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Bizet - L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 'Habanera' (from Carmen)
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Opera » Opera Arias
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Special offer. Destination Paris
Gautier Capuçon (cello), Jérôme Ducros (piano, harpsichord), Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Maîtrise de Radio France, Lionel Bringuier
This is a lighthearted romp through French pop culture, with fromage aplenty. Accompanied variously by pianist Jérôme Ducros and the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris under Lionel Bringuier, Capuçon... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Special offer. Séguedilles
RecommendedMarianne Crebassa (mezzo), Orchestre et Choeur du National du Capitole de Toulouse, Ben Glassberg; Thibaut Garcia (guitar), Alphonse Cemin (piano)
Crebassa is in tremendous voice throughout, her lower registers dark and burnished, her top notes warm, clear and effortless...Outstanding, every single second of it. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2021, Editor's Choice
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Elîna Garanča: Habanera
RecommendedElîna Garanča (mezzo), Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Coro Filarmonico del Regio di Torino, Karel Mark Chichon
Garanča's is a medium-scale mezzo approach, elegant and devoid of ugly lurches into chest voice. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd August 2010
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2010, Editor's Choice
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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... —
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Schallplattenkritik Awards, 2018, Winner - Jahrespreis
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International Opera Awards, 2019, Nominated - Recital Album
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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... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Recital
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Opera, June 2011, Recording of the Month
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The Record of Singing – The Very Best of Volumes 1-4
RecommendedFrom 1899 to the end of the 78 era: 1899-1952
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Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Historic vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Historical
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Historic vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Historic Reissue
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Gramophone Awards, 1977, Winner - Historical
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The playing is immaculate throughout, with Alejandro Aguiar and Adel González on percussion, all held in place by Carlos García on Bass...Willis’s ever nuanced and characterful playing brings... —
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This latest disc reveals to us a mellifluous and affective vocal sensibility well suited to French operatic traditions…the orchestral playing throughout is supportive and detailed, though sometimes... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year
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