where the awakening... — More…
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Opera, July 2021, Disc of the Month
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